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No Charges in Ohio Police Killing of John Crawford as Walmart Video Contradicts 911 Caller Account
An Ohio grand jury has declined to indict the white police officer who fatally shot John Crawford.
Treatment, Not Prison: How Sentencing Reform Will Boost Health for All Californians
Prop. 47 would save up to $900M for state and counties u200bto help keep kids in school and fund victims' services.
Eddie Conway: Six Years in Solitary Confinement
Mr. Conway says prisoners were treated like animals; and because he resisted and organized, he was in lockup twenty three and a half hours a day for six years.
NRA Hosts “Killer Cop” Competition Amid National Outcry Over Police Violence
The NRA's annual National Police Shooting Competition judges officers on who's best at using lethal weapons.
Dallas District Attorney Announces Plan for New Unit to Investigate Police Shootings: Will It Go Far Enough?
A district attorney's civil rights unit that will investigate police shootings is a step in the right direction.
In Our Society, Poor People Are Waste Disposal Units
We need to put a halt to the systems that hide and perpetuate inequality. We need to decouple from an economy of infinite choice, an economy of disposability.
A Victory Over Justice System’s Failure: Wrongly Convicted Brothers Freed After 31 Years in Prison
Two African-American half-brothers have been exonerated of rape and murder after more than 30 years behind bars in North Carolina.
LAPD Infiltrators and Agents Provocateurs Targeted Left and Panthers
David Cay Johnston says the LA Times shut down a major investigation into the widespread use of agents to undermine peaceful and legal opposition groups from the '60s to …
How Often Do Wrongful Convictions Involve Black Defendants?
How have wrongful convictions historically been broken down by race?
Hip-Hop Voices Talib Kweli and Rosa Clemente in Ferguson, “Ground Zero” for Police Brutality Struggle
Mourners are gathered in St. Louis for the funeral of Michael Brown, the unarmed African-American teenager killed by a white police officer on August 9.