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French Students Protest to Support Undocumented Families
We marched for an hour and a half, taking up all lanes of a huge boulevard while hundreds of cops in riot gear followed behind, receiving occasional middle finger …
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Update on Killing of Andy Lopez
Daily peaceful marches, prayer vigils and speaking events honor Lopez and call for justice, as thousands in the northern California community continue to mourn and express outrage.
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Routine Traffic Stop Turns Into Nightmare 14-hour Anal Cavity Search for Drugs
Lawsuit filed against police claims invasive search that violated civil rights.
The Debtor’s War: A Modern Greek Tragedy
Thatu2019s what governmentu2019s are for, right? To serve banksu2026 right?
NYPD Officer Risks His Job to Speak Out Against “Stop-and-Frisk” Targeting of People of Color
The New York City Police Department's controversial “stop-and-frisk” program was a major issue for voters going to the polls in the city's mayoral election.
Parents of Autistic Teen Entrapped by Cops Sue School District
The student was arrested in school in front of his classmates as part of a sting that nabbed 22 students in all, many of them children with special needs.
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Boys, Toys, and Guns — A Fatal Mix
Officers sworn to serve, protect, and keep the peace should not show off their guns to children and put them in their eager hands.
New York Communities Once Again Mobilize Against Police Brutality
Rallies are held nationwide against police brutality, meanwhile the family of Kyam Livingston, who died in a Brooklyn jail after allegedly being denied medical care, filed a wrongful death …
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Months After Fierce Opposition to Fare Hikes, Brazil’s Protests Are Evolving
While the right wing forces couldn't overwhelm the protests, their emergence nonetheless revealed the demonstrationsu2019 uncertain path.
Report Finds Police Worldwide Criminalize Dissent, Assert New Powers in Crackdown on Protests
In a major new report, the International Network of Civil Liberties Organizations details a global crackdown on peaceful protests through excessive police force and the criminalization of dissent.