Police State

Protests Continue Over Killing of Stephon Clark as Autopsy Reveals Officers Shot Him in the Back

Results of an independent autopsy on Friday debunk the police assertion that Stephon Clark was facing and advancing towards the officers. (Photo: Stephen Melkisethian/flickr/cc)

Outrage, But Little Surprise, After Police Officers Face No Charges for Killing of Alton Sterling

Julia Conley, staff writer

"Neither Louisiana, nor any other U.S. state, complies with international standards that maintain deadly force can only be used when there is an imminent threat to life or serious injury."

'It's A Phone, Not A Gun': Protests Against Police Killing in Sacramento Block Highway, NBA Game

Julia Conley, staff writer

The Sacramento Kings expressed solidarity with the protesters after the...

NYPD Case Calls Attention to 'Consent Defense' That Can Be Used by Officers Accused of Rape in 35 States

Julia Conley, staff writer

"It should be clear across the state for officers from every department, that...

Calif. Police Accused of 'Collusion' With Neo-Nazis After Release of Court Documents

Renewing "Racist Assault on Immigrant Communities," Trump's DOJ Threatens 23 Sanctuary Jurisdictions

'Outrageous': Demanding Pay Raises for Educators Over Superintendent, Teacher Pushed to Ground and Arrested

Despite Widespread Outcry Over Police Shootings, Nearly 1,000 Americans Killed By Officers in 2017

Leftist Coalition in Honduras Calls for Uprising Ahead of Presidential Inauguration

'Appalling': Acting ICE Director Denounced for Threatening to Jail Elected Officials of Sanctuary Cities

Black Lives Matter Supporters Call Attention to Graphic Video of Arizona Shooting

Honduran Government Denounced for Using 'Dangerous and Illegal Tactics' to Silence Dissent

Michael Slager, Police Officer Who Murdered Walter Scott, Sentenced to Twenty Years

"We Don't Want to Repress": Police in Honduras Refuse Orders to Stamp Out Pro-Democracy Protests

Dangling $100 Million in Federal Funds, Trump DOJ 'Coercing' Local Police to Target Immigrant Communities

Rev. Barber: Systematic Racialized Voter Suppression is the "Election Hacking" the U.S. Must Address

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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."