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Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Newark, Other Cities Remember Michael Brown
06 Aug 2019
Communities across the nation will mark the August 9, 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, an outrage that spawned nationwide protests under the umbrella of the Black Lives M
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Institutionalized Impunity for Killer Cops
23 Jul 2019
The cops that caused the deaths of Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and countless other Black people are protected by a “social contract” with the rulers of the nation, sais New York City activist
Shea Howell
Detroit Targeted for Massive Facial Surveillance
17 Jul 2019
A Black elected police commissioner was manhandled at a public meeting for protesting a draconian facial recognition scheme.
Vaidya Gullapalli
Will Chicago Get a Memorial to Honor the Survivors of Police Torture?
26 Jun 2019
The memorial would be a stone monument with the names of those tortured by Burge and his officers and the dates they were tortured.
Flint Taylor
Chicago Police Tortured Victims With Electric Shocks, Burns and Beatings
19 Jun 2019
“All you could feel was that machine he was running, that box with the wires on it.”
Carl Davidson
Book Review: Bringing Police Torture in Chicago to the Full Light of Day
05 Jun 2019
A new book reveals Chicago as a racist police state where the entire criminal justice system was complicit in torture.
Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg
In Baltimore, Police Officers Are the Bad Guys With Guns
15 May 2019
Plainclothes police officers are waging war on citizens. “They often planted guns and resold narcotics.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: David Correia and Tyler Wall’s“Police: A Field Guide”
24 Apr 2019
“The police” is a regime of state violence that is designed to have freedom from the “rule of law.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Upholding the Humanity of Police Victims
26 Feb 2019
Eleanor Bumpers, the grandmother killed by New York City cops in 1984, was blamed for her own death, with officials citing her past criminal conviction and mental problems.
Telesur
Tasers Claimed 49 Lives in 2018 Through Police Violence
06 Feb 2019
There have been a total of at least 1,081 deaths after the use of Tasers since the weapon began coming into widespread use in the early 2000s.