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Truth Out
View In: Reform The PoliceThough officials announced the end of the surveillance program last April, it appears to be ongoing.

The Appeal
View In: Reform The PoliceThe post What Happened When Oakland Tried to Make Police Pay for Misconduct Decades Ago appeared first on The Appeal.

The Guardian
View In: Reform The PoliceCampaign to offer ‘verifiable information’ for family membersQuarterback has focused on social justice since exit from NFLColin Kaepernick is launching an initiative through his Know Your Rights Camp that will offer free, secondary autopsies to family members of anyone whose death is “police-related.”Th...

The Appeal
View In: Reform The PoliceThe post Ex-Prison Boss Drunkenly Pulls Gun On Cops, Shows Two Tiers Of Justice appeared first on The Appeal.

Big by Matt Stoller
View In: Reform The PoliceThe biggest lobby in D.C. - the U.S. Chamber of Commerce - has a reason to go after Lina Khan. Demonizing her sells.

The Appeal
View In: Reform The PoliceThe post How Could Police Shootings Keep Happening After We Did Nothing To Stop Them? appeared first on The Appeal.

Popular Resistance
View In: Reform The PoliceOlympia, Washington - Today, the Washington State Senate passed Senate Bill 5919, a bill that expands law enforcement’s ability to use physical force. Enoka Herat, police practices and immigration counsel at the ACLU of Washington, had the following statement: “It’s disappointing to see the Senate rus...

Popular Resistance
View In: Reform The PoliceAs US domestic fascism continues to evolve, there is an overt reemergence of a pro-police narrative that no one seems to be talking about. It comes amid stories that suggest that there is a crime wave in major cities across the US. In response, the mainstream press has been amplifying pundits and politicians...

Welcome to Hell World
View In: Reform The PoliceThe law does not require officers in a tense and dangerous situation to wait...

Popular Resistance
View In: Reform The PoliceThe New York Times handed over its popular The Morning daily newsletter on January 18 to new hire German Lopez, formerly of Vox. His debut edition of the data-driven newsletter (usually helmed by David Leonhardt) was headlined “Examining the Spike in Murders.” As criminal justice activist and expert Ale...

Popular Resistance
View In: Reform The PoliceOn Nov. 18, in the library of Ballou Senior High school, an audience of students, parents, school faculty, journalists, and city officials gathered for a press conference held by the District of Columbia’s Democratic Mayor Muriel Bowser and chief of police Robert Contee, who were at the high school t...

FAIR
View In: Reform The PoliceThe analysis presented the need for a police-based solution as indisputable —a position that is, in fact, highly disputed. The post NYT Twists Stats to Insist We Need More Policing appeared first on FAIR.

Speaking Security
View In: Reform The PoliceSpeaking Security Newsletter | Advisory Note for Activists and Candidates, n°143 | 20 January 2022

View In: Reform The PoliceThe Institute for Justice argues that the seizures violated state law, federal law, and the U.S. Constitution.

Reclaim the Net
View In: Reform The Police🛡 The post US police departments are using tools to monitor your social media posts appeared first on Reclaim The Net.

Left Voice
View In: Reform The PoliceArianna Delane, the four-year-old grand-niece of George Floyd, was taken to the hospital in the early hours of New Years Day following what appears to be a targeted shooting. The police took four hours to arrive on the scene. The post A Seemingly Targeted Attack Puts George Floyd’s Grand-Niece in th...

The Guardian
View In: Reform The PoliceInvestigation finds police used an ‘improper ruse’ and exacerbated an already volatile situation, but consequences are unlikelySeattle police exchanged detailed fake radio transmissions about a nonexistent group of menacing right-wing extremists at a crucial moment during the 2020 racial justice protests...

Speaking Security
View In: Reform The PoliceSpeaking Security Newsletter | Advisory Note for Activists and Candidates, n°142 | 4 January 2022

View In: Reform The PoliceTrump and the GOP pretend they love law enforcement -- but they eliminated the cops that protect us from the world’s most dangerous and powerful criminals.

View In: Reform The PoliceData show the growth of police budgets has far outpaced population growth in cities across the country.

The Guardian
View In: Reform The PoliceDocuments show how data-driven policing programs reinforced harmful patterns, fueling the over-policing of Black and brown communitiesThe Los Angeles police department has been a pioneer in predictive policing, for years touting avant-garde programs that use historical data and software to predict futur...

View In: Reform The Police Apple Airtags were used to show that Police unlawfully threw out unhoused people's possessions when the cleared a homeless people's encampment.

Glenn Greenwald
View In: Reform The Police In the plot to kidnap Gov Whitmer, the second in command was working for the FBI, hallf the team was working for the FBI, and meetings and hotels were paid for by the FBI. Not the first time this happened.

Popular Resistance
View In: Reform The PoliceThe Biden Administration, the mainstream media and pretty much all the politicians in our country continue to throw fuel on the Sinophobia fire initially stoked by former President and current Mar-a-lago “fungineer” Donald Trump. (Word to the wise, “Sinophobia” means anti-China hatred, not anti-cinem...

View In: Reform The PolicePublic review site for rating cops and police departments. Anyone can search, view and submit feedback for any officer in the US.

World Socialist Web Site
View In: Reform The PoliceHennepin County Court Judge Cahill imposed a sentence on Chauvin that was greater than the minimum required by state guidelines but less than that requested by the prosecution and Floyd’s family.

Robert Reich
View In: Reform The PoliceRobert Reich does a brilliant job in a short article summarizing what is going on at our Southern Border. Spoiler $55 Billion spent on the Border Industrial Complex, $0 on the root causes, and lots more spent to make the problem worse.

View In: Reform The PoliceThe US Protest Law Tracker, part of ICNL’s US Program, follows initiatives at the state and federal level since November 2016 that restrict the right to protest. Click this link to see the full Tracker.

View In: Reform The PoliceUnder the bill, any law enforcement agency using facial recognition technology must stop, and they can only get approval to use it if they seek special permission from the legislature beginning July 1.