Police
Community control of police – an idea whose time has come
June 8, 2020The death of George Floyd at the hands of officer Derek Chauvin, whose record of brutality is well known, shows that years of police reform efforts to educate and retrain officers have failed. Decade after decade,...
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Congressional Dems unveil big police reform package
June 8, 2020The lawmakers flew into D.C., despite the coronavirus pandemic, to showcase the Justice In Policing Act. And they challenged their congressional GOP colleagues to act, too – a challenge most Republicans have so far rejected.
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‘A Clear Shot’ shows diversity on police forces a good thing
May 28, 2020New feature film shows how ethnic, racial, and gender diversity on a police force often helps to avert worst-case scenarios and turn events in a less lethal direction.
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LAPD’s secretive gang database and the intimidation of working-class communities
February 13, 2020Targeting African-American and Latino youth in gang database logs is a modern form of long-established policies used by the police to target people of color.
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Community outraged by brutal arrest of former Oakland City Councilmember
October 25, 2019Community outrage is growing here after last week’s brutal arrest of former City Council member and longtime community leader Wilson Riles Jr.
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