Truthout
Policing
Death Squad Revelations and the New Police in Honduras
Honduras has an increasingly militarized political and economic system that uses institutionalized corruption to control resources for the benefit of a small, violent, ruling class.
How the United States’ First LGBT National Memorial Gets It Wrong
Who invited all the cops to the Gay Pride parade?
The Centralization of Policing: A Push to Integrate Local Police in Mexico and the US
Mexico's federal police are centralizing in ways that are both similar to and different from what's happening with local policing in the US.
DOJ Seeks Privacy Act Exemptions for FBI’s Extensive Biometric Database
The rule change request opened a window for public comment, which has since been extended after 45 organizations signed onto a public letter expressing serious concerns.
Anti-Lynching Laws Were Never Meant to Defend Black Lives: The Case of Jasmine Abdullah
These laws were invented not to protect Black lives but to allow the state to define the boundaries of legalized violence.
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The First Amendment Hasn’t Stopped Police From Harassing Copwatchers
While courts have ruled that filming the police is a First Amendment right, cops continue to harass those who record them.
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NYPD’s Arrests of Citizen Journalists Should Spark Outrage
If freedom of the press means anything, it should protect the growing number of people who use media to hold powerful institutions accountable.
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When You Can’t Afford the Cost of Clearing Your Criminal Record
People who've done their time and paid their fines still face barriers to employment.
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How Abusive Police Practices Target Women of Color – and What Women Are Doing About It
Women are working to transform the entrenched system of injustice that allows police to devalue and brutalize women of color.
Drones and Lethal Robotics: The Future of the Police War on Black Lives
In a society where Blackness equates to risk, technology will reproduce the defining characteristics of anti-Blackness.