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Newark, Other Cities Remember Michael Brown
06 Aug 2019
Communities across the nation will mark the August 9, 2014 police killing of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, an outrage that spawned nationwide protests under the umbrella of the Black Lives M
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Institutionalized Impunity for Killer Cops
23 Jul 2019
The cops that caused the deaths of Eric Garner, Sandra Bland and countless other Black people are protected by a “social contract” with the rulers of the nation, sais New York City activist
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Upholding the Humanity of Police Victims
26 Feb 2019
Eleanor Bumpers, the grandmother killed by New York City cops in 1984, was blamed for her own death, with officials citing her past criminal conviction and mental problems.
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Cop-Control Movement Targets Chicago Council
04 Feb 2019
Community control of police activists in Chicago are challenging virtually the entire city council in this month’s elections.
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Gang Activity is False Cover for Mass NYC Arrests
31 Dec 2018
Mass arrests targeting hundreds of young Black and brown New Yorkers are based on false premises and hyped-up evidence, said Robert Gangi, of the Police Reform Organizing Project (
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Report Documents Police Use of Force in New Jersey
17 Dec 2018
Zayid Muhammad, of Newark Communities for Accountable Policing, was pleasantly surprised at the scope of a NJ Advanced Media report on police use of force in every city and town in
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Police Accountability Movement Declares War on Chicago City Council
11 Dec 2018
Veteran activist Frank Chapman says supporters of C-PAC, the proposed Civilian Police Accountability Council, plan to run candidates for every seat on the Chicago board of alderman
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Violent Cops are Health Menace
10 Dec 2018
Activists of Critical Resistance won American Public Health Association endorsement of the principle that police violence is a public health issue.
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Police Reform Doesn’t Work, Says Sociologist
13 Nov 2018
“Show me the American city where Black and brown folks are happy with the policing that emerges from” the usual menu of police re-training, body cameras and increased minority hiring.
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You Can’t Separate Police and Violence
22 Oct 2018
“Police reform can’t work,” said Micol Seigel, author of Violence Work: State Power and the Limits of Police,“because the rock-bottom function of the police is to do the w