Saturday, March 29, 2025

Tag: police brutality

How Eric Adams has backed a secretive NYPD unit ridden with...

The mayor has repeatedly championed the CRT and his allies who run it, even as NYPD officials have warned its policing has been too aggressive.

Trump suggests ‘one day of brutal police force’ to end crime,...

As Trump spreads baseless claims about rising crime, he calls for a day of violent police action targeting immigrants, prompting backlash and comparisons to authoritarian regimes.

Outrage and calls for justice after Sonya Massey’s fatal shooting by...

Campaigners and political leaders across the United States respond with outrage and calls for justice after the release of body camera footage showing the deadly police shooting of Sonya Massey, an unarmed 36-year-old Black woman from Springfield, Illinois.

Looking up an NYPD officer’s discipline record? Many are there one...

Cases against officers frequently vanish for days—sometimes weeks—at a time.

Violent arrest of Emory Professor spotlights brutality of police crackdown on...

Emory University incident raises alarms: Academic community questions police response to peaceful campus protests amid growing national debate on academic freedom and civil liberties.

A leap towards justice: The nationwide call to end no-knock warrants

Four years after Breonna Taylor's tragic death, a bipartisan effort emerges to transform police protocol and honor her legacy by proposing a nationwide ban on no-knock warrants.

Atlanta’s legal showdown over the ‘Stop Cop City’ movement

A critical legal battle unfolds as Atlanta seeks to overturn a ruling allowing nonresidents to participate in a controversial referendum on a police training center.

UN report exposes alarming U.S. human rights violations, urges immediate reforms

"Systemic racism and injustice": UN slams U.S. for widespread human rights breaches.

Who gets to talk about how police need to change?

A FAIR study of NYT coverage from George Floyd to Tyre Nichols

Cop city coverage fails to question narratives of militarized police

The story of Tortuguita’s death is about protests against militarized policing being met with more militarized policing, which ultimately resulted in a fatal shooting.

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White House orders Social Security shutdowns and service cuts as Trump nominee faces Senate...

Millions of beneficiaries face office closures and phone service cuts as Trump’s Social Security pick, Frank Bisignano, refuses to commit to reversing policies.

Honey bee colony decline to impact agriculture production in 2025

Commercial honey bee colony losses are projected to reach between 60 and 70 percent up from 40 and 50 percent in the past decade.

The infinities of genocide abroad feed secret police at home

Strange how horror can oscillate into absurdity and back at ever accelerating rates. And strange how it rebounds to undermine basic American rights at home.

Leaked messages show US officials celebrating Yemen airstrike that killed civilians

Newly revealed Signal messages expose top Trump administration officials boasting about deadly strikes on civilian areas, sparking accusations of war crimes.
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‘Kidnapped’: 1,000+ protest after masked ICE agents abduct Tufts Ph.D. student Rumeysa Ozturk

Surveillance video shows agents approaching her on the streets near her home Tuesday evening and handcuffing her while she screamed for help.