The use of domestic terrorism charges against the environmental and animal liberation movements set important precedents for the repression Atlanta’s ‘Stop Cop City’ movement faces today.
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Independent photojournalist Stephanie Keith, who was covering the New York Police Department’s response to a planned “Justice for Jordan Neely” vigil, was arrested by…
We must not allow our movements for justice to be silenced by laws that criminalize dissent.
By Ryan Fatica / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA – Community organizations involved in the ongoing campaign to defend the South River Forest outside Atlanta, Georgia and ‘Stop Cop City’ say…
By Ben Rosenfeld / CounterPunch Some reps in Congress assert that dismantling qualified immunity (“QI”)—a police officer’s so-called good faith defense to a civil rights lawsuit—is a “non-starter” in negotiations…
The NYPD maintains poor storage practices because there is no law stopping them from doing so.
A safer plan for America would invest in its people by promoting alternative deterrents to violence.
Some schools that removed police on campus following the 2020 uprisings are now asking for them to be reinstated.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a directive this week that puts police at the center of renewed efforts to remove people exhibiting signs of mental illness from public…
By Jerry Iannelli / The Appeal The U.S. military has been killing people with robots for decades now, and the nation’s local police now seem eager to get in on…
In a long and detailed Twitter thread, Alec Karakatsanis dives into a controversial academic article from two Harvard professors calling for the expansion of police.
Smart Communications, a for-profit Florida company that sells phone, videochat, and email-like services to prisons and jails, told at least one sheriff’s department that it can live “the resort life”…
Lies, damned lies, and crime statistics.
Since 2021, around $500 million in new federal, state, and philanthropic funding has been directed toward initiatives that fall under the umbrella of so-called “community violence intervention,” or CVI.
Thousands of deaths in jails, prisons, and police custody have gone uncounted in recent years. Now the DOJ is calling for changes to federal law.
