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Proposed Rules Regulating Domestic Drone Use Lack Police Warrant Requirement
Civil liberties groups warn that the rules still contain loopholes.
A Message in Motion: Reparations Now!
A group of activists and allies took to the subway in Chicago to make some noise about the mayoral election and the police torture reparations ordinance.
Evaluating Police Psychology: Who Passes the Test?
With no national standards for screening police applicants, psychologists rely on tests unlikely to predict aggression.
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FBI Director: “Everyone’s a Little Bit Racist” – Retired Officers Agree
Evidence is piling up of police officers who use excessive force on non-combative individuals.
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The Complexities of Black Community Control of Police
Does the existence of the board make it easier or more difficult to organize for fundamental change?
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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."