The Love We See in Minneapolis Isn’t Exceptional — It’s How We Survive Together
By Susan Raffo for Truthout My partner, an immigrant from Brazil, shows love through acts of service. At first, I was confused. I had been raised to see romantic love,…
‘Please Get the Truth Out,’ Alex Pretti’s Parents Plead as Trump Officials Baselessly Smear Shooting Victim
By Julia Conley for Common Dreams Michael and Susan Pretti urged the press and the public to counter the Trump administration’s baseless claims about their son, Alex Pretti, after he…
Federal Agents Kill Man at Point-Blank Range in Minneapolis as Protests Are Met with Tear Gas: Fascism Unfolds in Real Time
By Joshua Scheer GRAPHIC IMAGES: Exclusive footage obtained by BreakThrough News shows federal Customs and Border Protection officers on Nicollet Ave. pinning a man to the ground before one officer…
“I’ll F***ing Shoot You in the Face”: The Police Murder of Sonya Massey
Deputy Sean Grayson didn’t turn on his body camera until after he’d shot Sonya Massey three times.
Non-Police Crisis Response Programs Have Been Working. Here’s How.
After decades of protests over police violence, many cities have created non-police crisis response teams. These unarmed first responders typically answer 911 calls for people having mental health crises. Here’s…
Chicago Police Department Perpetuates Its Violence by Punishing Whistleblowers
Police violence is not about “good apples” and “bad apples” — it is structural.
Young Arab and Black Men Jailed and Fined in France’s Riot Trials
Fast-track trials deliver hefty sentences for petty crimes committed during riots sparked by police killing teenager
No Gunpowder Residue Found on Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán According to DeKalb County Autopsy
New information surfaces following an autopsy.
Stop Cop City Movement Embraces National Strategy as Permit Appeal Is Denied
Plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision to the DeKalb County Georgia Superior Court as the movement expands nationally.
Policing Does Not Have Problems — It Is the Problem
Policing is neither reformable nor redeemable.
Cop City Protestor Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Terán’s Independent Autopsy Finds His Hands Were Raised at Time of Death
By Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Decatur, GA – The family of Manuel ‘Tortuguita’ Esteban Paez Terán held a press conference Monday morning outside the Historic DeKalb Courthouse to release…
Most “Progressive” Police Force in the US is Slammed For Response to Police Killing
Cambridge police shot and killed Arif Sayed Faisal just four days into 2023, and officials are no closer to releasing the names of the officers responsible.
Minneapolis Teachers Union, Cops Battle Over Student Recruitment
By Marjaan Sirdar / Unicorn Riot Minneapolis, MN – A Minneapolis Public Schools teacher talked to Unicorn Riot about the Minneapolis Police Department’s (MPD) newly created PEACE Recruitment Program and…
‘Broken Windows Policing’ Gave Rise to SCORPION Unit That Killed Tyre Nichols
Broken windows policing reflects racialized assumptions about what is disorder and which communities are disorderly.
‘Sheer Brutality’: Released Footage Shows Fired Memphis Cops Beating Tyre Nichols
"Charging or jailing the killers is not enough," said the national director of the Working Families Party. "Justice is changing the conditions so no one dies during a traffic stop."