Policing

Mumia's story has been compared by some here to the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston; both concern racism, police and power.

Proponents of “bipartisan criminal justice reform” fail to address exhaustive evidence of race-based policing.

Two police officers have been shot.

The vast majority of payments came from settlements, which usually do not require the city or police officers to admit wrongdoing.

A former Guantanamo interrogator was also a Chicago police officer.

A group of activists and allies took to the subway in Chicago to make some noise about the mayoral election and the police torture reparations ordinance.

If we don't address past as well as recent police shootings, the US is telling black men that their lives don't matter.

Every day, cops toss dangerous military-style grenades during raids, with little oversight and horrifying results.

Hate crime laws lent legitimacy to a prison and policing system that has wrought immense damage on communities of color.

Even the media is not immune in the rare cases it acknowledges there are real issues.