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NYPD kills 34 year old Saheed Vassel after claiming they thought metal rod was a gun
On Wednesday, the NYPD shot and killed 34 year old Saheed Vassel after allegedly responding to calls about a man with a gun in the area. The NYPD says that they received at least three calls starting around 4:40 pm about a Black man in a brown jacket waving what appeared to be a silver gun. […]
“Thinking Blackly”: State violence, U.S. law, and legal death dealing
by Tabias Olajuawon When a person of color is killed by a police officer, or badgeless vigilante, it exposes and strikes at the immoral fabric of Amerikkka. More viscerally, at the psyche of every person of color with a beating heart. More pointedly, at the very being of the collective Black body. Each strike, blow, […]
UCPD’s shooting of student in mental health crisis highlights the academy’s role in police brutality
By Cosette Hampton Last Tuesday night, an officer of the University of Chicago Police Department (UCPD) shot 4th year student Charles Thomas, who was having a mental health crisis. For those familiar with the University’s conflicting statements on safe spaces, trigger warnings and free speech, it should come as no surprise that even students are […]