Police

Serial killer says he killed 90 women. It is possible because they were all sex workers and women of color

Alabama police kill Black army veteran after mall shooting, then say he may not have been involved

Kanye donates $150K to the family of Black security guard killed by cops after he took down robbery suspect

The story of Black queer women imprisoned for defending themselves to reminds us this criminal system cannot save us

Ontario Judge gives light sentence to Black offender citing systemic racism

Haitian deportee fighting to return to U.S. after Florida police framed him and 2 others

In another story, Micah Johnson kills Officer Guyger before she can murder Botham Jean

Lawyer: Publicizing marijuana found in home of Black man killed by Dallas cop is a “smear”

Louisiana State Police accused of circulating white supremacist propaganda in lawsuit

Cop who killed Terence Crutcher teaching class on “Surviving the Aftermath” to Tulsa officers

Zimbabwe election protests turn fatal after soldiers crack down on demonstrators calling results a sham

Florida police chief allegedly ordered false arrests for random Black people to improve stats

The “positive outcome” of the Starbucks arrest won’t save us because it didn’t save Chikesia Clemons

Oakland mourns after 18-year-old Nia Wilson is killed on BART subway station by alleged white supremacist

Police point gun at Black teens, arrest them after white couple lies about them having weapons

Chicago erupts in protest following the shooting of a Black man by Chicago PD

Calls to #AbolishICE are counterproductive unless they are also a call to #AbolishPolice

Chicago activists accuse police of negligence as Black girls and women continue disappearing

It’s no surprise more women are being imprisoned as less men are. We need abolition, not reforms.

Former 911 dispatcher dishes on racist white callers, how ‘BBQ Becky’ is not an anomaly

Black people still can’t swim: Reflections on the McKinney, TX pool incident 3 summers later

Florida jury spitefully awards Black children $4 for father’s death by cops, attorney says

Amazon is selling face recognition software to police departments. What could go wrong?

Democrats join GOP to pass oppressive “Blue Lives Matter” bill, punish critics of Israel

3 Black Airbnb guests swarmed after white woman calls police when seeing them check out

Bill that would mandate 10 years for injuring police introduced to Congress

Childish Gambino’s racially charged “This is America” draws criticism, praise

Black Somali Muslim woman killed after family calls police for help during her mental health crisis

Black woman violently arrested at Waffle House draws calls for protests

Waffle House, Starbucks, and the unalterable anti-Black, patriarchal violence of newsworthiness

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