police brutality
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Protesters take over Albuquerque City Council meeting
On May 5 anti-police brutality activists and community members in Albuquerque effectively shut down the City Council meeting and reconvened…
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Militarization of the police
Wearing full body armor and armed with assault weapons, SWAT teams’ tactics make it much more likely that people will…
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SF police kill Alex Nieto
Only by demanding justice in the streets can police murder, and the gentrification that tries to give it justification, be…
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Huge march protests Albuquerque police murder of James Boyd
Brutal police murder in Albuquerque sparks an outraged demonstration “by far the largest of its kind in Albuquerque in recent…
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Justice for Manuel Diaz denied in federal civil rights case
The jury in a federal civil rights case against Anaheim Police Department and Officer Nick Bennallack came to a “not…
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Family and activists shut down Tustin Police Chief, City Council
On Feb. 18, outraged community members marched to the Tustin, Calif. City Hall to protest the death of 23-year-old Robert…
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L.A. County Sheriff’s Dept. run by gangs, buried in scandals
“In my opinion, your Sheriff’s Department is the greatest law enforcement agency in the world,” said Sheriff Lee Baca during…
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Reader’s thoughts on No justice for Kelly Thomas…
"I have a son who suffers mental illness an you see over an over how the system lets them down..."
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Philly police assault 16-year-old basketball player
Police allege that they had observed a group of males covering their faces with ski masks but this is clearly…
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Santa Rosa: Justice for Andy Lopez Coalition threatened by cops
Lopez's grieving parents, Rodrigo Lopez and Sujay Lopez Cruz, started receiving anonymous threats shortly before the memorial to their son…
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