Tag: Crime
Chicago cop under investigation after body-slamming man on video
“While a single video does not depict the entirety of the interactions between the police and the individual, this particular video is very disturbing.”
Deputy under investigation after tackling teenage quadruple amputee on video
“Men with badges should not be acting this way. Men and women who do act this way should not have badges and guns.”
Reconsidering criminal punishment
We know that the prison system is expensive to maintain and not particularly effective. So what are other solutions to crime?
Oklahoma cop arrested for murdering police chief
According to officials, deputies responded to a report of a physical altercation at the hotel and discovered the police chief dead upon their arrival.
Teen’s family awarded $3.75M after son gunned down by LA sheriff’s...
Although deputies claim that the teen had a gun, no firearm was located at the scene.
Minneapolis agrees to pay $20M to family of unarmed woman killed...
“There was not a clear threat before the use of force was made. This is not a victory for anyone, but rather a way for our city to move forward.”
Miami cop found not guilty for negligence after shooting unarmed man
“The difficulties posed by this case are clearly represented by the jury’s inability to come to a verdict on three of the four charged offenses.”
US has supplied UAE $27B in arms despite nation’s links to...
We look at how U.S. weapons are supporting the ongoing devastation in Yemen with William Hartung, director of the Arms and Security Project at the Center for International Policy.
Former Baltimore police sergeant indicted for planting gun and witness tampering
“Prosecuting criminals who work in police agencies is essential both to protect our communities and to support the many honorable officers whose reputations they unfairly tarnish.”
Bread, circuses, and duct tape
There is, of course, no emergency, despite the rape fantasy that the president has regularly tried to pass off as public policy.
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“But I didn’t know!”
A second Trump presidency will unleash extremists' to target specific politicians and activists, just as any terrorist regime does.
Cooperation Jackson’s food sovereignty initiatives help with sustainable community development, economic democracy, and community...
“It’s a beautiful thing to be able to feed your community, especially in a food desert.”
US suffered almost 300,000 excess deaths during coronavirus pandemic, CDC reports
They found that excess deaths have occurred every week in the U.S. since March, peaking in the weeks ending April 11 and August 8.
Why the Founders Would Decry What America has Become
If the Founding Fathers saw what the United States has become, they would be devastated. Poverty, income inequality, suppression of speaking ones mind, crime, war, and oligarch like behaviors all make up this new U.S. It is far from being the democracy it was created as.
The US spends more than $80 billion a year incarcerating 2.3 million people
"With movements calling for defunding and divesting, people are finally talking about spending and raising the heat on the thousands of corporations that profit off the millions of people we lock up."