Last month students in the Los Angeles School District won a two year battle to have military grade police equipment removed from their campuses. Not only were they successful in their endeavors, but they forced the school district to provide them with an itemized list of everything, including M-16 rifles and grenade launchers, returned to the […]
DOJ Lawyers Head to MPLS to Investigate Clark Shooting
Multiple DOJ Attorney’s will be arriving in Minneapolis today to probe the shooting of Jamar Clark. Their main focus will be determining if the videos of the early morning shooting, that ended with a bullet – fired by a MPLS police officer – in Clark’s head, should be released. The videos collected from cell phones, the ambulance […]
Operation Ghetto Storm: 2012 Annual Report on the Extrajudicial Killings of 313 Black People by Police, Security Guards, and Vigilantes
Joe shared the following article, originally posted at MXGM.org, via CopBlock.org’s ‘submit‘ page. View report here. Operation Ghetto Storm: 2012 Annual Report on the Extrajudicial Killings of 313 Black People by Police, Security Guards, and Vigilantes.” Every 28 hours in 2012 someone employed or protected by the US government killed a Black man, woman, or […]
SWAT Cops to Ask for IDs From Everyone in Arkansas Town
The following article, submitted by Matthew Dolloff, was originally posted at RT.com. Would police officers in your area having the “guilty until proved innocent” mindset make you feel safer? Is a militarized police force in a small town of 25,000 really the most effective way to prevent real crimes – ie, ones with victims? -Kate There […]
