black lives matter

LGBTQ Pride Organizers Weigh Multiple Threats, From Police Brutality to Vigilante Violence Between angry cops, hateful politicians, and plotting right-wing extremists, they have their hands full. 24 June 2022 Seattle’s Pride Parade, among the largest in the country, will return this weekend...

Inside D.C. police's sprawling network of surveillance From protesters to everyday residents, recently revealed documents provide a first-of-its-kind look into the invasive eye of Washington police. 18 June 2022 It was the early days of the Black Lives Matter movement. Protesters gathered in...

A 17-Year-Old Processes Police Sexual Violence in One of the Summer’s Most Anticipated Novels Leila Mottley’s “Nightcrawling” explores the grief and joy of a young Black survivor. 6 June 2022 In May 2016, a secret within the Oakland Police Department exploded into the public eye: Multiple...

FBI provides Chicago police with fake online identities for "Social Media Exploration" team Internal documents also reveal that police can take over informants’ social media accounts and pose as them online. 20 May 2022 Brian Campbell couldn’t sleep. It was May 31, 2020, and demonstrations...

The spineless wimp cop is suing as "John Doe": https://www.aclu.org/cases/doe-v-mckesson Louisiana Supreme Court Allows Police Officer's Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Organizer DeRay Mckesson didn’t cause or encourage violence against police in Baton Rouge in 2016. The court says he can...

Ohio Supreme Court Rolls Back Awful Rulings, Says Cop Must Use His Real Name If He Wants To Keep His Defamation Suit Going 4 March 2022 All the way back in August 2020, a Cincinnati (OH) police officer decided to sue some fellow citizens for defamation. The cop went after the authors of...

Survivors of a Deadly Attack on a Portland Protest Were Victimized Twice: First by the Gunman, Then by the Police Victims of a right-wing gunman’s shooting spree in Portland said it was unprovoked. Why did the police make the attack sound like a shootout? 23 February 2022 PROSECUTORS IN...

Austin cuts police budget by 1/3 amid national 'defund' push The Austin City Council has voted to cut one-third of the city's $434 million police budget amid national calls for “defunding” law enforcement in favor of spending more money on social services 13 August 2020 In a unanimous vote...

Terrible Vermont Harassment Law Being Challenged After Cops Use It To Punish A Black Lives Matter Supporter Over Her Facebook Posts 9 February 2022 In June 2020, in Brattleboro, Vermont, something extremely ordinary happened. Two residents of the community interacted on Facebook. It was not a...

This Coastal Town Needs Federal Aid for Climate Adaptation. It Will Get a Military Truck Instead. But in Iowa, sheriffs have never even used their “mine-resistant” armored vehicle during blizzards. 23 December 2021 Surfside Beach, South Carolina is on the frontlines of climate change. Rising...

Big Trouble in Little Rock A Reformist Black Police Chief Faces an Uprising of the Old Guard 18 December 2021 1 - Backlash: On the morning of May 28, 2020, a Black sergeant with the Little Rock, Arkansas, Police Department woke up, turned on the news, and saw the George Floyd video for the...

Revealed: LAPD used ‘strategic communications’ firm to track ‘defund the police’ online 15 December 2021 The Los Angeles police department worked with a Polish firm that specializes in “strategic communications” to monitor social media and collect millions of tweets last year, including...

Kyle Rittenhouse Didn’t Act Alone: Law Enforcement Must Be Held Accountable The massive show of force from 40 law enforcement agencies in Kenosha didn’t make anyone safer. 19 November 2021 For two weeks, we’ve heard trial testimony and seen evidence of the events that occurred on August 25...

Cops who are "disrespected" are disrespected for good reasons. Why any police administrator in his right mind would try to recruit other departments' brutes and bully boys is beyond me. 3 stars or 4? Confused? Make up your mind! Sheriffs Making Much Ado 9 November 2021 This week...

Helicopter Footage Obtained By The ACLU Shows Pervasive Surveillance Of Peaceful Anti-Police Violence Protests 24 November 2021 [faiaruse] Thanks to a trove of public records, the ACLU can provide some insight on how the California Highway Patrol engaged in surveillance of anti-police...

Missouri Man Who Spent More Than 40 Years in Prison for Triple Murder He Didn’t Commit Is Now Free 24 November 2021 A Missouri man who has spent more than 40 years in prison is now a free man, after being convicted of three murders he didn’t commit. Kevin Strickland left the Western Missouri...

Is the Fear Factor Overblown in Police Shootings? 22 November 2021 At issue in the review of every police shooting, whether it’s at night or in daylight, whether it’s an officer’s first shooting or third, or whether the person has a gun, a knife or no weapon at all, is one factor. Fear. For...

Two Days Before Rittenhouse Verdict, a Native Woman Was Imprisoned for Killing Her Alleged Rapist 19 November 2021 Two days before a nearly all-white jury bought Kyle Rittenhouse’s claim he was acting in self-defense when he shot three men, killing two, at a Black Lives Matter protest...

Exclusive: LAPD partnered with tech firm that enables secretive online spying 17 November 2021 Records show LA police trialed social media surveillance tech from Voyager Labs, which claims its software can predict crimes and help monitor private messages. The Los Angeles police department...

School Officials Welcome Homeland Security Surveillance After Student Fights Administrators in a Maryland school district say they wanted help monitoring school safety — but sweeping surveillance could land kids in gang databases and families in deportation proceedings 9 November 2021 In late...