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Police Violence
Right-Wing Media Blames Everyone but Police for Baltimore Unrest
The right-wing response to stories of police violence is becoming predictable.
To Protect and to Sever
The Rise of Privatized Policing: How Crisis Capitalism Created Crisis Cops
With more private security guards than public police officers, what are the consequences for accountability?
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On the Baltimore Uprising: Toward a New “Broken Windows” Theory
What change will a “peaceful” protest spark if a “peaceful” protest is so easy to ignore?
National Guard Deployed as Baltimore Erupts After Years of Police Violence, Economic Neglect
Baltimore public schools are closed, and a weeklong curfew is in effect.
Your Pregnancy May Subject You to Even More Law Enforcement Violence
For pregnant women, law enforcement violence isn't limited to physical brutality.
On Rekia Boyd, Freddie Gray and the Cost of Police Impunity
While the corporate media report on killings of Black civilians by police, they fail to cover the actual mechanics underpinning the cycle of violence.
Drug Reform Is About Animal Rights, Too
Police no-knock raids cause casualties, devastate families and often include the slaughter of household pets.
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Police Sergeant Says Cop Who Killed Unarmed Eric Harris Is a “True Victim“
Many are not buying the police's explanation that it was “an inadvertent mistake.”
Black Lives Matter Activists in South Carolina Demand Reform After Police Killing of Walter Scott
Cries of “black lives matter” continue to ring out across the country after new police killings of unarmed African Americans.