An elite unit of the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is under investigation due to its alleged involvement in the mass falsification of reports, which wrongfully classified innocent people of color as gang members. In a repeat misnomer reminiscent of the LAPD’s infamous “Rampart […]
After a violent few days in New York City and one far-out suburban community in which Jewish people were targeted, Black and Jewish leaders planned to come together Monday morning in Harlem to denounce the attacks. The coalition planned to speak out at the National […]
A New York City police sergeant who claims he faced retaliation for seeking treatment for his 9/11-related health issues has since been suspended. Sgt. Cyress Smith spoke with the New York Post about how he was reportedly forced out after leaving work to pick up his daughter […]
Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, according to documents seen by the Guardian. Notes from a strategy session for a militarized raid on ancestral lands of the Wet’suwet’en nation show that commanders of Canada’s […]
Some are calling it a “payoff.” Others have called it “hush money” and “reparations.” The University of North Carolina System is calling it “a lawful and lasting path” to prevent Confederate statues and insignia from finding homes on its campuses. But what it is, […]
In a Greek refugee camp, adults are being stabbed or raped, while children freeze. This suffering shames our continent Last month, I took a plane to Athens, and then another to get to the island of Lesbos. From the airport in Mytilene we drove to […]
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