police brutality
Small bit of justice: NYPD fires cop for death of Eric Garner
August 19, 2019NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo fired, but justice is still denied for Garner's family.
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Five years after Eric Garner’s death, no charges will be filed
July 17, 2019The wounds of Garner’s death remain fresh for so many who are now forced to reconcile with the fact that no one will be held responsible for his murder.
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Bill tightening California standards for police lethal force advances in legislature
June 6, 2019The California Act to Save Lives will give the state some of the strictest standards for the use of force by police.
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Stories untold: Sandra Bland, Black women, and police brutality
May 14, 2019You can't understand how the criminal justice system abuses people of color without appreciating the criminalization that Black women experience in particular.
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Unsealed report reveals Oscar Grant’s murder by BART police was no accident
May 6, 2019Over a decade after his death, the details of Oscar Grant's murder by police are finally becoming public - thanks to a new transparency law in California.
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