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Policing

Private Equity Influence Is at the Heart of Cop City, Report Reveals
“Private equity is fully part of and fully profiting from the prison-industrial complex,” says coauthor of the report.

Right-Wingers Push Death Penalty Reinstatement Bills as Part of Hardline Agenda
The same forces that are attacking abortion, trans health care and racial justice are also pushing for more executions.

How Do We Interrupt Violence Without Police?
Real solutions to violence require addressing root causes, including poverty, addiction and community health.

CDC Report Recognizes Police-Perpetrated Killing as Major Cause of Violent Death
Federal researchers detailed huge racial disparities in deadly police violence, but crucial data is still missing.

If the Police Can Decide Who Qualifies as a Journalist, There Is No Free Press
Where’s the outcry? Mainstream media have been strangely silent following the arrest of two reporters in North Carolina.

Cop City Is Only the Beginning, Unless We Fight
“This is a global struggle against fascism,” says Jasmine, an Atlanta organizer.

DOJ Intervention Didn’t Stop Seattle’s Police Violence. It Gave Cops More Money.
Seattle learned the hard way that federal oversight via “consent decrees” mainly served to increase police budgets.

Stabbings Near UC Davis Were Terrifying, But More Policing Won’t Make Us Safer
Student-led care and support work rather than criminalization and prosecution should be our model for safety.

Surveillance Technologies Don’t Create Safety. They Intensify State Violence.
Surveillance technologies create a dragnet to monitor nearly everyone and collect data on all of our behaviors.

3 Tennessee Teens Overdosed and 2 Died. Now the Survivor Is Charged With Murder.
Overdose deaths continue to rise, but harm reduction advocates say criminalizing drug use won’t save lives.