| Black Agenda Report

Baynard Woods and Brandon Soderberg
In Baltimore, Police Officers Are the Bad Guys With Guns
15 May 2019
Plainclothes police officers are waging war on citizens. “They often planted guns and resold narcotics.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: David Correia and Tyler Wall’s“Police: A Field Guide”
24 Apr 2019
“The police” is a regime of state violence that is designed to have freedom from the “rule of law.”
Telesur
Tasers Claimed 49 Lives in 2018 Through Police Violence
06 Feb 2019
There have been a total of at least 1,081 deaths after the use of Tasers since the weapon began coming into widespread use in the early 2000s.
Paul Street
Chicago Racist Police-State Blues: Sixteen Shots for Laquan, Three Years for Van Dyke
23 Jan 2019
Street activism led to an historic murder conviction of a killer cop, but then a racist judge let him off with a light sentence.
Cat Brooks
This Law Helps Police Get Away With Murder. Let's End It.
20 Nov 2018
Officers, who are armed and tasked to serve and protect, should be held to a higher standard than the rest of us, not a lower one.
Ramsin Canon
Death of a Torturer
26 Sep 2018
Jon Burge gleefully coerced confessions from black men to get them convicted of crimes they often hadn’t committed and keep them in cages for the rest of their lives.
Paul Street
White Lies and Blue Codes: Laquan McDonald’s Killer Goes to Trial
19 Sep 2018
Things could get very ugly in Chicago if the cop that killed Laquan McDonald is set free by a jury that includes only one Black person.
Adofo Minka
Lumumba Fiddles While Jackson, Mississippi is Ablaze with Police State Killing
06 Jun 2018
“The Jackson police department’s actions expose them as a violent thug operation that needs to be disarmed and eventually disbanded.”
Gloria Tatum
Officer Claims He Feared for His Life from Naked, Unarmed Man
30 May 2018
“Hill was not aggressive, threatening, or hit anyone.”
Linn Washington Jr
Philadelphia's Top Cop Defends Indefensible Prejudice in Starbucks Arrest Incident
25 Apr 2018
“According to some, being a young black or Latino male is, by definition, probable cause for the belief that criminal activity is afoot.”