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Police Brutality
Voices of Rise Up October: Victims’ Families Decry Police Violence
On Saturday, thousands rallied in New York City against police brutality.
New York City Activists Ticket Residents of Gentrified Neighborhood
The Police Reform Organizing Project took to the streets of Park Slope.
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Cops vs. a Culture of Nonviolence
The harder we work on developing nonviolence as a skill set the closer we grow to each other and the healthier our communities become.
Confronting the Pro-Police Backlash
The need for Black Lives Matter has never been greater.
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On Police Injustice: “Fires of Rebellion Burn With Rage, but They Shine With Hope“
The reason Michael Brown's story is not simply a statistic is because the people of Ferguson fought back.
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Say Her Name: What It Means to Center Black Women’s Experiences of Police Violence
Recent cases of police violence against Black women are representative of long-term trends in gendered experiences of state violence.
Civilian Boards in Newark Could Now Have the Power to Discipline Officers
Civilian boards recommending consequences for police lack power, but Newark is changing that.
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Free Speech Doesn’t Kill People
The true interest of opponents is not lowering crime rates or officer safety, but shutting down a powerful social movement.
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Police Brutality: “The Violence Is Not New, It’s the Cameras That Are New”
“It's the cameras that are new. It's not the violence that's new.”
Justice for Samuel Harrell: Prosecute the “Beat Up Squad” at the Fishkill Prison
A horrifying murder was committed four months ago and despite the killers being known, not a single thing has happened to them.