Police brutality

2 Very Different Ways to Punish Killer Cops

2 Very Different Ways to Punish Killer Cops 2 Very Different Ways to Punish Killer Cops

The criminal-justice system is set up never to jail police. Could restorative justice serve communities better?

May 5, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale

5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists

5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists 5 Tools the Police Are Using in Their War Against Activists

From Ferguson to Baltimore, the message is clear: protest at your peril.

May 5, 2015 / Michael Gould-Wartofsky

Helpful Responses to Baltimore

Helpful Responses to Baltimore Helpful Responses to Baltimore

Helpfulness not guaranteed.

May 5, 2015 / Tom Tomorrow

New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters

New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters New ACLU Cellphone App Automatically Preserves Video of Police Encounters

Even if the cops seize a phone and destroy it, the video will be saved.

May 1, 2015 / Jon Wiener

Are the Baltimore Police Using Twitter for Public Safety, or Propaganda?

Are the Baltimore Police Using Twitter for Public Safety, or Propaganda? Are the Baltimore Police Using Twitter for Public Safety, or Propaganda?

The police department has used social media as virtual riot gear, manufacturing the narrative of violence in the digital realm as they were escalating it on the ground.

Apr 30, 2015 / Zoë Carpenter

At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’

At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’ At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’

After a more permissive approach to protests in the fall, de Blasio’s NYPD has returned to Occupy-era tactics of violent repression.

Apr 30, 2015 / Alex S. Vitale

‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence

‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence ‘Now Political Prisoners Are Dead Black Kids’: Playwright Lemon Andersen Connects the Dots Between Attica and Police Violence

Andersen first heard about the Attica uprising during a stint on Rikers Island. His new play brings the rebellion to life at the Public Theater.

Apr 29, 2015 / Steve Colman

Drones, Cops, and the Unaccountable Machinery of Death

Drones, Cops, and the Unaccountable Machinery of Death Drones, Cops, and the Unaccountable Machinery of Death

From signature strikes in Pakistan to police violence in Baltimore, the state is seemingly uninterested in even counting how many people it kills.

Apr 29, 2015 / The Editors

Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards

Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards

Camden Yards can be seen as a symbol of what ails urban America, and it’s hardly alone.

Apr 28, 2015 / Dave Zirin

Dispatch From Baltimore: Praying for Peace, Living Another Reality

Dispatch From Baltimore: Praying for Peace, Living Another Reality Dispatch From Baltimore: Praying for Peace, Living Another Reality

The emotional distance between Freddie Gray’s moving funeral and the chaos that followed isn’t as wide as it may seem.

Apr 28, 2015 / Stacia L. Brown

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