Police State

Report from Standing Rock: 100+ Militarized Police Deployed Against Native American Water Protectors

On Saturday, hundreds of people temporarily stopped work at multiple construction sites at the site of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline. One person reportedly delayed work for up to six hours

October 17, 2016
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ACLU & HRW Call to Decriminalize Drug Use & Possession After Documenting Arrests Every 25 Seconds

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A new report on the devastating harm of policies that criminalize the personal use and possession of drugs finds that in 2015 police booked more people for small-time marijuana charges than for

October 14, 2016
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Is Stop-and-Frisk Unconstitutional?

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Q: Was the police technique of “stop-and-frisk” found unconstitutional? A: The practice is not unconstitutional, but a judge ruled in 2013 that New York City’s stop-and-frisk program was carried

September 29, 2016
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Study: People with Mental Illness are 16 Times More Likely to Be Killed During a Police Encounter

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The shooting of Alfred Olango in El Cajon, California, is just the most recent in a string of police shootings of primarily men of color with mental illness or disability. Just

September 29, 2016
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California Cop Who Shot Unarmed Black Man Was Demoted in 2015 for Sexually Harassing Female Officer

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The El Cajon police officer who shot Alfred Olango dead has been at the center of controversy before. Last year, Richard Gonsalves was sued for sexual harassment after making lewd propositions

September 29, 2016
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Protests Continue in San Diego After Police Kill Mentally Ill, Unarmed Ugandan Refugee Alfred Olango

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Protests continue in the San Diego, California, suburb of El Cajon, where police shot and killed an unarmed African-American man Tuesday after his sister called 911 to report her brother was having

September 29, 2016
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