police brutality
Angela Davis speaks to 2,000 at Michigan rally
October 25, 2012A standing room only crowd of nearly 2000 people welcomed renowned activist and scholar Angela Davis to Detroit to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her acquittal.
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In San Francisco, controversy swirls around stop-and-frisk
July 18, 2012The controversy erupted when Mayor Ed Lee made it known he was thinking about stop-and frisk for this city.
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New Yorkers debate ending “stop and frisk”
June 28, 2012On June 24, the New York Friends of the People's World hosted a forum on ending "stop and frisk."
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New Yorkers protest “stop and frisk”
June 18, 2012Some 300 organizations joined together in a show of solidarity over the New York Police Department's "stop and frisk" policy.
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600 percent increase in racial stop-and-frisk policing in NY
February 17, 2012Over 684.000 people were subjected to the New York Police Department's aggressive tactics in 2011, a 14 percent increase over the previous year.
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