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Two Years After Eric Garner’s Death, Ramsey Orta, Who Filmed Police, Is Only One Heading to Jail
Ramsey Orta says he has been repeatedly arrested and harassed by cops since he filmed the fatal police chokehold nearly two years ago.
The Problem Is Overpolicing
Making the police more diverse or tinkering with their training won't stop police killings of Black people. The problem is overpolicing.
Marc Lamont Hill: Dallas Shootings Can’t Deter Us From Continuing Movement Against State Violence
Protests against police brutality and state violence have swept the country, in the wake of the fatal police shootings Alton Sterling and Philando Castile.
The Perils of National Amnesia
“It was freedom to destroy freedom.”
Anti-Lynching Laws Were Never Meant to Defend Black Lives: The Case of Jasmine Abdullah
These laws were invented not to protect Black lives but to allow the state to define the boundaries of legalized violence.
What’s the Future of Resistance to Racist Police Violence?
What is the future of resistance against racist police violence in the United States?
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Fighting to Live Free of Police Violence While Black
Alicia Garza outlines the history and scope of racist police violence in the US, and what has led to the rebellions and protest movements arising in recent years.
Opposing Mass Incarceration Is “Trendy,” but Can We Stop the Train of Piecemeal Reform?
How do we halt the advance of Donald Trump without totally capitulating to piecemeal reforms of the criminal legal system?
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Blacklash: Missouri State Legislature Responds to Ferguson Uprising
The bills advanced during this year's Missouri legislative cycle are reactionary repudiations of a growing movement.
Black Lives Matter Activist Convicted of Felony Lynching: “It’s More Than Ironic, It’s Disgusting”
In Pasadena, California, Black Lives Matter organizer Jasmine Richards is facing four years in state prison.