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De Blasio's Fireworks Crackdown Is the Same Violent "Quality of Life" Policing That Got Us Here in the First Place
To desire the policing of the fireworks over the presence of the fireworks is to stand on the wrong side of history.
Protests for Black Lives
The murder of George Floyd mobilized the Movement for Black Lives and inspired a national reckoning with police violence and impunity.
The Movement for Black Lives Confronts the Confederate Legacy in Rural Tennessee
Inspired by the national Black Lives Matter movement, rural marches have also clearly been fueled by longstanding injustices in organizers’ own backyard.
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Not Just "Cops": It's Time to End the Entertainment Industry's Anti-Black, Pro-Police Programming
The culture industry has consolidated the power of corrupt policing. We need a root-and-branch transformation of entertainment itself.
Armed Vigilantes Antagonizing Protesters Have Received a Warm Reception From Police
Far-right militia members and vigilantes have shown up at police brutality protests across the U.S. — in many cases with encouragement from law enforcement.
Two Brooklyn Lawyers Accused of Throwing Molotov Cocktails Are the Public Face of Trump Administration's Crackdown on Dissent
The charges carry a mandatory minimum of 45 years in prison — and a maximum sentence of life. Experts say the prosecution is wildly disproportionate.
Disbanding Notorious NYPD Anti-Crime Unit Is a “Shell Game,” Critics Say
The NYPD has a history of eliminating deadly units and then re-establishing them with new names.
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I Saw My Friends Beaten by Police. This Is What Happens When Cities Prioritize Property Over Black Lives.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot deployed hyperaggressive police to violently clamp down anti-racist protesters of police violence even as she praised them.
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George Floyd's Murder May Finally End the Army's Fealty to Defeated Confederate Traitors
The men for whom the Army bases were named were passionate advocates of a slavocracy and often incompetent military leaders.
“This Has to Stop”: Court Rejects Qualified Immunity for Officers Who Shot Wayne Jones 22 Times
Although police often make split-second decisions, “we expect them to do so with respect for the dignity and worth of black lives,” the judge wrote.
Organizers in Minneapolis Weigh Role of Community Defense Groups in a Police-Free Future
Some suggest neighborhood watch groups can offer long-term alternatives to over-policing. Others believe they run the risk of replicating the same abuses.