Police
Journalists, human rights groups protest new French security bill banning images...
Nov. 18, 2020
French lawmakers on Tuesday began debating a bill that could ban dissemination of images of police officers' faces, triggering protests in Paris...
Loi Sécurité Globale. Déterminés, des milliers de manifestants contre l’offensive autoritaire...
Alors que l'Asemblée Nationale étudiait, en première lecture, la très controversée loi sécurité globale, des milliers de personnes se sont mobilisées, partout dans l'hexagone,...
Sri Lanka: police brutality, the ‘new normal’ and neoliberalism
By Lasanda Kurukulasuriya
Former minister Mangala Samaraweera’s decision not to contest the upcoming parliamentary election, despite his name being on the candidates list, is unlikely...
George Floyd laid to rest as nationwide protests over police violence...
By Niles Niemuth
10 June 2020
Two weeks after George Floyd was killed by four police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, his body was laid to...
White House, Pentagon tensions near breaking point
By ROBERT BURNS
June 6, 2020
Tensions between the White House and Pentagon have stretched to near a breaking point over President Donald Trump’s threat to...
It’s a big deal that the outrage expressed over George Floyd’s...
By August H. Nimtz Jr.
05/28/2020
“We should be outraged but not surprised.” The death of George Floyd is the latest instantiation of this almost now...
Minneapolis pledges to dismantle its police department – how will it...
A veto-proof council majority says the city will move to a community-based public safety model – but what will that entail?
By Oliver Milman
Mon 8...
Spending On Police Is Out of Control
Data show the growth of police budgets has far outpaced population growth in cities across the country.
By David Sirota
June 8, 2020
Defund the police” has...
Cities consider cutting police budgets
By Dennis Turner
Jun 08, 2020
City leaders across the country have begun talking about taking money out of police budgets and putting into community programs,...
Communities United for Police Reform Celebrates the Passage of Police-STAT Act...
June 8, 2020
New York, NY (June 8, 2020) – Today, Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) celebrated a momentous step that brings New York...