Tag: police brutality

What sets Mamdani apart from other progressive mayors who promised to be tough on police is a democratic socialist vision of a society that meets people’s needs.

The figures raise serious questions about the oversight of the police at a time when they are under huge scrutiny, and have prompted campaigners to slam a “broken” complaints system.

The mayor has repeatedly championed the CRT and his allies who run it, even as NYPD officials have warned its policing has been too aggressive.

As Trump spreads baseless claims about rising crime, he calls for a day of violent police action targeting immigrants, prompting backlash and comparisons to authoritarian regimes.

Campaigners and political leaders across the United States respond with outrage and calls for justice after the release of body camera footage showing the deadly police shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old Black woman from Springfield, Illinois.

Cases against officers frequently vanish for days—sometimes weeks—at a time.

Emory University incident raises alarms: Academic community questions police response to peaceful campus protests amid growing national debate on academic freedom and civil liberties.

Four years after Breonna Taylor's tragic death, a bipartisan effort emerges to transform police protocol and honor her legacy by proposing a nationwide ban on no-knock warrants.

A critical legal battle unfolds as Atlanta seeks to overturn a ruling allowing nonresidents to participate in a controversial referendum on a police training center.

"Systemic racism and injustice": UN slams U.S. for widespread human rights breaches.