Elbit Systems, which touts its products as “field-proven” on Palestinians, was contracted to build a high-tech surveillance system on Tohono O’odham land.
“A jail is a jail is a jail. It is not enough to change the name of the facility,” said LA Board of Supervisors member Heidi Solis.
Voices
The decision will not alter the entrenched police ideology that allows for deaths like Garner’s — showing why reform will be slow and tough.
Voices
A group of bounty hunters and bondsmen, in pursuit of money, killed an innocent man in Tennessee. They were mostly let off by a jury.
Stephen West was killed in the electric chair on August 15, and abolitionists are vowing to step up the pressure to stop executions in Tennessee.
Police complicity and politicians’ inaction have allowed groups like the Proud Boys to stage violent spectacles again and again.
The War on Immigrants
The report from the Project on Government Oversight builds on an ICIJ and Intercept investigation into ICE’s widespread use of solitary confinement.
Death and Dereliction
A year after a federal judge overturned the conviction of Barry Jones, Arizona is still fighting to execute him.
The War on Immigrants
The Intercept found erroneous or fabricated information, inconsistencies, and boilerplate language included on forms filled out by immigration officials.
The War on Immigrants
The trial became a mirror, reflecting a country deeply divided on the moral and legal questions raised by its border enforcement strategies.
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