Archives: Police

Sarah Bland: Could training Police in Conflict Resolution instead of Force have Saved Her?

Sandra Bland: Could training Police in Conflict Resolution instead of Force have Saved Her?

By Megan Price | (The Conversation) | - - The disturbing video released earlier this week of the stop and arrest of Sandra Bland highlights once again the excessive and inexcusable use…

America’s “Wars on . . .” have become an unhealthy Addiction

By William J. Astore | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - War on drugs. War on poverty. War in Afghanistan. War in Iraq. War on terror. The biggest mistake in American policy, foreign and domestic, is…

Patterns of Racial Violence in the US: Charleston Shooting wasn’t a “One-Off” Event

By Ethan Zuckerman | (The Conversation) | - - When you read about Dylann Roof, think about the patterns he represents. There’s more than one. Over the next few days, we’re going…

Our Jihadis and Theirs: The Real (Armed) Dangers of American Life

By Tom Engeldhardt | (Tomdispatch.com) | - - Consider this paragraph a holding action on the subject of getting blown away in America. While I write this dispatch, I’m waiting patiently for…

United Nations: “No confidence vote” on America’s Post-9/11 Human Rights Record

By Gustavo Capdevila | (Inter Press Service) | - GENEVA (IPS) - Without the emperor’s clothes, like in the Hans Christian Andersen story, the United States was forced to submit its human…

We’re all Iraqis now: How Bush’s Wars Militarized Baltimore & Ferguson Police

By Michael Gould-Wartofsky | (Tomdispatch.com) | - Last week, as Baltimore braced for renewed protests over the death of Freddie Gray, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) prepared for battle. With state-of-the-art surveillance…

Iran’s Khamenei weighs in on Baltimore: ‘Hollywood-style Policing’

Elliot Hill and Mark Sovel | (TheLipTV) The anchors debate the following speech from last Sunday of Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in which he contrasted Iranian policing to the "Hollywood-style policing" of…

What the Police Broke in Baltimore (Political Cartoon)

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Baltimore Protests: What The Media Isn’t Showing You

AJ+ | - "Burning buildings, shattered glass, riot police: This looping portrait of Baltimore – on TV and online – has become the defining narrative of protests spurred by the death of…

Thoughts On Freddie Grey Protest by a Young Baltimore Resident

@hotdamnirock | - A call for disciplined protest from a young Baltimore resident with a foul mouth. Warning: Language. h/t Reddit.com Hotdamnirock: "Thoughts On #FreddieGrey Protest"

Tensions Boil Over After Baltimore Police Call Protesters “Lynch Mob”

By Lauren McCauley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org) Demonstrators still seeking answers over the mysterious and troubling death of Freddie Gray, who died of a spinal injury while in the custody of the…

Can Police Who Kill be held Accountable?

By Alba Morales | ( Human Rights Watch) The murder charge against Michael Slager, the South Carolina police officer who fatally shot 50-year-old Walter Scott in the back on April 4, is…

Black Lives Matter: Massive Crowds Protest Racialized Police Brutality in Cities across US

By Lauren McCauley | (Commondreams.org) Thousands marching in New York and Washington D.C. against police brutality, racial profiling and American's broken criminal justice system Adding their voices to the growing call for…

Pundits Blame Eric Garner For His Own Death (TYT Medley of Shame)

Cenk Uygur, The Young Turks | --- "The death of Staten Island man Eric Garner after New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo put him in a banned choke hold horrified civil rights…

Police Accountability more important than Bodycams

By Maria McFarland Sánchez-Moreno, Human Rights Watch Yesterday’s grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case in New York City – the second in just over two weeks in which a grand…