police violence
Bills addressing police misconduct face decisive votes in California legislature
August 21, 2018Among measures still to be decided are two designed to address repeated instances of police misconduct.
Read more“Militarized” police disaster training program to end after this year
April 4, 2018Opponents charge that it trains law enforcement in military-style repression and criminalization of black, brown, indigenous and undocumented communities.
Read moreCriminal Justice reform with action a necessity 50 years after MLK
April 4, 2018“Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Reform" focused on the problems of public policy, the criminal justice system, and the ways to go about change.
Read moreSouth Africa inquiry: Police killed Ahmed Timol, anti-apartheid activist
October 13, 2017In October 1971, he was arrested for being in possession of Communist Party leaflets. A few days later, he was dead.
Read morePeople’s World reporter arrested while covering St. Louis protests
October 4, 2017Al Neal, St. Louis reporter for People's World, was arrested along with other members of the press while covering protests against the Stockley verdict.
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