NYPD Has Paid Over $400 Million In Settlements
As part of an ongoing investigation, MuckRock's Todd Feathers asked the NYPD for a list of all civil rights lawsuits brought against the department. To his surprise, what he got was every case brought...
View ArticlePhiladelphia Police: 600 Lawsuits, $40 Million In Damages
The city of Philadelphia has paid out more than $40 million in damages and settlements as a result of nearly 600 misconduct lawsuits brought against the police department since 2009, according to data...
View ArticleCamming The Fuzz: Why Not?
This week, both houses of New Jersey’s legislature considered bills to make wireless, body-mounted video cameras part of the standard equipment for every state police officer. (The lower-house sponsor...
View ArticleNY Releases List Of Military Gear & Equipment
Over the past several years, more than 120 law enforcement agencies across the state, from the NYPD to Tuckahoe, have obtained military-grade equipment through the Pentagon’s 1033 program, which...
View ArticleAmnesty Int’l: Ferguson Police Abused Human Rights
Oct 24 (Reuters) - Police in Ferguson, Missouri, committed human rights abuses as they sought to quell mostly peaceful protests that erupted after an officer killed an unarmed black teenager, an...
View ArticleActivists Demand Comprehensive Data On Police Killings
Activists who mobilized after the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown said Wednesday they have collected 200,000 signatures backing their demand that federal agencies address a...
View ArticleSt. Louis Businesses Warned Of Unrest After Grand Jury Verdict
A St. Louis property manager is warning businesses near the St. Louis County courthouse to prepare for “civil unrest” in the wake of the imminent grand jury decision in the Michael Brown shooting....
View ArticleFerguson Police Prepare For Protests
The police department overseeing the protests in Ferguson, Missouri, over the killing of an unarmed 18-year-old has spent tens of thousands of dollars replenishing their stocks of teargas, “less...
View ArticleIn Protests, Who Owns The Highways?
The typical American highway is no place for a person on foot. It is really not a place at all. These roads exist entirely outside of the human context, designed for the accommodation of cars and...
View ArticleThe Stories Of Eighty-Nine People Killed By Chicago Police
The Chicago Police Department shot over three hundred people in the past five years. In that same time span, 89 people were killed, and a grassroots organization led by youth of color in Chicago is...
View ArticleInvestigation: Chicago Police Continue Culture Of Impunity
A two-month investigation by Truthout delved into police shootings and misconduct complaints in Chicago, uncovering several key facts that raise questions about deadly force and police impunity. The...
View ArticleAP Exclusive: Ferguson No-Fly Zone Aimed At Media
The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local...
View Article90-Year-Old Advocate And Two Ministers Arrested For Feeding The Hungry
Uniformed police shut down an effort to provide lunch to scores of homeless in Stranahan Park on Sunday, enforcing a law passed recently that puts new limits on outdoor feeding sites. At least three...
View ArticlePolice Behaving Like Thieves: Take The TV, Car & Computers
Cops have the authority to seize items they suspect are linked to a crime, most individuals can’t afford a lawyer to fight the forfeiture. And once the property is taken, it’s extremely rare that they...
View ArticlePolice Chief: Police Accountability Activists Terrorists
It almost sounds too ridiculous to be true, but a recent tip given to Counter Current News by activists in Sandusky, Ohio has checked out. Police accountability activists in Sandusky have been hard at...
View ArticleCamera Training Is Revolutionizing Protests Against Police Brutality In Ferguson
With the Ferguson Police Department, Missouri State Police, Federal law enforcement and military planning a heavy-handed response to upcoming protests, we decided there was no better time to get in...
View ArticleSix Vital Conversations Jumpstarted On The Streets Of Ferguson
After nearly two weeks, the outrage in Ferguson appears to be taking new forms, and becoming less openly confrontational. But the shooting of Michael Brown — along with a number of similar, troubling,...
View ArticleWhy It’s Almost Impossible To Indict A Cop
Wanton overpolicing had poisoned relations between the people and their government well before Darren Wilson shot dead Michael Brown. Less mediagenic than police militarization and far more insidious...
View ArticleThe Great Police Violence Cover-Up
Starting with the Rodney King beating, it has often been the occasional citizen video that has been the most effective means of holding police to account. According to a survey of body-camera studies...
View ArticleDocumentary “Burn” About Uprisings In UK Over Police Brutality
In August 2011 Britain was on fire - what was the spark that led to the crisis? When Mark Duggan was shot by the police the scene was set for a confrontation but it was not the first time. In this...
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