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Water Protectors File Lawsuit Against Morton County for Use of Excessive Force
The violence occurred on November 20, when a peaceful demonstration by Water Protectors was met with police brutality.
Indigenous Activist Zip-Tied and Locked in Dog Kennel for Six Hours for Protesting Dakota Access Pipeline
Activist Tara Houska says police handcuffed her with zip ties and held her in a dog kennel for six hours without charging her with a crime.
For Abolition: Prisons and Police Are More Than Brutality, They’re State Terror
Abolition, then, is the only answer to a system whose currency is terror.
RNC and DNC: High Surveillance Used to Crack Down on Dissent
Historically, the RNC and DNC have been times of increased surveillance and policing.
“The Police Killings No One Is Talking About”: Native Americans Most Likely to Be Killed by Cops
A new investigation by In These Times explodes myths about who is most likely to die at the hands of police.
ACLU and HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use and Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds
In 2015 police booked more people for small-time marijuana charges than for murder, non-negligent manslaughter, rape, robbery and aggravated assault combined.
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How the “Use of Force” Industry Drives Police Militarization and Makes Us All Less Safe
Racial and ethnic fears and prejudices are bound up in law enforcement anxieties over control and use of excessive force.
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No Abolition Without Demilitarization: Black and Muslim Solidarity for Ending Police Worldwide
Calling for an end to state terror is not terrorism.
A Growing Asian-American Movement Calls for Prison Abolition
The movement for abolition has meant renegotiating Asian Americans' relation to the prison industrial complex.
Protests Continue in San Diego After Police Kill Alfred Olango
Protests continue in the San Diego, California, suburb of El Cajon, where police shot a Black man.