Ferguson and Beyond

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Virginia Wisely Rejects Secret Police

A bill to make police officers’ identities secret in Virginia was about protecting bad cops from accountability.

By Bill Farrar
February 26, 2016

This Federal Appeals Court's Ruling Put a Dent in Police Officers' 'Qualified Immunity' Defense

The First Circuit ruling affirms accountability for wrongful police killings.

By Kade Crockford
February 10, 2016

The Hard Truth of the Minneapolis Black Lives Matter Protests: Communities of Color Have No Trust in Their Police Force

Discriminatory over-policing has alienated Minneapolis officers from the communities they should protect and serve.

By Jana Kooren
November 19, 2015

Black Lives Matter Supporters in Oregon Targeted by State Surveillance

Oregon’s Department of Justice surveilled the Twitter accounts of people who used the Black Lives Matter hashtag.

By David Rogers
November 11, 2015

This System Tramples on Poor People

The stories of two people in Mississippi who were thrown in jail for being unable to pay traffic fines.

By Qumotria Kennedy , Joseph Anderson
October 21, 2015

Neither Served, Nor Protected

How an Arkansas family was terrorized by the cops as they were walking their dog.

By Holly Dickson
October 7, 2015

Militarization of Police and Racial Justice Gone Wrong: The Eurie Stamps Tragedy

Family sues as elderly Black man is killed in his home during a SWAT raid.

By Kade Crockford
September 29, 2015

Racial Profiling Is a Problem That Californians Want Fixed

A new poll finds that a majority of Californians believe Black people are more likely to be discriminated against by police.

By Natasha Minsker
August 14, 2015

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