Police Brutality

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
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.”
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
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Stephan House, Draylen Mason, Stephon Clark: Terror Victims
28 Mar 2018
“Business should not go on as usual when the police act as the 21st century slave patrol.”
Sam Levin
'They Executed Him': Police Killing of Stephon Clark Leaves Family Shattered
28 Mar 2018
“I shouldn’t have to defend my brother. They should be proving their innocence.”
Vice News
Police Shoot More Than Twice as Many Americans as Previously Understood
20 Dec 2017
“Until now, there has never been a national reckoning of police shootings that includes Americans who are shot by cops and survive.”