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In Pursuit of Justice, Two Northern California Communities Experiment With Police Reform
For communities elsewhere seeking to reform and improve policing policies, perhaps the cases of Richmond and Sonoma County can point a way forward.
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Blood on Their Hands: Corporate Media's Respose to the CIA Torture Report and #BlackLivesMatter
Whether the subject is torture or the shooting of unarmed citizens, America’s mainstream news media offer the same basic points of view and rarely live up to their intended adversarial role – to hold government in check.
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Kimani's Story: An Interview with the Directors of “Defended in the Streets"
The new film tells the story of the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Kimani Gray by plainclothes police in Brooklyn – an event that sparked outrage and widespread protests against police brutality.
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Constitutional Uprising: Thousands Join "Restore the Fourth" Protests on July 4th
Thousands will be gathering in dozens of cities on the 4th of July, as "Restore the Fourth" protests demand an end to unconstitutional governmental surveillance programs that violate the 4th Amendment.
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Meet the 17-Year-Old Who Blew the Lid Off Racial Profiling With His iPod
"We're going to go out there and violate some rights." Hear the secret police recordings that will take your breath away. In a bad way.
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With New York Bill, "Annoying" the Police Could Soon Land You In Jail
Bill S.2402, sponsored by New York State Senator Joe Griffo, seeks to make it a felony to annoy a police officer.
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New NYPD Chief Defends Stop-and-Frisk—Despite Being Stopped and Frisked
Philip Banks, who was promoted to the department's top uniformed position this week, supports the NYPD's controversial stop and frisk policy.
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Out of One Gram of Marijuana, a ‘Manufactured Misdemeanor’
The NYPD routinely gins up fake marijuana charges that jail New York City's black youth.
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Stopped and Frisked? There's an App for That
Policing the police begins with this handy smartphone app.
