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Police Violence
![Protesters gathered in Washington Square Park and marched towards Times Square to call for justice in the police killing of 36-year-old Sonya Massey in her home in Illinois, on July 25, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/GettyImages-2162851274-1-400x300.jpg)
Sonya Massey’s Killing Shows the Danger Police Pose to Black Disabled People
Racism and ableism are baked into policing's DNA. Massey's killing underscores the urgent need for alternatives.
![Fausto Limon looks at his bean plants, knowing they need more fertilizer, but lacking the money to buy it, in Veracruz, Mexico.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/fausto06b-1-400x300.jpg)
US Corporations Pump Aquifers Dry as Police Kill Water Defenders in Rural Mexico
Farmers are risking their lives to fight back against the US-owned factory farms that are destroying Mexico’s water.
![A police officer walks along the East Front of the U.S. Capitol on May 16, 2023, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/07/2024_0716-police-400x300.jpg)
Police Violence Is Also Political Violence — and Deeply Normalized in the US
The threat of state-sanctioned violence is so constant in the US that it doesn’t even make the headlines.
![Then-newly appointed New York City Police Commissioner Edward A. Caban raises his new shield during a press conference at the NYPD 40th Precinct on July 17, 2023, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0627-nypd-400x300.jpg)
NYC Police Commissioner Prevented 54 Cops’ Misconduct Cases From Going to Trial
The NYPD is “shutting down cases under the cloak of darkness,” said a former head of the police oversight agency.
![Police grab a protester as they attempt to dismantle the pro-Palestine encampment at UC Irvine in Irvine, California, on May 15, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2152688891-400x300.jpg)
Police Are Sending Student Protesters to the ER. Campus Cops Don’t Keep Us Safe.
The recent campus crackdowns underscore the danger of the decades-long rise in school policing.
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California Cops Violently Attacked a Black Man Who Was Filming Them
“I felt the asphalt just cutting in my face,” said Kwesi Guss, the man who the officers attacked.
![Police break through barricades set up by pro-Palestinian demonstrators at an encampment as smoke rises at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) on May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2151149170-400x300.jpg)
Medics Say Police Weapons Drew Blood and Cracked Bones at UCLA Protest
One witness said some protesters required not just a visit to the emergency room, but actual hospitalization.
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NYPD Killed 19-Year-Old Win Rozario After He Called 911 for Help
The fatal shooting of the Bangladeshi teen has set off protests and demands for justice from the family.
![NYPD officers arrive in riot gear to evict a building that had been barricaded by pro-Palestinian student protesters at Columbia University, in New York City, on April 30, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0503-nypd-400x300.jpg)
NYPD Officer Fired Gun During Violent Raid of Columbia Hamilton Hall Protest
Police officers had entered Hamilton Hall with guns raised as they brutalized student protesters on Tuesday.
![Rebecca Gainer, sister of slain Ryan Gainer, comforts her mother Sharon Hayward during a press conference announcing a lawsuit against the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department on March 21, 2024, in Apple Valley, California.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/03/GettyImages-2095082800-400x300.jpg)
Activists Say Police Killing of Ryan Gainer Shows Need for Community Safety
Black, autistic 15-year-old Ryan Gainer was fatally shot by San Bernardino police during a mental health crisis.