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Policing
Forget “Looting.” Capitalism Is the Real Robbery.
Instead of condemning an uprising, those interested in liberation should condemn thefts perpetrated by a lethal system.
Minneapolis Protesters Call to Defund the Police
Protesters rose up and set fire to the Third Police Precinct in Minneapolis last night.
Police Arrest CNN Journalist During Live TV Coverage of George Floyd Protests
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz apologized for the arrest of the CNN crew Friday morning.
Civil Rights Attorney: Minneapolis Police Have a Long Pattern of Racist Violence
Residents again took to the streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a Black man killed by a white police officer.
FBI Says It Will Investigate Breonna Taylor Shooting Death
Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was shot to death by police inside her own apartment.
Pandemic Policing Is Expanding the Use of Surveillance Technology
Law enforcement agencies are already using small drones to enforce stay-at-home orders and social distancing measures.
New York City’s Budget Must Stop Robbing Our Children to Pay the NYPD
The New York City budget must fund communities and services that need support right now, not racist policing.
Black Scholar Jill Nelson Arrested for Chalking “Trump = Plague” in New York
The 67-year-old scholar was handcuffed, taken to the police station and held for five hours.
Surviving Pandemics Is Indigenous Resistance
Kelly Hayes talks with Morning Star Gali about Native life and death in the age of COVID-19.
California City Was Accused of Police Brutality Weeks Before Cop Beat Black Teen
A lawsuit alleges Rancho Cordova “fostered a culture of violence.”