As part of an ongoing legal battle to get the New York City Police Department to track money police have grabbed in cash forfeitures, an … Judge shocked to learn NYPD’s evidence database has no backupRead more
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Third-Grader Handcuffed in School
This third-grader was shackled and crying out in pain for 15 minutes. He was restrained because of behavior related to attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and … Third-Grader Handcuffed in SchoolRead more
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US police killings under counted by half
Over half of all police killings in 2015 were wrongly classified as not having been the result of interactions with officers, a new Harvard study … US police killings under counted by halfRead more
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Leaked FBI Report Cites “Black Identity Extremists” as Terror Threat
An FBI counterterrorism unit secretly identified so-called black identity extremists as a violent threat, according to a leaked document obtained by Foreign Policy magazine. In … Leaked FBI Report Cites “Black Identity Extremists” as Terror ThreatRead more
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Boston Police Protected Far-Right Rally-Goers, Clashed with Black Counterprotesters
“It’s unbelievable that this many police officers came here to protect them,” Ashley Lloyd said. “They’re not protecting us.” Lloyd, a Boston resident, expressed her … Boston Police Protected Far-Right Rally-Goers, Clashed with Black CounterprotestersRead more
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The Body Count Rises in the U.S. War Against Black People
Before we can even process the acquittal of the murders of Philado Castile, we hear about another murder of a black person by the police … The Body Count Rises in the U.S. War Against Black PeopleRead more
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The 325,807 Times The Australian Government Was Accessing Metadata
The revelation comes from the annual Attorney-General’s Department report on the operation of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act that gives Australian law enforcement agencies … The 325,807 Times The Australian Government Was Accessing MetadataRead more
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Greensboro, NC Apologizes over Its Role in 1979 Killings by Neo-Nazis
The city of Greensboro, North Carolina, has apologized for its role in a 1979 incident that saw American Nazis and members of the Ku Klux … Greensboro, NC Apologizes over Its Role in 1979 Killings by Neo-NazisRead more
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We’ve Known for 400 Years That Torture Doesn’t Work
As recounted by author and journalist Daniel P. Mannix, during the European witch craze the Duke of Brunswick in Germany invited two Jesuit scholars to … We’ve Known for 400 Years That Torture Doesn’t WorkRead more
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Paramilitary security tracked and targeted DAPL opponents as “jihadists,” docs show
As people nationwide rallied last year to support the Standing Rock Sioux’s attempts to block the Dakota Access Pipeline, a private security firm with experience … Paramilitary security tracked and targeted DAPL opponents as “jihadists,” docs showRead more