Police Brutality

It's election day in Chicago, and until it's over political types here are unlikely to write about much of anything else.

Hate violence is inextricably bound to broader social and political systems.

Chicago's Homan Square reflects a norm rather than a deviation from US policy.

A spate of police shootings show how undocumented people are vulnerable to police abuse due to fears of deportation.

Portland's reform efforts come in the context of a national outcry against police violence.

In 2002, a survey of youth's sense of safety in the Jane-Finch, Malvern, Regent Park and Parkdale communities identified police violence and drug trade activities as their principal fears.

While the US believes it is exceptional, it regularly condemns other nations for actions it does consistently.

Two police officers have been shot.

For a sobering dose of reality about race, class and policing, we may look at the behavior of the police in other major American cities.

This article is dedicated to all those who seek to produce justice in the face of state sanctioned violence vis-u00e0-vis police brutality