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Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Chicago Cop Murder Trial Begins
10 Sep 2018
“The one truth” in former cop Jason Van Dyke’s not guilty plea in the 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald “is when he says, ‘I was doing as I was trained by the Chicago Police Department,” said author
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Brutality Bonds”
03 Jul 2018
Cities have gone billions of dollars in debt to pay for court settlements and judgments against brutal cops, with the profits from these so-called “brutality bonds” going mainly to large banks.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Cops Use Suits to Intimidate Activists
11 Jun 2018
When Seattle city councilwoman Kshama Sawant, of the Socialist Alternative party, denounced the “brutal murder” of Che Taylor, an unarmed Black man, by police, the two cops sued he
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Cops Can Be Convicted of Murder, If Prosecutors Follow the Law
10 Apr 2018
Stephanie Morales, Portsmouth, Virginia’s 34 year-old top prosecutor, succeeded in sending a cop to prison for two and a half years for shooting an unarmed suspected Black shoplift
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Movement Most in Need of “Political Education”
02 Apr 2018
“We still have too many Black people not being real about our current state of affairs,” said Shannon Jones, of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability, following protests in Manhattan a
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Setback for Cop-Control in Newark
02 Apr 2018
If a New Jersey court decision diluting the powers of the local Civilian Complaint Review Board is allowed to stand, the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress may be compelled to give up
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
International Commission Probes U.S. Police Impunity
12 Dec 2017
Maria Hamilton, mother of Dontre Hamilton, a mentally challenged young Black man who died in a hail of Milwaukee police gunfire in 2014, was among those that testified at hearings
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
FBI Tries to Shield Violent White Supremacists
24 Oct 2017
Activists in cites nationwide marked National Stop Police Brutality Day, this past weekend, including Newark, New Jersey’s People’s Organization for Progress (POP).