Tag: police violence
Deputy fired and arrested for assaulting handcuffed woman on video
“His actions are unacceptable, and I will not have it from any of my deputies.”
Protests break out in Wisconsin after police shoot Black man in...
Following the police shooting, hundreds of Wisconsinites marched through the streets of Kenosha and gathered outside the Kenosha County Public Safety Building chanting, "No justice, no peace!"
3 Mississippi cops charged with murder after beating black man
“As the family of George Robinson, we are pleased the Jackson Police Department officers involved in his death have finally been charged with murder."
Lawsuit filed after police handcuff 8-year-old boy on video
“My son has a disability and the authorities tried to make him a criminal.”
Video: LAPD shoots man in the head with nonlethal rounds
The LAPD officers who shot Montano with nonlethal rounds have not been identified and are not currently facing criminal charges for assault.
Popular movements can overcome authoritarian policing
While Trump sending in militarized troops to cities needs to be opposed, police violence is bigger than Trump.
New local lawsuit challenges ‘violent and unlawful’ attacks on Portland protesters...
"The administration can expect legal challenges, and, as we have seen in Portland, their attacks will only bring more people out to protest."
Four former correctional officers sentenced to prison for beating handcuffed inmate
“The sentences handed down in this case show that law enforcement officers who break the law, violate their oaths, and deprive inmates of their civil rights will be held accountable for their actions.”
Police officers charged with murder after tasing man to death
“The actions of the district attorney in filing second degree-murder charges is a big step in providing the public with the security that law enforcement is going to be held accountable.”
‘Not good enough’: Protesters demand more action after officers who killed...
"This shouldn't be a moment, this should be a movement."
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The dark side of Trump’s moon
A new book sheds light on the "intellectual" underpinnings of the Trump revolution.
‘Domestic terrorism’: Leaked DOJ memo targets ‘anti-Americanism, anti-capitalism, anti-Christianity’
The memo was obtained by independent investigative journalist Ken Klippenstein, who joins us to discuss how it expands on President Donald Trump’s NSPM-7 directive.
‘An abject failure’: Economists trash Trump’s disastrous job creation record in year-end reviews
“The jobs aren’t coming back, the wages aren’t rising,” one economist said.
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It ain’t over ‘til it's over, and the better angels of our nature are most readily accessible through great literature and art, great science, and expert history that dispels truthiness and lies.
Trump plan to dismantle US weather research hub alarms scientists and state officials
A proposal by the Trump administration to break up the National Center for Atmospheric Research has sparked warnings from scientists, university leaders, and Colorado officials who say the move could undermine public safety, economic stability, and decades of shared scientific infrastructure.