police brutality

Seattle MLK march message: stop police violence

January 19, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

More than 2,000 people marched Martin Luther King Day, protesting brutality and use of lethal force by officers of the Seattle Police Department.

Movement for justice for Oscar Grant maps next steps

July 14, 2010 By Luis Rivas

INGLEWOOD, Calif. - At Chuco's Justice Center here, more than 50 people met this week to discuss the next steps in the movement for justice for Oscar Grant III.

Verdict in Oscar Grant murder case met with protests

July 9, 2010 By Marilyn Bechtel

OAKLAND, Calif. -A jury found former police officer Johannes Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Oscar Grant III.

Torture victim fights for freedom

August 19, 2008 By Pepe Lozano

Every day Mark Clements prays to God in his prison cell that one day he will be a free man. He has been incarcerated since 1981–27 years–for a crime he says he did not commit. A...