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Keith Lamont Scott’s Wife Is Latest Black Woman Forced to Film State Violence Against a Partner
The gut-wrenching cellphone video by Rakeyia Scott witnessing her husband, Keith Lamont Scott, being shot was released.
Charged With Being Alive: Terence Crutcher and Keith Lamont Scott
Race affects everything: where you live, what you're blamed for and even if you're deemed worthy of being alive.
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Court Rules Black Men May Be Justified in Running From Police
Court cites motivation to “avoid the recurring indignity of being racially profiled.”
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A Grandfather’s Grief for the LAPD’s 12th Shooting Victim of 2016
After 31 years in prison, Al Sasser emerged a changed man, touching many lives — then the police killed his grandson.
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In Milwaukee, a History of Racist Violence Fuels Mistrust of the Police Department
A recent shooting recalls the decades of abuse inflicted on the city's African-American community by police.
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DNA Dragnet: In Some Cities, Police Go From Stop-and-Frisk to Stop-and-Spit
Florida police are building private DNA databases, collecting samples from people not charged with or even suspected of anything.
Against the Battalions in Blue: Challenging American Police, Their Racism and Their Imperial Violence
Police violence and militarization is at the heart of a perpetual crisis in the US.
DOJ Report on Baltimore Echoes Centuries-Old Limits on Black Freedom
The recently released report from the DOJ on the Baltimore Police Department is sobering, but not surprising.
Socializing the Corrupt: Cheating, Education and Law Enforcement in Pennsylvania
Law enforcement leaders create an educational system for socializing corrupt police in Pennsylvania.
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