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Policing
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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.
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.
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.
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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.
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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.”
New Mexico Governor Signs Historic Property Rights Protections into Law
New Mexico outlaws civil asset forfeiture, aka “Policing for profit.”
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.
Moneyballing Justice: “Evidence-Based” Criminal Reforms Ignore Real Evidence
Proponents of “bipartisan criminal justice reform” fail to address exhaustive evidence of race-based policing.
Eyewitness to Ferguson Police Shooting: Gunfire Did Not Come From Area of Nonviolent Protest
Two police officers have been shot.
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Chicago Police Misconduct Payouts Topped $50 Million in 2014
The vast majority of payments came from settlements, which usually do not require the city or police officers to admit wrongdoing.