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Body camera footage shows killer cops shot St. Louis teen Emeshyon Wilkins in back of head
Instead of investigating and prosecuting this clear criminal act by the police officer, what followed was a series of lies…
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Militant Journalism
Da’Quain Johnson: Latest victim of Grand Rapids police murder
Da’Quain Johnson’s murder is just the latest instance of violence inflicted by Grand Rapids police. In just the past four…
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Lies, damned lies and statistics: Trump’s ‘anti-crime’ campaign
Trump has made “cracking down on crime,” a centerpiece of his political appeal – but do these federal invasions really…
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Analysis
20 years after Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is still fighting for justice
Hurricane Katrina, as severe as it was, was not primarily a natural disaster but a brutal, man-made disaster facilitated by…
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Analysis
PSL Statement: Stop Trump’s racist, police state takeover of DC!
Trump’s takeover of Washington, D.C. is his latest step towards imposing a police state where civil liberties are shredded and…
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Militant Journalism
Chicago police violate foot patrol policy to roll back reforms won through struggle
Limits to what Chicago foot patrols can do was won through struggle.
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Analysis
Five years after the murder of George Floyd: The fight for Black liberation continues
What lessons can we pull from the movement of 2020 — its victories and its shortcomings — in the continued…
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Analysis
Trump’s executive order promises to ‘unleash’ law enforcement and expand police impunity
Under the facade of “law and order,” it shields law enforcement from accountability, expands their access to military weaponry, and…
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La orden ejecutiva de Trump promete ‘desatar’ a la policiía y expandir su impunidad
En abril, Trump dio a conocer una orden ejecutiva titulada "Fortaleciendo y desatando a la policía de Estados Unidos para…
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Analysis
Outrage in Memphis over Tyre Nichols verdict
On May 8, a mostly white jury acquitted three of the five police officers involved in Tyre Nichols's killing of second-degree…
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