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Predictive Police Tech Isn’t Making Communities Safer — It’s Disempowering Them
“We haven't seen public safety systems privatized in this way that we're seeing now,” says Andrew Guthrie Ferguson.
Will Chicago’s Mayor Cancel Inaccurate Gunshot Detection System Contract?
In 2021, a ShotSpotter alert resulted in the death of 13-year-old Adam Toledo, who was shot by a police officer.
Teen Charged With Murder After Officer Had Heart Attack While Assaulting Him
18-year-old farmworker Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is being prosecuted despite an autopsy report that exonerates him.
Bills in Georgia Aim to Suppress Cop City, Pro-Palestine Activists
“Don’t sleep on this red clay fascism y’all,” one political theorist said.
Harm Reduction Thinking Can Transform the Way We See Drug Use and Treatment
We need to reach beyond the US’s restrictive, hard-to-access, unaffordable, one-size-fits-all drug treatment approach.
Democratic Senators Ask DOJ If Facial Recognition Tech Violates Civil Rights Act
“We are deeply concerned that facial recognition technology may reinforce racial bias,” the letter to the DOJ reads.
Kentucky GOP’s New Bill Decriminalizes Use of Deadly Force Against the Unhoused
"I'm just ashamed that this bill even came into fruition,” a Lexington council member said.
Challenging the Criminalization of Trauma Survivors
The criminal legal system traumatizes survivors. Noncarceral alternatives are key to breaking the cycle of violence.
ICE May Get Its Largest Budget Ever, Signaling Surveillance Capitalism’s Triumph
The Biden administration is expanding the surveillance of immigrants to unprecedented levels.
Chicago Police Department Perpetuates Its Violence by Punishing Whistleblowers
Police violence is not about “good apples” and “bad apples” -- it is structural.