We can’t settle for “reforming” the largest law enforcement agency in the nation — it must be abolished.
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“Reforms” Didn’t End Police Violence in 2020 and They Won’t End ICE Violence Now Read Post »
Videos of the killing of Alex Pretti by federal agents last Saturday ricocheted around the world, allowing ordinary viewers to see for themselves, second by second, how the deadly skirmish unfolded. The video evidence from the scene immediately shredded the Trump administration’s claims, which smeared Pretti as a “domestic terrorist” and a “would-be assassin.” But […]
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What a Former Undercover FBI Agent Sees in the Pretti Shooting Videos Read Post »
Minnesotans awoke to yet more terror Saturday morning as news broke that federal agents had shot and killed another local in the streets. The victim, 37-year-old Minneapolis resident Alex Pretti, was pinned down by several agents before being shot multiple times. The Associated Press said Pretti was an intensive care nurse at a Department of Veterans […]
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In the immediate aftermath of the ICE killing of Renée Good in Minneapolis last week, the Trump administration smeared her as a “domestic terrorist,” claiming that she had weaponized her vehicle. They labeled Good a “violent rioter” and insisted every new video angle proved their version of the truth: Good was a menace and the […]
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Protesters Decrying the Killing of Renée Good Know What They Saw with Their Own Eyes Read Post »
Chicagoans say police have violated both city and state laws prohibiting them from assisting immigration enforcement.
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Chicago Residents Demand Investigation of Police Collaboration With ICE Read Post »
Kansas City police Officer Matt Masters first used a Taser in the early 2000s. He said it worked well for taking people down; it was safe and effective. “At the end of the day, if you have to put your hands on somebody, you got to scuffle with somebody, why risk that?” he said. “You […]
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What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers Read Post »
A video reportedly filmed by the federal agent who shot and killed Renée Nicole Good in Minneapolis earlier this week was released on Friday by a conservative Minnesota outlet whose most prominent reporter is married to the city’s former police union head. Alpha News—notable in part for its sympathetic coverage of Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis […]
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Police face allegations of violating laws meant to protect immigrants from DC to Oregon to Colorado and beyond.
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Police in Many “Sanctuary Cities” Have Repeatedly Collaborated With ICE Read Post »
Sean Walton, an attorney for the Young family, called the outcome “an American tragedy.”
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Ohio Police Officer Acquitted in Killing of Pregnant Black Mother Ta’Kiya Young Read Post »
On their first day guarding a mall in Minneapolis, the men met in a warehouse on the outskirts of town at 4 a.m. to get “kitted up.” They put on flak jackets and masks. Some had military fatigues. Their boss, Nathan Seabrook, wore a walkie-talkie headset. He packed two pistols and a weapon that dangled […]
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How a Mercenary Became a Minneapolis Mall Cop Read Post »
Chris Mack has been locked up in Mississippi’s Rankin County Jail on and off since he was a teenager. In a lawsuit, he detailed a jailhouse assault that left him with broken ribs, a broken nose, and two black eyes. But it wasn’t just guards who attacked him. Mack said a group of inmates joined […]
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In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons Read Post »
Chris Mack has been locked up in Mississippi’s Rankin County Jail on and off since he was a teenager. In a lawsuit, he detailed a jailhouse assault that left him with broken ribs, a broken nose, and two black eyes. But it wasn’t just guards who attacked him. Mack said a group of inmates joined […]
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In a Mississippi Jail, Inmates Became Weapons Read Post »
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