police brutality
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Raul Pinet’s widow struggles for justice
On Aug. 6, Raul Pinet Jr., a 31-year-old Puerto-Rican man, was brutally beaten by the police after being arrested for…
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Pittsburgh march against police brutality
On Sept. 18, over 200 people marched in Pittsburgh to protest the brutal and racist beating of Jordan Miles by…
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Racism and torture in California prisons
An investigation by the Sacramento Bee News earlier this year exposed the abuse of prisoners by police in the Behavior…
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Hundreds march on LAPD headquarters
On Sept. 18, hundreds of people came out for a march and rally in Los Angeles in response to the…
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¡Justicia para Manuel Jamines, jornalero asesinado por la policía!
Este pasado 18 de septiembre, cientos de manifestantes se volcaron a las calles de Los Ángeles, manifestándose en respuesta al…
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PSL demands justice for Manuel Jamines, immigrant worker killed by LAPD
The Party for Socialism and Liberation condemns unconditionally the LAPD for the murder of Manuel Jamines, a Guatemalan immigrant day…
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Syracuse man dies in police custody
On Friday, Aug. 6, Raul Pinet Jr. died while in the custody of the Onondaga County Justice Center in Syracuse,…
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NYC ‘Stop and Frisk’ policy targets Black, Latino youth
Basic constitutional rights that guarantee for every individual freedom from search, seizure and detention without an established probable cause of…
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Ex-police commander guilty of lying about torture
On June 28, former police lieutenant John Burge was found guilty of federal perjury charges for lying about his role…
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Kagan likely to move Supreme Court further right
On May 10, President Barack Obama nominated Elena Kagan, the current U.S. solicitor general, to fill a vacancy on the…
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