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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](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tmw2015-05-06colorlarge.jpg)
Helpful Responses to Baltimore Helpful Responses to Baltimore
Helpfulness not guaranteed.
May 5, 2015 / Blog / Tom Tomorrow
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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 / Blog / Jon Wiener
![Are the Baltimore Police Using Twitter for Public Safety, or Propaganda?](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/baltimore_police_ap_img.jpg)
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 / Blog / Zoë Carpenter
![At Last Night’s Solidarity March, the NYPD ‘Came Out Swinging’](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/nypd_protest_rtr_img.jpg)
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](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/lemon_andersen_sg.jpg)
‘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](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/awlaki_drone_strike_rtr_img_0.jpg)
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 / Editorial / The Editors
![Apartheid Games: Baltimore, Urban America, and Camden Yards](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/freddie_gray_camden_yards_baltimore_ap_img.jpg)
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 / Blog / Dave Zirin
![Dispatch From Baltimore: Praying for Peace, Living Another Reality](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/baltimore_protester_ap_img.jpg)
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
![Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory](https://www.thenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/baltimore_protest_ap_img.jpg)
Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory Toward a New ‘Broken Windows’ Theory
What change will a “peaceful” protest spark if a “peaceful” protest is so easy to ignore?
Apr 28, 2015 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith