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Policing
Bail Bond Industry Attempts to Slow the Train of Reform
On July 17th, a judge in Chicago ruled that courts there could no longer hold people in jail on bail simply because they could not afford it.
Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns Over the Cop Shooting of Unarmed Woman. Will the Mayor Be Next?
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau has resigned.
David Cay Johnston: GOP Budget Redistributes Money to the Rich and Helps Make US a “Police State”
The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee approved its 2018 budget resolution.
Senate Begins Confirmation Hearings for Trump FBI Pick Tied to Torture, Guantánamo
Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler discusses Christopher Wray's nomination as FBI director and his stance on torture.
If We Don’t Have Accountability, There’s Nothing to Stop Unlawful Detention From Happening
CounterSpin interviews Rachel Meeropol on a laswsuit over unlawful detention.
Dystopian Nightmare: Eyewitness Decries Police Repression at G20 Summit as 100,000 Take to Streets
Srecko Horvat, who is taking part in the G20 alternative summit, discusses the violence demonstrators have faced in Hamburg, Germany.
All the Police Have to Do Is Utter Those Five Magic Words
CounterSpin interviews Ronnie Dunn on the Philando Castile verdict.
“America Is on Trial”: Historian Ibram X. Kendi on the Failure to Convict Cops Who Kill Black People
Historian Ibram X. Kendi discusses the acquittal of the police officer who shot and killed Philando Castile and what it means.
“Philando Can Be Any of Us”: Black Lives Matter Protests Acquittal of Officer in Minnesota Killing
In Minnesota, protesters took to the streets Sunday for a third straight day.
Introducing “Who Do You Serve, Who Do You Protect?”
Truthout's first-ever print anthology addresses urgent questions about policing in the USA.