Police
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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McConnell bill could force localities to defund police
December 10, 2020Funds for public safety, including police, will be on the chopping block for cities and states across the nation.
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Defying unions, parents, and students, Chicago board keeps cops in schools
June 25, 2020The 4-3 vote to keep cops in the schools followed a major push to transfer some of the millions of dollars going to police into services really needed by public school students.
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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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