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![Members of the national guard stand outside the Hennepin County Government Center](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/06/2021_0609-national-guard-400x300.jpg)
Policing and Militarism Go Hand in Hand. We Must Abolish Both.
Police and the military operate under the same principle -- they move in, occupy and oppress communities.
![Smoke billows above buildings after an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City in the Gaza Strip early on May 15, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1232892569-400x300.jpg)
My Grandparents Lived Through the Nakba. Now It’s Happening Again.
The Israeli military is committing atrocities in Sheikh Jarrah and Gaza. This is the unending Palestinian catastrophe.
![Civil Police officers take part in an operation against alleged drug traffickers at the Jacarezinho favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 6, 2021.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/05/2021_0507-rio-police-400x300.jpg)
Police in Brazil Kill Two Dozen in Deadliest Favela Raid in Rio’s History
Brazil suffers one of the highest rates of police-perpetrated killings in the world.
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University of California Pushes to Militarize and Expand Its Police Force
A campus-based movement is growing in response, to abolish police presence and transform safety infrastructures.
![Minneapolis police officers in riot gear overlaid with logos from Target, Starbucks, AT&T, Facebook and Amazon](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/04/2021_0427-police-fund-400x300.jpg)
Big Corporations Strike Racial Justice Pose While Continuing to Fund Police
Nonprofit police foundations are just one way corporations have funneled money into law enforcement.
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Outrage in Kenosha as Cop Who Shot Jacob Blake Returns to Work
“Our demand is for him to be fired," says Jacob Blake Sr., father of Jacob Blake.
![Ohio State University students stage a sit-in demonstration on April 21, 2021, in reaction to the police shooting and killing of Ma'Khia Bryant, 16, the day before.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0422-osu-protest-400x300.jpg)
We Are Fighting for a World Where Ma’Khia Bryant Would Have Lived
Policing is never about care, and that is why so many are demanding that we rethink the meaning of public safety.
![Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks at the Department of Justice on April 21, 2021, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2018/05/2021_0421-merrick-garland-400x300.jpg)
Attorney General Merrick Garland Announces DOJ Probe Into Minneapolis PD
The announcement comes after a jury found former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd.
![Demonstrators protesting the shooting death of Daunte Wright march to the FBI offices from the Brooklyn Center police station on April 13, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2021/04/2021_0414-protestors-in-brooklyn-center-400x300.jpg)
Police Officer Who Killed Daunte Wright Will Face Manslaughter Charge
People have flooded the streets of Brooklyn Center for the third night in a row to protest Daunte Wright’s killing.
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Capitol Police Knew Trump’s Mob Would Attack Congress But Were Unprepared Anyway
Though an internal assessment found that the mob was targeting Congress, Capitol Police leaders downplayed the threat.