The NYPD Is Still Stopping and Frisking Black People at Disproportionate Rates
Mayoral candidates spoke of stop-and-frisk as a relic of a bygone era, but for many New Yorkers, police stops never really ended.
Alice Speri
Alice Speri writes about U.S. foreign policy, abuses by military and security forces, and the repression of dissent. She has reported from Ukraine, Palestine, Haiti, El Salvador, Colombia, and across the United States. She is originally from Italy and lives in the Bronx.
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Protests for Black Lives
Ambushed by the Cops: When Police Deliberately Trap Peaceful Protesters
An Intercept and SITU reconstruction of an incident in North Carolina last June shows police intentionally trapped and tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner Trounces Police-Backed Primary Challenger
Krasner’s victory gives momentum to the movement to elect reformist prosecutors, which has faced fierce backlash from law enforcement groups.
Protests for Black Lives
Internal NYPD Documents Show Cops Were Sent to Protests With Barely Any First Amendment Training
Most officers at the George Floyd protests received only vague academy training that emphasized arresting protesters over defending their rights.
BlueLeaks
The Defund Police Movement Takes Aim at Fusion Centers and Mass Surveillance
Legislators in Maine are debating pulling funding for the state's fusion center — the first such bill in the country.
A Billionaire-Funded Website With Ties to the Far Right Is Trying to “Cancel” University Professors
Campus Reform and its publisher, the Leadership Institute, are siccing armies of trolls on professors across the country.
Protests for Black Lives
NYPD “Goon Squad” Manual Teaches Officers to Violate Protesters’ Rights
Exclusive: Internal NYPD documents shed new light on the Strategic Response Group, or SRG, the heavily militarized police unit behind the crackdown on George Floyd protesters.
Why Did Police Never Solve the Murder of a Prominent Portland Anti-Fascist?
Sean Kealiher's unsolved murder has left a deep wound in a city that has for decades been a battleground for far-right violence.
More Than Two Years After Viral Chokehold Video, NYPD Officer Has Faced No Discipline
An independent agency concluded in 2019 that an NYPD cop had used improper force, yet he continues to patrol the same streets.
DOJ Is Considering Charging Capitol Rioters With Seditious Conspiracy, Felony Murder
As officials promise to bring harsh charges, advocates warn that we can’t “prosecute or jail our way out of a burgeoning fascist movement.”