News | Prisons & Policing Cities Fight Domestic Dragnet, Demand Local Police Disclose Use of Spy Gear Eleven cities have introduced bills to enforce transparency in the use of surveillance tools by local police. By Candice Bernd , Truthout September 23, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing State of Emergency: Charlotte Protesters Demand Police Release Video of Keith Scott Shooting North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 22, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Protests Call for Arrest of Tulsa Police Officer Betty Shelby for Fatal Shooting of Terence Crutcher The Tulsa community is reeling over video showing a white police officer shooting and killing a Black man. By Nermeen Shaikh & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 22, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Protests Erupt Over Police Killings of Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott in Tulsa and Charlotte Democracy Now! hosts a roundtable on police killings of Black men. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 21, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Lawyer for Imprisoned Whistleblower Chelsea Manning: Ongoing Pattern of Abuse Led to Hunger Strike Chase Strangio, lawyer for imprisoned Army whistleblower Chelsea Manning, speaks about the hunger strike she launched Friday to protest her prison conditions. By Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 13, 2016 Truthout
Review | Prisons & Policing “Free CeCe!” Explores Prison Abolition and Anti-Trans, Anti-Black Violence “Free CeCe!” will be available streaming as soon as 2017. By Dana Sayre , Occupy.com September 12, 2016 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing National Guard on Standby in North Dakota Before Court Ruling on Dakota Access Pipeline North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple has activated the National Guard ahead of today's ruling on the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe's lawsuit. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! September 9, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Jailing Bresha Meadows Is No Route to Justice What do you do when you have absolutely no good options? No child should have to face these questions, but Bresha Meadows faced them every day. By Maya Schenwar , Speakout September 9, 2016 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing Black to School: The Rising Struggle to Make Black Education Matter Corporate education reformers are reeling in response to Black liberation activist opposition to charter schools. By Jesse Hagopian , Truthout September 8, 2016 Truthout
News Analysis | Prisons & Policing The Brady Loophole: Absolving the Post-Trial Destruction of Potentially Exculpatory Evidence When it comes to the criminal legal system, some situations are so unique there exists no means for judicial relief. By Jeremiah Bourgeois , Speakout September 4, 2016 Truthout