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Senator’s ‘Send In the Troops’ Op-Ed in The Times Draws Online Ire
Staff members at the newspaper, including a Pulitzer winner, denounced an opinion essay by Tom Cotton, Republican of Arkansas, calling for a military response to protests.
Interponen demanda contra el NYPD por el tiempo de las detenciones en medio de las manifestaciones
De acuerdo con el Departamento de Policía de Nueva York, al menos 1,100 personas han sido arrestadas en relación con las protestas que se han registrado en los últimos días, pero casi una cuarta parte aún no ha visto a un juez. Anthony Posada, de...
Emotional Malcolm Jenkins 'hurt' after Drew Brees makes 'self-centered' protest comments
New Orleans Saints safety Malcolm Jenkins couldn't let his quarterback's comments from earlier Wednesday slide, so he started filming.
The Police Take the Side of White Vigilantes
Over the past week, cops have shown that they share a coherent ideology.
American Plague
Racism, our untreated pre-existing condition, is killing both black people and the nation itself
The Headlines That Are Covering Up Police Violence
News reports often use euphemistic phrases that fail to engage the complex realities of the recent protests.
Why Are Protesters Getting Run Over?
Drivers have repeatedly targeted George Floyd demonstrations with vehicle ramming attacks — a lethal terror tactic fueled in part by far-right memes.
A Nation Without Law, Order, or Justice
You can make people fear the law at gunpoint, but you cannot make them respect it.
Dozens of troops sounded off on the use of the military to help quell civil unrest. This is what they said.
The overwhelming majority of service who wrote to Military Times disagreed with moves to deploy troops against protestors.
Lawsuit alleges three women were raped in ICE custody before being deported
A woman previously detained in Texas is alleging that in the hours immediately preceding her deportation to...
Minneapolis Police Use Force Against Black People at 7 Times the Rate of Whites
When the officers use kicks, chokeholds, punches, takedowns, Mace spray, Tasers and the like, the person subject to that force is black about 60 percent of the time.
Let's be clear: Park Police hit DC protestors with tear gas.
If this was a war, it would be a war crime.
William Barr’s State of Emergency
The attorney general has long held an expansive view of presidential power. With multiple crises converging in the run-up to the 2020 election, he is busy putting his theories to work.
Police shove, make AP journalists stop covering protest
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police officers surrounded, shoved and yelled expletives at two Associated Press journalists covering protests Tuesday in the latest aggression against members of the...
Defund The Police
For too long, Republicans and Democrats alike have showered oppressors with money and weapons.
Mark Zuckerberg on leaked audio: Trump’s looting and shooting reference "has no history of being read as a dog whistle"
On a tense call with employees, the Facebook CEO defended his decision not to moderate Trump’s posts.
‘Uncomfortable Mission’: Pentagon Tries to Retreat From Trump’s Call to ‘Dominate’ Protests
Pentagon officials say it was the White House, not the Defense Department, pushing for military might in the streets—with Trump seeking details on “tanks” that could be used.
These videos show the police aren’t neutral. They’re counterprotesters.
Some law enforcement officers are treating America like a battlefield.
Man Who Sheltered 70 DC Protesters Says Police Tried to Pepper Spray Through His Windows
A man sheltered 70 protesters in his D.C. home Monday night after police allegedly descended upon a peaceful crowd with pepper spray and batons. The protesters left the home when the district’s new curfew ended at 6 a.m., but not before a night...