Truthout
Policing
Police-Led Youth Programs Don’t Actually Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Police-led youth diversion programs instead expand the reach of the carceral state and the prison-industrial complex.
LAPD Releases Footage From Police Killing of Valentina Orellana-Peralta
“Her death was preventable!” said attorney Ben Crump, who was hired to represent the family of the 14-year-old.
Abolitionists Are Fighting Against the Surveillance State in Their Neighborhoods
The ShotSpotter system manufactures urgency for aggressive police deployments.
Wet’suwet’en Land Defenders Condemn Violent Police Raid Against Pipeline Protest
Canadian police continued to arrest land defenders after a violent raid that ended a 56-day blockade of a drilling site.
Voters Reject Policing Overhaul in Minneapolis — But Activists Aren’t Deterred
Alternatives to policing are already being built in Minneapolis.
Looking to Get Cops Off Your Campus? Start Here.
Last year’s uprisings have created fresh starting places for campus-based abolitionist organizing.
How Prosecutors Use Conspiracy and Questionable Testimony in “Gang” Cases
Donnell Murray’s trial shows what happens when police and prosecutors use their most powerful tools against Black men.
Rahm Emanuel Helped Cover Up Murder 7 Years Ago. Now He Wants to Be Ambassador.
Emanuel may be able to disassociate from the communities he helped gut, but Chicagoans still suffer from his politics.
“Business Improvement Districts” Quietly Privatize the Policing of Public Space
These corporate zones operate as an arm of forcible social control to ward off perceived threats to the flow of profit.
DEA Warns of Counterfeit Pill “Surge” Following Its Crackdown on Prescriptions
Experts say counterfeits are meeting demand for prescription pills as prescribing rates drop.