As he lived through the nightmare of the election campaign just past, William J. Astore dreamed of an entirely different country. Anything but this one.
ELECTION 2020: Reclaiming American Idealism
Category: Police Brutality
Minneapolis City Council’s Attempt to Defund Police Thwarted by Unelected Charter Commission
Contrary to reports, most City Council members — who won by pledging to advance racial equity — tried to do the right thing, says Scott Shaffer.
The Role of Police in Gentrification
A lawsuit alleges Breonna Taylor died because Louisville was trying to arrest its way toward economic redevelopment. Research shows this is common, writes Brenden Beck.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: As Assange Faces Extradition, the State of US Prisons Grows Worse
The vast majority of the violence committed against federal inmates goes unreported. And it’s a daily occurrence.
UPRISING: The Attorney General Has Condoned an Extra-Judicial Killing
Because we are living in a burgeoning police state, those in power celebrated what sounded to many like a cold-blooded, extra-judicial hit job, writes Abby Zimet.
ELECTION 2020: Trump’s Law & Order Campaign Taps US Tradition of Racist & Anti-Immigrant Politics
Throughout this nation’s history, appeals to law and order have been as much about defending privilege as dealing with crime, writes Austin Sarat.
Why Police Unions Are Not Part of the American Labor Movement
Paul F. Clark says the strain between law enforcement and labor goes back to the origins of trade unions in the mid-19th century.
UPRISING: Protests Break Out in Wisconsin After Police Shoot Black Man in the Back Multiple Times at Point-Blank Range
Civil rights attorney Ben Crump said 29-year-old Jacob Blake’s children were in the car he was attempting to enter as police fired seven shots at his back.
UPRISING: Calls to Drop ‘Absurd’ Charges Against Journalists Covering Protests
The Committee to Protect Journalists speaks up for members of the press who were arrested while covering Black Lives Matter protests across the U. S.
UPRISING: Immunity for Police Under Attack by Federal Judge
A federal judge in Mississippi is challenging the long-standing qualified immunity for police officers after the harassment of a motorist in that state, reports Marjorie Cohn.