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Prisons & Policing
Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns Over the Cop Shooting of Unarmed Woman. Will the Mayor Be Next?
Minneapolis Police Chief Janee Harteau has resigned.
David Cay Johnston: GOP Budget Redistributes Money to the Rich and Helps Make US a “Police State”
The Republican-controlled House Budget Committee approved its 2018 budget resolution.
The Inhumane Ways Baton Rouge Police Treated Protesters After the Police Murder of Alton Sterling
A year after the murder and protests, a new report details police brutality in local jails.
Senate Begins Confirmation Hearings for Trump FBI Pick Tied to Torture, Guantánamo
Independent journalist Marcy Wheeler discusses Christopher Wray's nomination as FBI director and his stance on torture.
If We Don’t Have Accountability, There’s Nothing to Stop Unlawful Detention From Happening
CounterSpin interviews Rachel Meeropol on a laswsuit over unlawful detention.
Moving the Needle on Black Liberation
“We need to center incarcerated people in the conversations about Black lives,” writes incarcerated organizer Emile DeWeaver.
Dystopian Nightmare: Eyewitness Decries Police Repression at G20 Summit as 100,000 Take to Streets
Srecko Horvat, who is taking part in the G20 alternative summit, discusses the violence demonstrators have faced in Hamburg, Germany.
Youth Sentenced to Life in Prison Get a Second Chance
A nationwide movement is seeking to end the practice of trying teenage criminal defendants as adults.
All the Police Have to Do Is Utter Those Five Magic Words
CounterSpin interviews Ronnie Dunn on the Philando Castile verdict.
DOJ Withdraws Funding Request for Kentucky Prison on Mountaintop-Removal Site
Prison would have been terrible for health of prisoners and local wildlife, say advocates.