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![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.
![Organizers who attended the Nationwide Summit to Stop Cop City in Tucson, Arizona, rallied outside the primary insurer of the Cop City project in Scottsdale, Arizona, on February 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/02/JPEG-image-4F55-B945-D1-0-400x300.jpeg)
Stop Cop City Takes Fight to Tucson as GA Aims to Expand Domestic Terror Statute
Activists targeted insurers and investors in Tucson as the Georgia legislature and police target organizers in Atlanta.