By Unicorn Riot Thursday, January 18, 2024, marks one year since Manuel “Tortuguita” Esteban Paez Terán was killed by police in the South River Forest outside Atlanta. A 26-year-old queer…
Police violence is not about “good apples” and “bad apples” — it is structural.
By Andrew Crocker / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Last week, the Utah Supreme Court ruled that prosecutors violated a defendant’s Fifth Amendment privilege against self incrimination when they presented testimony…
Police attacked protesters in a militarized response to a nonviolent Stop Cop City action this week in Georgia.
"This is the type of 'training' they will get if Cop City is built," said one activist group.
From funding to implementation to use, non-carceral emergency response initiatives require people to unlearn their reliance on police.
Research shows the debilitating effects of sexual trauma on memory and behavior. But when investigating reports of sex crimes, police sometimes twist trauma responses into evidence of false reporting.
By Ari Paul / Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting As a freelance journalist many years ago, I was walking the streets of Brooklyn, looking for a juicy story, anything that…
By Zane McNeill / PopularResistance Civil Liberties Groups Believe Police Use Of Surveillance Drones Is “Poised To Explode.” The New York City Police Department (NYPD) is planning to use surveillance…
Law enforcement agencies have long been engaged in the seizure of illicit drugs as part of the racist War on Drugs being waged for years. Now a recent study has…
By Niko Georgiades / Unicorn Riot Minneapolis, MN — Around 2 a.m. on July 31, Minnesota State Patrol trooper Ryan Londregan fatally shot Ricky Cobb II, 33, during a traffic…
A federal lawsuit has extended the deadline and opened the process to DeKalb County residents, but the city is fighting back.
The Office of the Inspector General, the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and the City Council’s Oversight and Investigations Committee all pass the buck on controversial case.
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble Following the recent protests against police in France, the French government has taken steps to implement increasingly repressive measures in the forms of mass surveillance…
As the fight continues to stop the construction of an 85-acre police training complex, organizers pursue a ballot referendum but are concerned about crackdown.
