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Judge Denies Bond for 8 People Rounded Up in Mass Arrest for Opposing Cop City
Jailed since March 5, they are charged with domestic terrorism based on scant evidence like muddy clothes.
Moms Urge IL Leaders to Pardon Survivors of Police Torture, Wrongful Convictions
They’ll work with the UN to strengthen their case for pardoning those who’ve been framed or tortured into confessions.
Domestic Terrorism Charges Against Cop City Demonstrators Spur Further Protests
Actions and activities are planned all week, including a National Day of Action Against Police Terror on Thursday.
Mississippi Republicans Want Their Own Cops and Judges in Majority-Black Jackson
Black leaders compare the push to expand a state police force responsible for recent shootings to “apartheid.”
Portland Took Cops Out of Schools in 2020. Now It May Put Them Back.
Changing public perceptions that equate policing with safety is challenging, especially in the wake of school shootings.
Appeals Court Rules That Individuals Have Constitutional Right to Livestream Police
Dijon Sharpe was threatened with arrest in a North Carolina town when he tried to livestream a traffic stop in 2018.
Cori Bush Invites Father of Ferguson’s Michael Brown to State of the Union
The 2014 police killing of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, sparked mass protests that lasted over a year.
Police-Perpetrated Killings Are Public Executions — We Must Abolish Them
The normalization of extrajudicial killings is a hallmark of fascism where police assume the powers of judge and jury.
“Broken Windows Policing” Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols
Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
Atlanta’s “Cop City” Moves Forward as 19 People Face Domestic Terrorism Charges
The flimsy charges appear to be part of a strategy to undermine the protest movement, says reporter Alleen Brown.