Solo unos pocos hechos cambiarán todo lo que crees saber sobre la policía estadounidense, escribe Lee Camp, con fotos de Eleanor Goldfield de las calles del centro de Washington.
Durante las sesiones de entrenamiento en Israel, las delegaciones de la policía estadounidense se reúnen con las fuerzas militares, policiales y de inteligencia israelíes y enseñan lo que Israel llama contraterrorismo, pero en realidad no es más que "refinar los métodos de perfil racial".
Racism and violence against people of color in the U.S. is nothing new. In fact, the United States, with its claims to be “the land of the free,” has always been a racist, genocidal and violent state. It was founded on genocide of the native people and on the backs African slaves. The United States committed the most egregious war crimes in the
“Better training” is rarely, if ever, directed at those officers who have been on the streets for years, or those who are responsible for commanding other officers in the field.
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY – Todd Shaw, the former assistant police chief of the city of Prospect, Kentucky, resigned November 20, 2017, after more than 20 years on the job. Shaw quit after Prospect’s Chief of Police Jeff Sherrard confronted him with copies of Facebook messages sent to a Louisville Metropolitan Police Department (LMPD)
As unwarranted violent behavior and criminal enterprises continue to be traced back to law enforcement, rest assured Mr. Officer, you will be questioned.
Law Enforcement Today unwittingly demonstrated everything wrong with American policing in a single post on March 19, 2017. The post featured a photo of a masked militarized officer with the caption “I’ll never explain myself to a person who sleeps under the blanket of protection that we
American police kill an average of three people a day. Norwegian police fired guns twice last year, and they haven’t killed anyone since 2006.
WASHINGTON --- Matthew Ajibade, Roberto Ornelas, and Garrett Gagne: These were the first three people killed by American police this year. Since their deaths at the hands of police on Jan. 1, police have killed another 687 people, averaging three daily, according to The Guardian’s “
The ‘Minority Report’ of 2002 is the reality of today.”
Originally published at Shadowproof. In Philip K. Dick’s “Minority Report,” the authoritarian system in place to predict crime and catch individuals before they commit crimes is dystopian fantasy. In the mind of New
Daniel Clement, 22, was visiting Baton Rouge from Virginia for the holidays. That’s when he saw the Baton Rouge Police Department abusing a suspect. Clement wiped out his cell phone and started recording.
A man was recently body slammed by cops who said he had no right to film the police. Now investigators are scrutinizing the incident, and so far, they seem to confirm the man’s account. It’s somewhat difficult for them to conclude anything else… since there’s a video of him recording his video. Daniel Clement, 22, was visiting Baton Rouge from
