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Police Violence
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#Justice4Cecily: Do Calls for Leniency Undermine the Movement Against State Violence?
Rather than challenge the sociopolitical consensus and laws that create near total immunity for on-duty police officers during confrontations with civilians, McMillan and her defense team instead proclaimed her …
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Cecily McMillan: The Latest Butterfly on the Wheel
Power will not hesitate to use your identity against you if it can. The police violence to which Cecily McMillan was subjected was explicitly gendered, and in this she …
Wisconsin Passes Law Requiring Independent Investigations of Police Shootings
The law's passage is thanks to sustained pressure from the families of shooting victims.
The Bleaching of San Francisco: Extreme Gentrification and Suburbanized Poverty in the Bay Area
San Francisco is experiencing a wave of unprecedented hyper-gentrification and urban removal.
Jersey City Man Shot in the Face and Blinded by Police Faces 30 Years in Prison
The story of 18-year-old Kwadir Felton, shot in the face and blinded by Police Sergeant Thomas McVicar, then convicted of aggravated assault of an officer, repeats a too-familiar pattern.
Are Police Officers’ Body-Worn Cameras a Win for Accountability?
Questions remain about whether body-worn cameras will curb police violence.
UN Human Rights Committee Finds US in Violation on 25 Counts
A UN Human Rights Committee excoriates the US civil and political rights record, enumerating 25 lapses - including torture, drone attacks, police violence, racialized justice, Guantanamo, criminalization of homelessness …
Journalist Calls for Accountability in Police Killings
No one knows how many civilians are killed by law enforcement every year, so D. Brian Burghart launched a database to keep track: Fatal Encounters.
Federal Prosecutions Fail To Bring Justice in New Orleans
After years bringing New Orleans police violence to light, community members find continued activism may result in positive change.
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Arizona’s Tenacious Laws Against Sex Workers
US state's initiative that aimed to improve prostitutes' lives has brought “no real reform” as harsh penalties persist.