Prisons & Policing From Belfast to Baltimore, Police Tactics Spread. Can Justice Go Global? The police tactics a far-off stranger is facing today just may be what you're up against tomorrow. By Laura Flanders , GRITtv May 21, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | The Real “Looting”: From Slavery to Policing and Beyond Recent US protests are part of a growing movement against systemic racism, including the looting of Black wealth and violence against Black people. By Adam Hudson , Truthout May 20, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Don’t Call It a Curfew: Martial Law in the United States Being Black in Baltimore in recent days meant being imprisoned in your home, another example of communities of color being subject to an unequal criminal legal system. By Shahid Buttar , Truthout May 5, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | A Chronicle of Woe: US Policing Culture From Iraq and Vietnam to Jon Burge’s Chicago The culture of US policing needs to move beyond current practice and operations. By Cary Fraser , Truthout April 27, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | On Rekia Boyd, Freddie Gray and the Cost of Police Impunity While the corporate media report on killings of Black civilians by police, they fail to cover the actual mechanics underpinning the cycle of violence. By Sarah Macaraeg , Truthout April 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Why Does the New York City Council Want More Cops? Julian Guerrero asks why Democrats on the Progressive Caucus of the New York City Council are pushing for the city to hire more police officers. By Julian Guerrero , SocialistWorker April 21, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Physical Murder and Political Asphyxiation: The Story of Danielle Hicks-Best The abomination lays bare the thin line that many African-American children and families tread “between physical murder and spiritual death.” By Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BlackAgendaReport April 15, 2015 Truthout
Prisons & Policing New Mexico Governor Signs Historic Property Rights Protections into Law New Mexico outlaws civil asset forfeiture, aka “Policing for profit.” By Staff , DrugPolicyAlliance April 13, 2015 Truthout
Op-Ed | Prisons & Policing US Embassy and Small-Town Thugs Mumia's story has been compared by some here to the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston; both concern racism, police and power. By Victor Grossman , Truthout April 13, 2015 Truthout
News Analysis | Moneyballing Justice: “Evidence-Based” Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence Proponents of “bipartisan criminal justice reform” fail to address exhaustive evidence of race-based policing. By Nancy A. Heitzeg & Kay Whitlock , Truthout March 29, 2015 Truthout