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Policing

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Drug Violence Leaves a String of Ghost Towns in Mexico
"What happened here is the usual: the town fills up with police and the army, but nothing happens," says one mayor.

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A History of Killing Black Men and Getting Away With It
If we don't address past as well as recent police shootings, the US is telling black men that their lives don't matter.

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Bill Moyers | The Fiery Cage and the Lynching Tree, Brutality’s Never Far Away
Between 1882 and 1968, there were 4,743 recorded lynchings in the US.

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The Origins of Modern Policing
Police were created to protect the new form of wage-labor capitalism that emerged in the mid-to late-19th century.

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Jesse Hagopian: “I Was Pepper-Sprayed by Seattle Police on MLK Day“
"I was on the phone with my mom to arrange my pick-up when a searing pain shot through my ears, nostril and eyes, and spread across my face."

“Vanguard of the Revolution”: New Film Chronicles Rise of Black Panthers and FBI’s War Against Them
The film tells the history of the Black Panthers.

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Marissa Alexander and the Price of “Freedom”
If the normative assumption that white lives are valuable, while black and brown lives are disposable, were concretely undermined, the entire power structure, such as it exists, would be …

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You Have the Right to Remain Angry
We expect the police to protect and not harm us; in return, they expect our respect regardless of any transgressions.

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Hotter Than Lava
Every day, cops toss dangerous military-style grenades during raids, with little oversight and horrifying results.

After Confronting New York City Mayor, Police Union Leader Faces Mutiny of His Own From Dissident Cops
After leading a controversial campaign against Mayor Bill de Blasio, the head of New York City's largest police union, Patrick Lynch, is facing an internal challenge of his own.