News | Pedro Rios Jr. Civil Suit: Chicago Police Struck 14-Year-Old With Car Prior to Fatal Shooting An update on Truthout's four-part investigative series on the Chicago Police Department and the Independent Police Review Authority. By Sarah Macaraeg , Truthout April 12, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | President Obama Already Has a Way to Prevent Policing Abuses A presidential task force outlines steps to bridge the divide between police and communities of color. By Diego Iniguez-Lopez & Alan Jenkins , Truthout April 10, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Racial Justice In Strange Twist of History, Black Activist Charged With “Lynching” Law created to protect Blacks is cited against woman protesting police violence. By Thandisizwe Chimurenga , Truthout April 5, 2015 Truthout
Excerpt | Imagining Social Justice as a Communal Process Hate violence is inextricably bound to broader social and political systems. By Michael Bronski & Kay Whitlock , BeaconPress April 3, 2015 Truthout
News | Fact Sheet on Police Violence in the Jane-Finch Community of Toronto 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. By Ajamu Nangwaya , Truthout March 19, 2015 Truthout
News | Prisons & Policing Protests Rise Over Los Angeles Police Killing of Mentally Ill, Black Homeless Man Protesters demanded police training to deal with mentally ill after LAPD caught on video shooting and killing a homeless black man. By Bethania Palma Markus , Truthout March 10, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Confronting the Rhetoric of “Black on Black Crime”: A Response to Derailing Strategies This article is dedicated to all those who seek to produce justice in the face of state sanctioned violence vis-u00e0-vis police brutality By Xhercis Méndez , TheFeministWire March 9, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Do the Americans With Disabilities and Civil Rights Acts Apply to Police Operations? The Supreme Court's ruling about whether the police had a right to shoot a mentally ill woman wielding a knife has broad ramifications. By Michael Avery , Truthout March 6, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Environment & Health “I Thought I Saw Death”: John Lewis Remembers Police Attack on Bloody Sunday in Selma 50 Years Ago Thousands of people are expected to travel to Selma. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 6, 2015 Truthout
Interview | Prisons & Policing Police Killing of Unarmed Mexican Farmworker in Washington State Sparks Protest Authorities in Pasco, Washington, have revealed police fired 17 shots at Antonio Zambrano-Montes. By Juan González & Amy Goodman , DemocracyNow! March 2, 2015 Truthout