The state law governing police use of force hasn’t been amended since it was enacted — in 1872. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Police Brutality
Don’t Move (Don’t F#%king Move)
We have to face that when the U.S. acts as self-appointed “global policeman,” what it does to poor nations resembles what those two officers did to Alton Sterling. We must temper selfish and unreasonable fears for our own safety with the knowledge that others also want safe and stable lives. We must build community by lessening inequality. Continue reading
Rise of the New Black Radicals
“As long as the powers that be are in control, the oppression isn’t going to go anywhere. It’s really going to take people to unite worldwide, not just in America, not just in St. Louis, not just in one particular city or state. It’s gonna have to be people identifying their struggles with each other worldwide, internationally, and say enough is enough. That’s the only way oppression will ever leave.” Continue reading
Why 2014 could be a turning point for America’s racist criminal justice system
After a year in which police shootings dominated the news, a movement has grown to dismantle racial disparities in the criminal justice system and particularly police use of force. Continue reading
Hands Up, Don’t Choke
We live in a land of impunity. At least, for those in power. Continue reading
Use of deadly force by police disappears on Richmond streets
The chief has done something in Richmond that he believes is not done enough in other departments: He’s been willing to second-guess the deadly force used by cops. Continue reading
Cop cameras offer transparency, not justice
No amount of transparency can deliver justice within a system when there’s no justice to be had. Police violence is a systemic problem that requires radical and comprehensive solutions.
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The System That Failed Eric Garner and Michael Brown Cannot Be Reformed
We keep applying the language and framework of accountability, diversity and sensitivity to an issue of oppression. Continue reading
Beyond ‘Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’: what if there’s no indictment in Ferguson?
We may not have control of a justice system that suppresses the people it’s supposed to protect, but we have each other. Continue reading
Cecily McMillan didn’t get off easy. Her case is a threat to the future of protest
Justice was not served to McMillan – but it wasn’t served to the Occupy Wall Street protesters, either, nor to victims of police brutality at large, or, you know, to the millions of Americans who remain victims of Wall Street’s corrupt practices. Continue reading