Cop pushes old white man over backwards, leaves victim bleeding and unconscious after head...
This cancer of a creeping police state and of rampant brutality in our communities will continue and grow worse.
Don’t look away
The ongoing crisis of racially motivated police violence—and the government’s violent response to demonstrations against those actions—reminds us that change requires justice.
Lockdowns for the many, impunity for the few
“I was born in this county. I have never come across ill-feeling like this about anything. Everyone feels it is one law for us and one law for them. That is so unfair.”
If Trump sends the US military into states, it will ignite a peoples’ revolution
Can America and its Democracy withstand the attacks that are being made upon it from forces, not from without, but from within this country? What we desperately need, at this time, is a peoples’ revolution.
‘This is huge’: Move to defund police gains support nationwide
“In moments of crisis, people want services and resources that go directly to help people rather than police that surveil, brutalize, and kill us.”
Say her name: Breonna Taylor was killed by police in March. Why haven’t the...
The 26-year-old African American woman who was an emergency room technician treating COVID patients and was shot to death by police inside her own apartment in March.
I cover cops as an investigative reporter. Here are five ways you can start...
Police culture can be insular and tough to penetrate, but the public can hold law enforcement accountable. Here are important methods and context you need to know.
American Stonewall: The Cops Have Already Lost
If a politician wants to exercise real leadership, let them proclaim a day of healing where they lead a march of police and protesters together in support of a new era in police relations.
Minneapolis public schools vote to sever contract with police
“We want justice for George Floyd, and we know that justice isn’t enough. And now is the time to defund the police and invest in community.”
Sanders calls on democrats to embrace 8-point plan to end police brutality, protect communities
“We have got to act boldly to eradicate systemic racism and police violence. I am calling for sweeping policy reforms to protect people—particularly communities of color—who have suffered violence for far too long.”