PoliceViolence

Family wants answers after 22-year-old Black man, Amir Locke, shot and killed during no-knock raid

On Wednesday, Minneapolis police executed a no-knock warrant on a downtown apartment and then in the next nine seconds, proceeded to shoot and kill 22-year-old Amir Locke, as he lay wrapped up in a …

Sat Feb 5, 2022

Police aren't the best option for handling mental health crises. Here's what we can try instead

Though the phrasing of “defund the police” has proven to be more than a little divisive among Democrats and progressives, many of us do agree with core sentiments in the movement. Even simply …

Sat Jan 15, 2022

Strangers gather to restore defaced George Floyd memorial after video shows skateboarder toss paint

According to police, an unidentified man on a skateboard was captured on video vandalizing a 10-foot-tall bronze statue honoring George Floyd, the Black man who was killed by white former Minneapolis …

Mon Oct 4, 2021

Cops drag Black mom from car, take photos with her child as ‘propaganda.’ Now they're paying her $2M

In October 2020, police officers and protesters clashed in Philadelphia. The protests were a response to the shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. by Philadelphia police earlier in the day. Police were …

Wed Sep 15, 2021

LAPD officers are tracking civilians and their connections online, according to internal records

When it comes to police and law enforcement in the United States, we tend to cover a lot of brutality and violence, especially against people of color, sex workers, and incarcerated folks. It’s …

Thu Sep 9, 2021

Oregon senator is blocking CBP nominee until he gets 'straight answers' about Portland deployment

More than six months into the Biden administration, Democratic Oregon Sen. Ron Wyden said he’s failed to receive adequate answers into the deployment of untrained federal officers in his hometown of …

Mon Jul 26, 2021

Police banned from participating in New York City Pride until 2025

Organizers in Heritage of Pride, the nonprofit that plans New York City Pride events, are banning police and corrections officers from participating in Pride celebrations until at least 2025, as …

Mon May 17, 2021

Black man shot 11 times in 2.4 seconds but grand jury fails to indict Louisiana officers

A grand jury decided not to indict police officers involved in the shooting death of Trayford Pellerin, a Black Louisiana man, who was walking away from police with a knife when they shot him 11 …

Mon May 17, 2021

Black Army Lt. pulled over, terrorized, and beaten even though police knew he'd done nothing wrong

Last December, Army Lieutenant Caron Nazario was on his way home with a new SUV when the lights of a police car appeared behind him. Rather than pull over on a narrow, darkened street, he proceeded …

Sun Apr 11, 2021