Police State

'Good News!': With Unanimous Vote, Oakland Joins Growing List of Cities to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

All Democratic 2020 Frontrunners But Biden Denounce DOJ for Failing to Hold Officer Accountable In Eric Garner's Death

Julia Conley, staff writer

Sen. Kamala Harris called the decision "a miscarriage of justice" while Sen. Bernie Sanders wrote that the Garner family "has suffered too much"

NYPD Must #FirePantaleo Now, Eric Garner's Family Says After DOJ Announces It Will Not Prosecute Officer Accused of Using Chokehold

Julia Conley, staff writer

"The Justice Department's decision not to prosecute Daniel Pantaleo sends a...

'This Is a Scandal': Documents Show ICE and FBI Using Facial Recognition to Mine Millions of Driver's License Photos

Jake Johnson, staff writer

"ICE is running facial recognition searches against millions of photos. You...

Rejecting 'Rainbow Capitalism' of Corporate-Saturated Pride Parade, Tens of Thousands March for Queer Liberation in NYC

'Not On Our Watch': Rights Groups Rally to Help Immigrant Communities Ahead of Reported Weekend Raids by ICE

San Francisco Poised to Make History With Law Banning Use of Facial Recognition Technology

Pioneer in Field Warns Dangers Posed by Artificial Intelligence 'Very Real'

Report: ICE Spied on Anti-Trump Activists in NYC

Call for Global Ban as Poll Shows Overwhelming Public Opposition to 'Horrifying' Killer Robots

First-Ever Indigenous Peoples March Will Fight Against Injustices Faced Across the Globe

With Final 'Evil' Act, Sessions 'Reminds Everyone Yet Again Why He's Been Worst Attorney General in Modern History'

'War on Drugs' Terrible at Eradicating Drugs; Great at Upending Societies

'Justice for Laquan!': Jury Finds Chicago Cop Guilty of Second-Degree Murder for Fatally Shooting Black Teen 16 Times

As Polls Show Toss-Up Over Texas Senate Seat, Cruz Uses First Debate to Attack O'Rourke's Increasingly Popular Progressive Proposals

'Evil': Worst Fears Realized as ICE Arrests Those Trying to Retrieve Children

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We Hear You, Unless We're Saying You're Choking Us To Death and We Can't Breathe, In Which Case STFU

Marking this "holiday of horrors," another black guy dies - this time on video - another white cop walks. The failure of a New York grand jury to indict Daniel Pantaleo for choking Eric Garner to death quickly sparked a righteous wave of protests and furious chants of "This Stops Today." A stunningly tone-deaf NYPD offered the hashtag #Wehearyou and the vow they're "committed to rebuilding public trust." Hey NYPD: The people have had it. Eric Garner's father: "There is no justice system."