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Angela Davis Featured at National Forum on Police Crimes at University of Chicago
The National Forum held workshops highlighting police crimes against undocumented and other immigrant workers, the labor movement and all workers, the LGBTQ community, women, peace, and solidarity activists, and …
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Meet the Woman Who Was Assaulted by a Cop For Taking Tylenol
An officer assaulted a woman in a waiting area, claiming that she was violating custody rules because she took a dose of painkiller for an infected tooth.
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#Justice4Cecily: Do Calls for Leniency Undermine the Movement Against State Violence?
Rather than challenge the sociopolitical consensus and laws that create near total immunity for on-duty police officers during confrontations with civilians, McMillan and her defense team instead proclaimed her …
Police Siege of Albuquerque: Will the Feds Prosecute Top Brass?
Community members and victims' families fear harassment, surveillance and even premeditated murder at the hands of the Albuquerque Police Department.
As Another Major Bank Avoids Jail, Occupy Wall Street Protester Cecily McMillan Gets Three-Month Term
While no Credit Suisse executives will be heading to jail for facilitating widespread tax evasion, Occupy Wall Street protester Cecily McMillan has been sentenced to three months in jail …
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Once Searched, Forever Seized: Why Cell Phone Searches Need a Warrant
An exception in the Fourth Amendment has given police free rein to seize and search the devices that store our calls, text messages, e-mails, and troves of other personal …
The Cops Killed Her Son; That Did Not Stop Her
Juanita Young talks about the death of her son, Malcolm Ferguson, a 23-year old man murdered by NYPD officer Louis Rivera.
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Beyond Marriage: Advocates Call on Obama Administration to Combat LGBTQ Criminalization
Despite the media hype, marriage equality is not the top issue on every agenda in the LGBTQ world.
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Why Do Police Unions in New York Want to Repeal the End Discriminatory Profiling Act?
Unknown to many, the NYPD was already "banned" from racial profiling by an obscure municipal provision called Introductory Number 142-B.
First Quarter Marijuana Possession Arrest Data Released: NYPD On Path to Make As Many Marijuana Arrests in 2014 as in Previous Year
Today the Marijuana Arrest Research Project released data showing that racially bias marijuana arrests continue to be one of the leading arrests in New York City, despite the precipitous …