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Bodycam Video Shows Dallas Officers Mocking Man as He Died Pinned to Ground
Tony Timpa called 911 to ask for help. The police responded, and within 20 minutes Timpa was dead.
Rosselló’s Gone, But Puerto Rico’s Fight Against Police Repression Continues
Rosselló's departure is only the beginning of the changes activists are demanding.
1970s Activism Laid Foundation for Today’s Prison Abolitionist Feminism
Grassroots feminist activism in the 1970s resisted the inclusion of imprisonment and policing in their struggles.
How Feminists Resisted Prisons and Policing in the 1970s
“All Our Trials” offers a history of feminists who challenged the idea that the state could end gender violence.
Eric Garner Family Outraged DOJ Won’t Prosecute His Murder by Police
A medical examiner testified that the chokehold led to Garner’s death, which was ruled a homicide.
Outrage Over Ice Cream Licker Should Prompt Us to Ask: What Is a Crime?
No one called it a crime when 10 people were hospitalized after eating Listeria-tainted Blue Bell ice cream.
Presidential Candidates Can’t Discuss Gun Deaths Without Discussing Cops
Since 2015, mass shooters have killed 339 people in the U.S., while police have used guns to take 4,355 lives.
Pennsylvania Lawmakers Stand in the Way of Philadelphia Criminal Legal Reform
House Bill 1614 allows state attorneys to prosecute certain gun cases that local district attorneys choose not to.
Online Database Is Tracking and Exposing Police Officers’ Racist Facebook Posts
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
Floridians Are Suing a Cop Fired for Planting Drugs in Their Vehicles
Thanks to the diligence of one assistant state attorney, 119 cases were thrown out.