Police Violence

Many are not buying the police's explanation that it was “an inadvertent mistake.”

Cries of “black lives matter” continue to ring out across the country after new police killings of unarmed African Americans.

An update on Truthout's four-part investigative series on the Chicago Police Department and the Independent Police Review Authority.

A presidential task force outlines steps to bridge the divide between police and communities of color.

Law created to protect Blacks is cited against woman protesting police violence.

Hate violence is inextricably bound to broader social and political systems.

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.

Protesters demanded police training to deal with mentally ill after LAPD caught on video shooting and killing a homeless black man.

This article is dedicated to all those who seek to produce justice in the face of state sanctioned violence vis-u00e0-vis police brutality

The Supreme Court's ruling about whether the police had a right to shoot a mentally ill woman wielding a knife has broad ramifications.