Tag: police violence
Ahmaud Arbery’s killers convicted of federal hate crime and kidnapping charges
“Although we welcome the jury’s verdict, the only acceptable outcome in this matter would have been Mr. Arbery returning safely to his loved ones two years ago."
Former police sergeant resentenced for using excessive force against handcuffed woman
“The security video of George’s actions that day in 2013, is sickening.”
Federal correctional officers plead guilty to bribery and smuggling charges
Each is currently scheduled to be sentenced on May 17, and each faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.
Alabama cop arrested on drug and domestic violence charges
The drug charge is a felony and the domestic violence charge is a misdemeanor.
South Carolina police officer arrested after fatally shooting unarmed man
Dollard was charged with voluntary manslaughter and booked into the Georgetown County Detention Center.
Colorado Springs agrees to pay nearly $3M settlement after fatal police...
“Nothing in this nightmare could ever make what happened to my son ok or justifiable. There is no amount of money that will bring him back."
An Afro-Indigenous perspective on policing
In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy.
America, a nation teetering on the edge
The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”
Former prison lieutenant sentenced to prison for failing to stop assault...
“We condemn in the strongest possible terms Burks’ behavior and blatant violation of his sworn oath to serve.”
Former Louisville cop sentenced to prison for using excessive force
Recorded on police body cam video striking a kneeling protester in the head with a riot stick, a former Kentucky police officer...
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ICE at the gates: Rights groups warn Trump airport deployment risks civil liberties crisis
Civil liberties advocates, unions, and lawmakers raise alarm over use of immigration agents in airport security amid shutdown-driven staffing crisis.
California’s herbicide spill ignites growing movement to ban paraquat nationwide
The spill, which closed a major highway and sent at least ten people to seek medical attention for respiratory symptoms, became a catalyst for a renewed political battle over the chemical's future in California.
Why Donald Trump just can’t stop going to war
When imperial America offers help, it just might get you killed.
The Age of Arrogant Amateurism – as ‘know-it-all’ opportunists seize power to control, not...
To win big in this brave new world, forget tested skill-sets and the wisdom of experience: chutzpah and risk-taking, even gambling, are paramount, then the facile ability to learn on the job how to cling to power.
Balanced budget amendment would put Social Security, Medicare, and core public services on the...
The proposal would make revenue increases extraordinarily difficult while allowing tax cuts to pass more easily, shifting pressure onto widely used federal programs.