This is the grave of Freddie Gray. Born in 1989 in Baltimore, Gray grew up hard in the streets of that rough city. He was the son of a single mother and he struggled in school. He had some skill as a football player, but...
police violence
I am sure a lot of NFL yakkers are very happy that the DeShaun Watson rape allegations can push what the Miami Police Department did to Tyreek Hill out of.
During the protests after the Minneapolis police murdered George Floyd, a cop shot the journalist Linda Tirado in the face with a rubber bullet. It cost her an eye. It.
Nothing should shock you about Mississippi, but a lot should outrage you and the complete lack of accountability for the state's sheriffs for crimes they commit with inmates is yet another example. Great piece of reporting here at Mississippi Today. As Marquise Tillman led deputies...
People attend a march in tribute to Nahel, a 17-year-old teenager killed by a French police officer during a traffic stop, in Nanterre, Paris, on June 29, 2023. The slogan.
The cops are fascists from stem to stern and Americans just don't want to deal with the core fact that they have entrusted public safety to the worst people in.
Baltimore police prepare to drive back people protest their murder of Freddie Gray, April 28, 2015
A student of mine told me about this situation in Atlanta before it led to violence and this is just crazy stuff. Basically, the Atlanta Police Department wants to log.
To say the least, it is beyond unacceptable for American cops to murder about 100 people a year during routine traffic stops. Police in the US have killed nearly 600.
Paris, Pont Saint-Michel, 1961: "Here we drown Algerians" Sixty years ago today, Algerian migrants around the Paris region gathered for a peaceful march to protest a restrictive and discriminatory curfew. A decree passed on 5 October 1961 required all "French Muslims from Algeria" to stay...
There are no good cops. But at least we are moving toward prosecuting the very worst of the racist murderers. Three police officers in Tacoma, Wash., were charged on Thursday.
Social movements come in different varieties. Some are movements that emerge slowly out of years and decades of organizing and remain relatively contained and containable by their leaders. These might.