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Protests erupt over cell phone shutdown

August 15, 2011 By Marilyn Bechtel

The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit shut off cell phone access to commuters at train stations and protestors say the police violated their right to free expression.

Three strikes and a life sentence for selling pot?

May 18, 2011 By Jordan Farrar

Cornell Hood is no pioneer of the legalization movement or political activist, but is a life sentence really appropriate?

Latino community rejects DOJ whitewash in Gutierrez case

March 3, 2011 By Gail Ryall

A coalition of community and labor activists in Sacramento, California are demanding justice for Luis Gutierrez who was fatally shot by three deputies last year and were recently cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Cop found not guilty in slaying of African American youth

February 16, 2011 By Dan Margolis

A grand jury ruled that the police killing of Danroy "D.J." Henry, Jr., the African American Pace University football player cops shot outside of a bar in suburban New York, was not a crime.

Illinois sues to prevent pension for cop tied to torture

February 9, 2011 By Pepe Lozano

Activists against police torture here welcome Ill. Attorney General Lisa Madigan's lawsuit to stop Jon Burge, the former police commander convicted for lying about the torture of suspects, from receiving his pension.