Nadia Prupis: More Police Departments Using Drones
Anti-war groups call for increased scrutiny over use of drones as law enforcement tools. Police departments in the U.S. are increasingly considering the use of drones as a law enforcement … Continue reading
Bob Herbert: The Fire This Time
I remember the stunned reaction of so many Americans back in the summer of 2005 when legions of poor black people in desperate circumstances seemed to have suddenly and inexplicably … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Love In A Time Of Riots
Yesterday, on National Public Radio, “And now the news from Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and St. Louis.” There’s a list on which I’m proud to hear my hometown, the city I … Continue reading
Video: “I Kill Everybody. I don’t care,” says Ferguson cop
A fourth police officer has been suspended in St. Louis, after a violent episode in which he pushed CNN reporter Don Lemon. After the incident, CNN reporters began looking into the … Continue reading
Noa Yachot: Journalism is Under Attack, and Not Just in Ferguson
It is not a great time to be a journalist in America. The assault on the First Amendment by militarized police in Ferguson, Mo., continues unabated, and the press is … Continue reading
No Jail Time For Elite Real Estate Broker Who Shoplifted $1,600 In Clothes
“It’s okay, I never have to deal with the consequences of my actions!” The daughter of a wealthy tech CEO who owns a mansion in Southampton will avoid jail after … Continue reading
A Cop’s Take on Ferguson
As I watch the events in Ferguson Missouri, I can’t help but think about my own time in law enforcement and just how much I’ve changed since I wore the … Continue reading
Nadia Prupis: Ferguson, Institutionalized Racism and the Militarization of Police
Will the tragedy in Ferguson be a catalyst for change? Police officers in Ferguson, Missouri arrested 31 people during protests Monday night (Photo: Michael B. Thomas/AFP/Getty Images) Last week, after … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: What happens after the riots end?
Are we radicalizing a whole generation? When I was in Vietnam, a near-by artillery unit called a cease-fire. Somebody realized they were shelling the wrong coordinates. A private said, “I … Continue reading
Michael Eric Dyson Spells It Out for White People: Police Won’t ‘Kill Your Child’
In an appearance on CBS, Dyson said that protests in Ferguson, Missouri after a white police officer shot 18-year-old Michael Brown while he was unarmed was a symptom of a … Continue reading
John Oliver: Ferguson, MO and Police Militarization
Aug 17, 2014. In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO, John Oliver explores the racial inequality in treatment by police as well as the increasing … Continue reading
Video: Michael Brown’s Body
A video released August 11 by the channel Law Abiding Citizen News contains disturbing images from August 9 surrounding the death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Law Abiding Citizen … Continue reading
David M. Perry: Ferguson and the cult of compliance
When the police won’t take no for an answer… The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, set off by a policeman’s shooting of an unarmed black teen last week, appear to be … Continue reading
Ferguson Police Officer Justin Cosma Hog-Tied And Injured A Young Child, Lawsuit Alleges
According to a lawsuit filed in 2012 in Missouri federal court, Justin Cosma and another officer, Richard Carter, approached a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mailbox at the end … Continue reading →