Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

NYPD Prey on Black and Brown Youth
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
26 Jun 2018
🖨️ Print Article

New York City police are using a 42,000-name “gang” database to prey on Black and brown youth, said Sadiki “Bro Shep” Olugbala, of the Stop The Raids Coalition. Hundreds of Black and brown youth are being locked up” in massive police sweeps, “with no real legal representation,” said Olugbala. “If you take the youth out of the community, what’s left?”

Mass Black Incarceration
prison state
mass incarceration
New York City
policing

Related Podcasts

BAR Radio Logo
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Report June 19, 2026
19 June 2026
In this week’s segment, we discuss the increase in racist mob violence against Black and brown immigrants in Britain.
Rent rally
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Rent Regulation and the Housing Crisis for Black New Yorkers
19 June 2026
Many apartments in New York City are protected by rent regulations which determine how much rent can be charged and how much increases, if any, can
Delaney Hall
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Racism, Mass Incarceration, Settler Colonialism and Immigration Enforcement
29 May 2026
The Trump administration is accelerating policies meant not just to deport undocumented people, but to restrict every avenue of legal immigration f

More Stories


  • Max Blumenthal: Breach of Capitol Security Was Like a Military Operation
    Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
    Max Blumenthal: Breach of Capitol Security Was Like a Military Operation
    13 Jan 2021
    The Grayzone founder notes that “such a disproportionate percentage” of the Capitol building attackers were former military, former law enforcement, or current law enforcement that began rappelling
  • Freedom Rider: Capitol Riot Brings U.S. Foreign Policy Home
    Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: Capitol Riot Brings U.S. Foreign Policy Home
    13 Jan 2021
    There needs to be soul searching and truth telling about invasions, interventions, coups and sanctions that are far more destructive than the Trump lovers could ever be.
  • Black Citizenship Forum: Black Intellectuals and the Violence of Citizenship
    Editors, The Black Agenda Review
    Black Citizenship Forum: Black Intellectuals and the Violence of Citizenship
    13 Jan 2021
    Not just in the White Settler States, but throughout the Black world the very possibility of Black citizenship has been gutted.
  • The other side of duopoly.
    Ben Passmore
    Ben Passmore's Latest for Black Agenda Report
    13 Jan 2021
    The other side of duopoly.
  • White Rightwing Chickens Roost Violently at Capitol
    BAP Coordinating Committee
    White Rightwing Chickens Roost Violently at Capitol
    13 Jan 2021
    The Democrat-aligned oligarchy will try to use last week’s racist violence as an excuse to impose a corporate brand of fascism.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us