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Police Departments Retaliate Against Organized Cop-Watch Groups Across the US
Organizations that use police scanners to monitor police activities by legally filming cops on duty have said they've experienced retaliation.
Policing for Wealth
When proponents claim that the broken windows policing strategy reduces crime, they overlook that it has marshaled state power for a very unfair model of urban development in every …
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Code Black: Murder, Mass Incarceration, Militarization and Genocide in Progress
“Instead of lynchings, we now enjoy the spectacle of the fraternal-order-of-police executing blacks and browns as sport.”
Iraq War Veteran Warns Ferguson Is Our Future – and Our Past
National security expert Terron Sims says unrest in Ferguson, “is America today,” and if we don't deal with racial discrimination, “will be our tomorrow.”
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Fascism 101: The Police and Media Control
Students of the profession of policing in St. Louis are invited to a seminar on how to “WIN WITH THE MEDIA!”
Most Members of the Black Caucus Have Supported Police Militarization
Black Agenda Report executive editor Glen Ford says their voting record on this issue shows that only a few members act in the interest of the black community.
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Children’s Rights Groups Urge Defense Program to Stop Giving School Cops Military Hardware
Among the military hardware requested by school police were anti-mine vehicles, M-16s, ammo, grenade launchers.
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Where Are the White Feminists? MIA on Racist Misogynist Police Violence
The historic failure of both the civil rights movement and women's movement to grasp intersectionality keeps black women criminalized.
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Local and State Police Involved in Sensitive Hemisphere Program
Federal, state and local police are utilizing an unclassified but “law enforcement sensitive” program, known as Hemisphere, which provides nearly unfettered access to an enormous database.
Between the Peacekeepers and the Protesters in Ferguson
In Ferguson, those who are trying to keep the peace are in conflict with those who want to see justice for Michael Brown and their community.