Police
With union support, Chicago civilian board to exercise increased control over police
July 27, 2021Labor backers included the Chicago Teachers Union, Service Employees Local 73, and SEIU Healthcare.
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Chicago adopts plan for increased community control of the police
July 23, 2021Seen as a major victory for those who link safe streets to community control of law enforcement.
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Private police harass residents at Brookland Manor community event in D.C.
May 25, 2021Property management brings in private cops and city police to charge residents of trespassing in their own front yard.
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Minnesota activists demand an end to police tactics used against demonstrators
April 16, 2021Demand raised that the governor remove the chief of the state’s Department of Public Safety.
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German communists hit out at police brutality on Rosa Luxemburg march
January 12, 2021Police have been condemned for brutality after attacking a peaceful demonstration in the capital Berlin with pepper spray.
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