Fighting Terror Is A ‘Propaganda War,’ American Police Learned In Israel
Glen Stellmacher Prism This is Part 4 of Prism’s series “The ASTI Files.” On the shore of the mighty Columbia River across from Portland, Oregon, sits the small city of…
It’s Not Just Flock. Police Can’t Be Trusted With Our Data
By Brian Dolinar This article was originally published by Truthout An Illinois State Police database available online listed personal information, including Social Security numbers. A growing movement has been campaigning…
First Came the Flock Cameras. Now Local Cops Want Autonomous Drones.
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Hundreds of local police departments have received waivers to fly surveillance drones that navigate with AI. Police in cities across…
Are Copwatchers Journalists? Provocateurs? Or Something Else?
Is copwatching a form of citizen journalism, or is it just provocation masquerading as accountability? We debate and discuss your questions with (in)famous copwatcher Long Island Audit. Taya Graham and…
Trump’s Federal Lawyers Ramp Up Their Attacks on Demonstrators and the Left
By Flint Taylor This article was originally published by Truthout Prosecutions of anti-ICE and pro-Palestine protesters are part of a broad effort to crack down on dissent. In March of…
This Sheriff’s Office Says Racial Profiling Reforms Are Too Costly. Auditors Found It Misused $163 Million.
Rafael Carranza, Arizona Luminaria, and Gabriel Sandoval, ProPublica, illustrations by Shoshana Gordon, ProPublica Co-published with Arizona Luminaria More than $7,000 in cable TV subscriptions. An $11,000 golf cart. $1.5 million…
Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE
By Ella Fassler for Truthout/TheAppeal In late September, Washington, D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) stopped Jose Bonilla Lopez, a gardener who lived in the city’s northwest. According to a police…
‘Cop City’ Leads US Buildup in Police-Training Bases
Elizabeth Vos reports on a vast law enforcement training facility in Atlanta that defies the defund-police movement and sets the stage for Israel-linked militarized policing across the U.S.
Police Can Be Held Liable for Killing a Dog but Not a Black Person
In back-to-back rulings on when cops should be afforded qualified immunity, an appeals court came to radically different conclusions.
The Law is Not for Us, It’s Against Us
The remedy for the problems the law supposedly addresses comes from creating better conditions for people to flourish and be free from the ills oppression facilitates.