‘It Has to Stop’: Minnesota Police Chief Says Off-Duty Cops Racially Profiled by ICE
“Every one of these individuals is a person of color,” said Brooklyn Park Police Chief Mark Bruley—whose own department has been criticized for racial policing.
Police ‘Sweeps’ of Homeless Camps Are Worse Than You Think
As more and more communities criminalize homelessness, I want to share what it’s actually like to have the police take all your earthly belongings.
Mass Opposition To Flock Surveillance Grows in Denver
Outrage in Denver as Mayor sidesteps council to renew controversial flock surveillance contract.
John Kiriakou: Militarized Police
The time to transfer funding away from hardware and to counseling training is now.
Rights Groups Raise Alarm Over First US City’s Broad Use of Facial Recognition Tracking
"This is the facial recognition technology nightmare scenario that we have been worried about," said one civil liberties campaigner.
As Suppression of Dissent Increases, Know Your Rights If the FBI Comes Knocking
The FBI is hassling Palestine activists. ICE is compiling dossiers on those who criticize it. Let’s know our rights.
‘Deadly Exchange’: US Sends Hundreds of Law Enforcement to Israel to Learn ‘Worst Practices’ From IDF
Through police exchange programs, local and federal officials travel to Israel for training that advocates say further militarizes the police and exacerbates harm to marginalized communities.
DNC Swarms With Police as Activists March for Palestine, Reproductive Rights
Democrats arriving in Chicago were greeted with anger over aid to Israel and failure to protect abortion rights.
Outrage as NYPD Arrests Cello-Playing Grandfather at Citibank Climate Protest
"Rather than doing something about its role in the climate crisis, Citi is choosing instead to target climate activists with false charges and unwarranted arrests," said cellist John Mark Rozendaal.
The History of Police Body Cameras is More Complex and Troubling Than We’ve Been Told
A new article in the Yale Journal of Law and Liberation aims to reveal the propaganda behind police body cameras and who has stood to benefit from “reform narratives”.
An Investigation Tracking 2,500 Pro-Palestinian Campus Arrests and How Prosecutors Are Responding
The Appeal contacted 113 prosecutors and city attorneys to ask if they’ll file criminal cases against campus demonstrators. So far, only three expressed apprehension at doing so.
[Rewind] Remembering the Shock of Reporting on Kent State
By Larry Bensky / ScheerPost Editor’s Note: This story was originally published by ScheerPost on March 4, 2020. We are now republishing it in remembrance of the 54th anniversary of…
Cops Running DNA-Manufactured Faces Through Face Recognition Is a Tornado of Bad Ideas
By Paige Collings and Matthew Guariglia / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) In keeping with law enforcement’s grand tradition of taking antiquated, invasive, and oppressive technologies, making them digital, and then…
21 Bodycam Videos Caught the NYPD Wrongly Arresting Black Kids on Halloween. Why Can’t the Public See the Footage?
ProPublica editor-at-large Eric Umansky started investigating police oversight after an NYPD officer hit a teenager with a car in 2019. In the years since, he’s learned how police departments have…
Virgilio Aguilar Méndez is Facing Murder Charges for an Officer Who Died of Natural Causes While Attacking Him
An officer died of a heart attack while attacking Virgilio Aguilar Méndez; now Aguilar Méndez is facing murder charges.