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Prisons & Policing
Camden Is Not a Blueprint for Disbanding the Police
Using Camden as an example of how to “disband” a police department ignores that the city replaced cops with more cops.
“I Can’t Do It” Say Some GIs Being Deployed to Quell Uprisings
It's not clear what repercussions could result if a GI refused to adhere to the president's orders.
Police Killed Breonna Taylor in Her Home. Their Report Lists Injuries as “None.”
The report runs four pages and is almost entirely free of information about the no-knock raid that killed Taylor.
Police Are Building Surveillance Networks of Private Security Cameras in Cities
Some cities even have rebate programs for residential security cameras, provided they are registered with local police.
Khalil Gibran Muhammad Discusses the Significance of Calls to Defund the Police
"We have run out of options in terms of reform, in terms of thinking about what the police can do for themselves.”
Immigrants Who Defend Themselves From Sexual Violence Face Prison, Deportation
Abusive partners often use the threat of deportation to prevent immigrant victims from seeking help or leaving.
Support for Uprisings Against Police Brutality Jumped 20 Points in One Week
A new poll shows more than 8 in 10 Americans say changes are needed in how policing is conducted in the U.S.
Joe Biden and Top Democrats Won’t Defund Police — But Our Cities Can
Momentum toward abolishing policing as we know it today is building at the local level.
Activists Catalog Nearly 600 Videos of Officer Violence Against Protesters
The documentation serves as a counter-narrative to repeated denials of responsibility from the police.
Police Are Using Implications of Drug Use to Justify Killing
Implications of drug use create a context in which deadly force used by police is framed as the only logical choice.