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![The blockade is the culmination of more than a year of resistance to the planned compound.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0223-occ--400x300.jpg)
Inside Forest Defenders’ Blockade of Atlanta’s “Cop City” Training Compound
Activists have dug in against the militarized compound to defend Atlanta's most marginalized and largest watershed.
![Merchandise is offered for sale before the start of a rally with former President Donald Trump at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on October 9, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/02/2022_0217-trump-merch-400x300.jpg)
Miami Police Gave Out Fliers With Website Selling Trump Merch at Traffic Stops
The link redirected to a page with Amazon links to pro-Trump flags, hats and a film featuring far right figures.
![Police in riot gear arrest environmental activists at the Line 3 pipeline pumping station near the Itasca State Park, Minnesota, on June 7, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0127-police-line-3-400x300.jpg)
Corporations Are Funding Police Repression
“Essentially they've created company towns where they control law enforcement,” says Alex Vitale.
![Illustration of police officer with giant hands boxing in and leading two students](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2022/01/2022_0110-police-pipeline-c-400x300.jpg)
Police-Led Youth Programs Don’t Actually Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Police-led youth diversion programs instead expand the reach of the carceral state and the prison-industrial complex.
![Flowers and balloons are left along with a sign reading "Release the Footage Moore" at a makeshift memorial for the teenage girl who was killed by a police stray bullet at a Burlington Coat Factory in North Hollywood, California, December 27, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1228-lapd-burlington-400x300.jpg)
LAPD Releases Footage From Police Killing of Valentina Orellana-Peralta
"Her death was preventable!" said attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the family of the 14-year-old.
![View from behind police officer with gun belt](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/12/2021_1214-police-officer-s-400x300.jpg)
Some Schools That Canceled Contracts With Police Are Still Bringing in Officers
Instead of spending on police, schools should hire more people who can "help kids not be angry," say student advocates.
![Men belonging to the Oath Keepers wearing military tactical gear attend the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/2021_1105-oath-keepers--400x300.jpg)
Leaked Documents Show Police Officers on Supposed Oath Keepers Rosters
The Chicago Police Department has at least 13 active members of the Oath Keepers, NPR found.
![NYPD officers stand watch as people march as they protest against New York City's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for public school employees on October 4, 2021, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/11/2021_1102-nypd-vaccine-mandate-400x300.jpg)
Of 35,000 NYPD Officers, Only 34 Were Put on Leave Over Vaccine Mandate
The union threatened that 10,000 police would go on leave when the mandate went into effect.
![Black Lives Matter activist addresses participants in the mass sit-in on the Ohio State University (OSU) campus during the demonstration. Students staged a sit-in demonstration in reaction to the police shooting and killing of Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, the day before. Activists demanded that OSU sever ties with the Columbus Police Department to keep BIPOC students safe.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/10/GettyImages-1232450998-400x300.jpg)
Looking to Get Cops Off Your Campus? Start Here.
Last year’s uprisings have created fresh starting places for campus-based abolitionist organizing.
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Police Reform Is Not Enough to Protect Black Lives
Human rights lawyer Derecka Purnell argues that police reform is an inadequate compromise to calls for abolition.