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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Amanda Moore is a journalist who has been covering the rise of ICE across the US for months, writing news articles and posting clips of confrontations to her social media feeds and, in the process, becoming one of the most prominent chroniclers of Trump’s immigration crackdown from the front lines. Amanda will be filing stories […]
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We’re on the Ground in Minneapolis as Tensions Flare After ICE Shooting Read Post »
The military assault on Venezuela, the shooting of a Minneapolis woman by an ICE agent, the launch of the White House’s new revisionist website about January 6—these three events convey a powerful and unsettling message from Donald Trump and his crew: Violence is ours to use, at home and abroad, to get what we want. […]
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The Trump Doctrine: Violence Is Us 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 »
When Andrea Dettore-Murphy first moved to Rankin County, Mississippi, she didn’t believe the stories she heard about how brutal the sheriff’s department could be when pursuing suspected drug crimes. But in 2018, she learned the hard way that the rumors were true when a group of sheriff’s deputies raided the home of her friend Rick […]
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The Deputies Who Tortured a Mississippi County Read Post »
One Tuesday night in April, Mikaela Levons, head of development at Equal Justice USA (EJUSA), a criminal and racial justice nonprofit, had just wrapped up a phone call and was preparing to cook dinner for her kids when an email landed in her inbox. It came from the Office of Justice Programs (OJP) at the […]
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How Trump’s DOJ Wiped Out a Pioneering Anti-Violence Nonprofit Read Post »
If you had to describe the last decade or so of political life in America, the list would likely include the following: The Black Lives Matter movement. The death of George Floyd. America’s first Black president. The rise of the MAGA movement. The election and reelection of Donald Trump. A resurgence of white nationalism. An […]
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America Had a Black President. Then Came the Whitelash. Read Post »
This story was originally published by Popular Information, a substack publication to which you can subscribe here. US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has sharply increased its spending on weapons in 2025, according to an analysis of federal government contracting data by Popular Information. Records from the Federal Procurement Data System reveal that ICE has increased spending on “small arms, ordnance, […]
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ICE’s Spending on Weaponry Is Up More Than 700 Percent Over Last Year Read Post »
In another dizzying plot point around President Donald Trump’s attempts to federalize the National Guard, three judges on the federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a 2–1 decision on Monday that Trump has the authority to deploy the Guard in Portland. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Mother Jones (@motherjonesmag) […]
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Portland Feds Are Escalating Chaos at ICE Protests Read Post »
A new California law will effectively ban a deceptive policing tactic used for years against the families of people killed by police and popularized by the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. The legislation, signed Monday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, will require investigators for police agencies and prosecutors’ offices to tell the families […]
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California Bans Police From Concealing Killings While Grilling Relatives For Dirt Read Post »
Federal officers are firing so much tear gas at protesters outside an ICE facility in Broadview, Illinois, that some nearby community members who aren’t even protesting are struggling to breathe when they leave their homes to run errands. That’s according to a lawsuit filed this week by journalists and demonstrators who accuse the Department of […]
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ICE Is Hounding Chicago Area Locals With Excessive Chemical Munitions Read Post »
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