Tag: police violence
Fifth correctional officer pleads guilty to beating inmate and covering up...
“Correctional officers must abide by and adhere to the same laws they take an oath to uphold and enforce.”
Movement to defund US police departments is a beautiful and doable...
Who needs cops for school discipline, domestic disputes, traffic control and serving warrants?
New Mexico cop fired and arrested after killing man with neck...
Following the death of Valenzuela, the Las Cruces Police Department immediately prohibited the use of neck restraints in apprehensions.
Cop pushes old white man over backwards, leaves victim bleeding and...
This cancer of a creeping police state and of rampant brutality in our communities will continue and grow worse.
‘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....
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...
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.
6 Atlanta cops charged with assaulting college students on video
Two of the officers were immediately fired for use of excessive force.
Secretary of Defense opposes invoking Insurrection Act, a rebuke to President...
"The option to use active-duty forces in a law enforcement role should only be used as a matter of last resort, and only in the most urgent and dire of situations—we are not in one of those situations now."