police brutality
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Southern California cops beat mourners at peaceful vigil
On Aug. 19 in San Bernardino, Calif., police officers attacked a peaceful crowd mourning the shooting death of 22-year-old Charles…
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Vigil for Victoria Arellano, transgender immigrant killed by ICE neglect
Immigrant and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights organizations participated in a Los Angeles vigil for Victoria Arellano, a transgender…
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Prisoners shipped out of state for profit
For the first time since 1852, the state of California has sent inmates to private prisons. It just sent 700…
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Anti-police brutality activist Aaron Patterson gets 30 years
On Aug. 14, a federal court in Chicago sentenced Aaron Patterson to 30 years in prison. In 2004, he was…
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New Orleans remains a tale of two cities
On Aug. 1, PSLweb.org’s Richard Becker and Eugene Puryear sat down with Malik Rahim, New Orleans activist and co-founder of…
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Chicago community protests police killing of Aaron Harrison
On Aug. 10, over 500 people attended a rally on Chicago’s west side to protest the police killing of Aaron…
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1,000 Harlem signatures for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The ANSWER Coalition (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) in New York City issued the following statement. For…
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Gang report reveals: racist cops the problem, not youth
The Justice Policy Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank that studies ways to reduce incarceration, released a report on July…
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Judge acquits racist New Orleans cop
In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, on Oct.8, 2005, three white police officers and two federal agents viciously beat Robert…
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Brooklyn community mobilizes against round-up of Black and Latino youth
Imagine being on your way to the funeral of one of your loved ones in the company of a group…
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