Police Killings

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Unbelievable
07 Dec 2022
Unbelievable
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Club None Long To Belong To…*
30 Nov 2022
Mark P. Fancher
The Lethal Threat of White Boss Syndrome
19 Oct 2022
The idea that white people have an inherent right to control Black people permeates to this day. Mark Fancher provides another viewpoint on the killing of Porter Burks and the legacy of white…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Detroit City Council Expands “ShotSpotter” After Two More are Gunned Down by Police
19 Oct 2022
Detroit resident Porter Burks was killed by police while in the midst of a mental health crisis. To add insult to injury, the city of Detroit is spending millions of dollars on dubious technology…
Michael Richmond, Alex Charnley
Hard Stop: On Seeking Justice for Chris Kaba
21 Sep 2022
The U.S. isn't the only country where police shootings of Black people are common. Chris Kaba is the latest victim of what UK police call a "hard stop."
Netfa Freeman
The US Political Elite Gives Cover to the Brutal US Police State
09 Feb 2022
The US political elite and their elite press are using the fraudulent claims about a “crime wave” as an ideological offensive, a backlash, against the large-scale protest movements over the pas
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Thousands of Police Killings Are Unreported
06 Oct 2021
Police killings of Black people are a feature of American law enforcement and they are deliberately under counted.