Police State

'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

Julia Conley, staff writer

Despite right-wing senator's rhetoric, O'Rourke's support for combating use of force by police, the DACA program, and other progressive initiatives are popular among Americans

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

Julia Conley, staff writer

"If they can't separate families, then lock them up, gut asylum standards, and...

The Clear Victim, Not the 'Perpetrator of a Crime': Outrage After Police and Local News Outlet Smear Botham Jean

Julia Conley, staff writer

"There is literally no scenario where a black man killed by police (even an off...

'Peak Dystopia': Chicago Police Bolster Distrust With 'Bait Truck' Full of Nikes in Poor Black Neighborhood

Prosecutors Drop All Remaining Charges Against Trump Inauguration Protesters After 'Epic Failure' to Prove Wrongdoing

Terrorizing of Immigrant Community Continues as ICE Arrest of Pizza Delivery Man Sends 'Shock Waves'

In Typical 'Police State' Response, Cops Show Up With Guns Drawn After Friends Worried Chelsea Manning Was Near Suicide

Watch ICE Refuse to Produce Warrant, Then Barge Into Home With Guns Drawn as Terrified Children Cry in Background

For Refusing to 'Ignore or Accept Racial Discrimination,' Amnesty International Honors Colin Kaepernick With Highest Award

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

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

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

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

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

Further

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."