The Police and the Pentagon Are Bringing Our Wars Home
By William J. Barber and Phyllis Bennis Uniformed U.S. soldiers occupied the center of the city, where an armored personnel carrier was stationed at a…
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On the Same Day Cops Killed George Floyd, 5 Other People Were Killed by Police
By John Vibes A video showing Minneapolis police killing George Floyd has sparked protests around the world, but the movement that he inspired is far…
Incentivized Murder: After Killing Unarmed 17yo Boy On Video, Cop Got $70K Payout
By Matt Agorist Johnson County, KS — As is normally the case when police kill unarmed and often innocent people, no charges were filed against…
Hundreds of Police Departments with Deadly Histories Partner with Amazon’s Ring Surveillance Cameras
San Francisco – Research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) shows that hundreds of U.S. police departments with deadly histories have official partnerships with Amazon’s…
Charting The $1.7B Transfer Of Military Equipment To Police Departments
By Tyler Durden In the wake of countrywide protests surrounding the killing of George Floyd, questions around the militarization of police forces have taken center stage once…
Fired Cop Kills Man, 3 Dogs, Gets Rehired and Shoots Innocent Dad Through a Door — Still a Cop
By Matt Agorist Simpsonville, SC — In case after corrupt case, we have reported on police officers who shoot and often kill entirely innocent people…
Are All the Apples Bad? Police In 20 Largest US Cities Fail To Meet Basic Human Rights Guidelines
By John Vibes Completely destroying the oft-cited “lone bad apple theory,” according to a new report from the International Human Rights Clinic at the University…
Tone-Deaf Spokane Police Want To Buy A $300K Social Distance Enforcing Helicopter
By MassPrivateI With protests across the country demanding an end to police racial abuse and militarization; a tone-deaf announcement in Spokane, Washington shows how hard…
New York Bills Would Limit Federal Militarization of Police
By Michael Maharrey ALBANY, N.Y. (June 25, 2020) – Bills introduced in the New York Assembly and Senate would ban state and local law enforcement…
California Agency Blocks Release of Police Use of Force and Surveillance Training, Claiming Copyright
By Dave Maass and Naomi Gilens Under a California law that went into effect on January 1, 2020, all law enforcement training materials must be…
As Cops in Atlanta Refuse to Do Their Jobs, Crime Plummets Anyway, Chaos Does NOT Ensue
By Matt Agorist Atlanta, GA — The arrest and murder of George Floyd last month set off one of the largest protests in American history….
Victory: Indiana Supreme Court Rules that Police Can’t Force Smartphone User to Unlock Her Phone
By Andrew Crocker In courts across the country, EFF has been arguing that the police cannot constitutionally require you to unlock your phone or give…
Colorado Passes Historic Bill Ending Qualified Immunity for Cops
By Matt Agorist When George Floyd was killed last month, the nation was shaken out of its slumber in regard to police brutality in this…
Legalizing Cannabis Would Greatly Reduce Racist Police Abuse
By Steven Maxwell It’s getting much harder to justify prosecuting people for cannabis when it is considered an essential business in legal weed states during…