Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report
News, commentary and analysis from the black left.

  • Home
  • Africa
  • African America
  • Education
  • Environment
  • International
  • Media and Culture
  • Political Economy
  • Radio
  • US Politics
  • War and Empire

Police Must Answer to the Community
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
15 Jun 2020
🖨️ Print Article

Margaret Kimberley · Police Must Answer to the Community

The demand for community control of police ushers in a new stage of struggle, in which “young people are imagining a world where these tremendous institutions of imperialism and the police state are gone,’ said Max Rameau, an activist with Pan African Community Action (PACA), in Washington, DC. The PACA proposal would oversee police hiring, firing and operations by a board chosen from communities at random, like jurors.

Black Community Control of Police

Related Podcasts

Black Agenda Radio
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 3, 2024
03 May 2024
This week we discuss a police killing in Chicago after the establishment of a system of community control of police, and a Black member of a Canadi
Black Agenda Radio March 10, 2023
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio March 10, 2023
10 March 2023
This week we hear about the absence of home rule in Washington DC and the congressional and white house decision to overturn its city council’s cri
Victory for Chicago Police District Councils
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Victory for Chicago Police District Councils
10 March 2023
Frank Chapman is Executive Director of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression.

More Stories


  • Free Ruchell “Cinque” Magee!
    Kameron Hurt
    Free Ruchell “Cinque” Magee!
    28 Oct 2020
    Ruchell Magee is the longest-held political prisoner in the United States and the world.
  • Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed at Fifty
    Liza Featherstone 
    Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed at Fifty
    28 Oct 2020
    Even as many more people around the world have access to education, schooling everywhere remains intertwined with systems of oppression, including racism and capitalism.
  • Haiti and a Long History of Assault
    Lautaro Rivara
    Haiti and a Long History of Assault
    28 Oct 2020
    For fifteen years Latin American nations collaborated in the military occupation of Haiti, but have yet to apologize for their crimes.
  • Twitter Surveillance Startup Targets Communities of Color for Cops
    Sam Biddle
    Twitter Surveillance Startup Targets Communities of Color for Cops
    28 Oct 2020
    Insiders say Dataminr’s “algorithmic” Twitter search involves human staffers perpetuating confirmation biases, searching specific neighborhoods, streets, and even housing complexes for crime.
  • Capitalism Made Women Of Color More Vulnerable To The COVID Recession
    Tithi Bhattachary
    Capitalism Made Women Of Color More Vulnerable To The COVID Recession
    28 Oct 2020
    Black women and Latinas have performed the bulk of the essential work during lockdown and borne the brunt of the recession.
  • Load More
Subscribe
connect with us
about us
contact us