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Police Violence
Police and State Violence Have Secondary Impacts: Complex and Lasting Trauma
The lived reality for many Black and Brown people is a state of hypervigilance that overwhelms our nervous systems.
Jailers Tortured and Murdered Marvin Scott III, Family Says After Viewing Video
After viewing tape of Scott's in-custody murder at the Collin County Jail, his family says he suffered "day of torture."
Commission Finds Anti-Black Police Violence Constitutes Crimes Against Humanity
Twelve experts found that both U.S. law and police practices do not comply with international law.
Abolitionist Struggles Are Also Matters of Global Justice
Author Julian Aguon’s new book links the struggle to demilitarize his native Guam to the Black Lives Matter movement.
Police Convictions Are Not the Goal. Abolitionists Have Bigger Dreams.
"Police don't keep us safe," says organizer D.A. Bullock.
Rev. William Barber Condemns Police “Execution” of Andrew Brown
Brown's family "waited 120 hours to get 20 seconds" of footage of the police-perpetrated killing, says Rev. Barber.
Justice Department Investigations Don’t Actually Challenge Police Violence
The proceduralism of the DOJ won’t stop police killings, just as years of “police reform” didn’t save George Floyd.
Outrage in Kenosha as Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Returns to Work
“Our demand is for him to be fired," says Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake.
We Are Fighting for a World Where Ma’Khia Bryant Would Have Lived
Policing is never about care, and that is why so many are demanding that we rethink the meaning of public safety.
Mass Protests Led to Chauvin’s Conviction. Now They’re Being Criminalized.
GOP state lawmakers have pushed 81 new bills aimed at crushing protest in the 2021 legislative session.