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Policing

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Unbelievable: Cleveland Cops Who Killed Unarmed Black Suspects Sue, Claiming They’re Victims of Racial Discrimination
A group of nine Cleveland police officers involved in a 2012 incident in which 137 shots were fired and two unarmed African American suspects were killed, is suing the …

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Black and White

Watchdog Group Files DOJ Complaint Against Dallas Police, Alleging Racial Pattern of Excessive Force
The group claims Dallas police have participated in a pattern of excessive deadly force against Black and Latino people.

Police Violence Is Not Inevitable: Four Ways a California Police Chief Connected Cops With Communities
"A critical look at any institution with as much power and authority invested in it as the police is probably a good thing."

“Not One More Darren Wilson, Not One More Mike Brown”: National Protests Continue Ferguson Struggle
As Darren Wilson resigns from the Ferguson police force, protests continue across the country.

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Stop Giving Police a Green Light to Kill Our Children
In just a few weeks, I will join a delegation of mothers who have lost children at the hands of the police. We will descend upon Washington DC demanding …

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Ye Are Many; They Are Few!
The issue most paramount in this minute is that so many local residents found it believable that a white police officer would shoot an unarmed black man trying to …

Being Black: The Real Indictment in Ferguson and the USA
The burden of what needs to be done to change this issue is not a Black problem.

Molly Crabapple Illustrates How Mike Brown’s Death Shed Light on Police Brutality
Crabapple highlights the history of police brutality and also recounts the details of other black men who have died recently at the hands of authorities.

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San Francisco Homeless Advocates to Public Transit Police: “Stop Criminalizing Homelessness“
One byproduct of this debate has been increased attention to the level of resources allocated to San Francisco's homeless.