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How Did the FBI Miss More Than 1 Million Rapes?
Systematic undercounting of sexual assaults in the US disguises a hidden rape crisis.
Police Brutality and the Failure of Liberal Democrats
Glen Ford says that the recent death of Eric Garner by the NYPD demonstrates that liberal democrats like NYC mayor Bill de Blasio will not end institutional racism.
Released Occupy Activist Cecily McMillan: “There’s No Sense in Prison“
Released from Rikers prison after serving 58 days, Occupy activist Cecily McMillan discusses prisons, policing and why she'll keep protesting.
Candice Bernd on the Epidemic of Police Brutality in Albuquerque
Candice Bernd discusses the epidemic of police brutality in Albuquerque and how the USDA now has sub-machine guns at its disposal.
Police Departments Ignore Rampant Sexual Assault by Officers
No organization keeps data about the number of victims of police-perpetrated sexual violence.
NYC’s $40 Million Central Park Five Settlement Resolves Wrongful Jailing Fueled by Race-Baiting, Police Abuse
The City of New York has reportedly agreed to pay $40 million to five men wrongfully convicted of raping a female jogger in Central Park 25 years ago.
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Who is Watching the Watchers?
There needs to be a national conversation about an emerging police state, and who is watching the watchers.
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ACLU: Documents Show Effort of Police and US Marshals to Deceive Courts in Use of Controversial “Stringrays“
The ACLU has uncovered instructions from the US Marshals Service that appear to tell police to actively deceive judges and defendants about the use of the controversial surveillance tool …
Beyond Drones and Stop-and-Frisk
NYPD Police Commissioner Bill Bratton seems incapable of emerging from the broken windows mindset which depends on destroying the dignity of poor people of color.
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Uncle Sam Doesn’t Want You – He Already Has You
Nowadays, in Fortress America, every one of us is, in some sense, government issue in a surveillance state gone mad.