For Black America, Law Enforcement Is An Occupying Force
Every 28 hours, a black person is killed by the police in the United States. Image Credit: Rick Majewski
Nov 26, 2014
A Police Chief's Call for Reform
Today, the use of deadly force by police across the country has become a national disgrace.
May 13, 2015
Tony Robinson, Outrage, and Exhaustion
The death of Tony Robinson and the decision not to charge Officer Kenny feels like one more reminder that the lives of unarmed black men in this country are expendable.
May 13, 2015
Storify: #BlackSpring Comes to Madison Streets
Marchers took to the streets in Madison today to demand racial justice after District Attorney Ismael Ozanne announced yesterday that Officer Matt Kenny would face no charges in the shooting death of Tony Robinson Jr.
May 13, 2015
Pentagon Sending Cops Billions in Excess Military Equipment
The Pentagon has transferred nearly $5 billion of excess military equipment to local law enforcement agencies. Image credit: Erik Mauer
Jan 30, 2015
Students Protest Police Violence at UW Basketball Game
Nearly 100 University of Wisconsin-Madison students held a vigil outside the Kohl Center toward the end of the Duke-Wisconsin basketball game to demonstrate solidarity with victims of police brutality, including Mike Brown, the unarmed teenager w...
Dec 4, 2014
Business as Usual: No Justice for Dontre Hamilton
The death of Dontre Hamilton, and Monday’s decision not to charge the Milwaukee police officer who killed him, is another instance of deja vu. At some point you just get so numb to it. What a lot of people, including me, gather from these k...
Dec 24, 2014