Police State

Protests Erupt After Officer Cleared in Fatal Shooting of Philando Castile

DAPL Company Hired War on Terror Contractors to Suppress Native Uprising

Lauren McCauley, staff writer

The years-long, Indigenous-led fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) briefly captured the nation's attention last fall as images of peaceful resisters being sprayed with water canons and surrounded by police in tanks and other military-grade equipment were spread widely, fueling global outrage and a fierce protest movement against the...

DAPL Photographer Cleared of Charges After Drone Footage Proves His Case

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

A Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) protester and photographer was cleared of all...

Outrage Abounds as 'Unconscionable' Wisconsin Sheriff Takes DHS Job

Nadia Prupis, staff writer

Controversial Wisconsin Sheriff David Clarke confirmed on Wednesday that he...

'A Revolution': Philly DA Candidate Seeking to End Mass Incarceration Wins Race

Nine Injured, Two Arrested in Protest Outside DC's Turkish Embassy

Sessions May Revive Harsh Penalties for Low-Level Drug Charges

Sheriff Who Met DAPL Opponents With Brute Force Now Advising Other Law Enforcement

'No Regard for Human Rights': Sessions Slammed for Order on Police Conduct

UN: Americans’ Right to Protest is in Grave Danger Under Trump

DAPL Opponents Vow to 'Rise' From Ashes of Oceti Sakowin and Keep Fighting

New Law Would Let Arizona Treat Organized Dissent as Organized Crime

Trump Administration Issues How-To for 'Hyper-Aggressive Mass Deportation Policy'

D.C. Protests Against Trump Supporters' "DeploraBall" Met With Tear Gas, Riot Police

On Verge of Trump Era, GOP Pushes New Laws to 'Chill Protest' Nationwide

DAPL Tensions Heat Up as National Guard Deploys 'Observational' Missile Launchers

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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."