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Below are groups and resources (books, articles, websites, etc.) related to this topic. Click on an item’s title to go its resource page with author, publisher, description/abstract and other details, a link to the full text if available, as well as links to related topics in the Subject Index. You can also browse the Title, Author, Subject, Chronological, Dewey, LoC, and Format indexes, or use the Search box. Connexions LibraryThe Anatomy of A Rebellion: Against The Current vol. 84 Ortiz, Paul Article 2000 The first time I traveled to Los Angeles with a comrade of mine in the labor movement, I had one of those sharp educational experiences that cannot be replicated in the classroom. As Police Killings of Minorities Mount, Attacks on Police Like the One in Dallas, While Awful, Are Also Sadly Predictable Lindorff, Dave Article 2016 The tragedy that is America has deepened with the news of a sniper attack targeting police in Dallas during a protest march and rally against police brutality and killings of black people in that city... Battle of Ballantyne Pier, 1935 Lowry, Sam Article A short history and background of the 1935 dockers' strike and subsequent bloody confrontation with police in Vancouver that became known as the Battle of Ballantyne Pier. Battle of Blair Mountain: Connexipedia Article Article In 1921 between 10,000 and 15,000 coal miners confronted company-paid private detectives in an effort to unionize the southwestern West Virginia mine counties. Battle of Orgreave: Connexipedia Article Article A confrontation between police and picketing miners at a British Steel coking plant in Orgreave, South Yorkshire, in 1984, during the UK miners' strike. The Battle of Orgreave Smith, Ken Article 2014 The Battle of Orgreave on 18 June, 1984, saw the establishment carry out a mighty state-organised riot, a conspiracy to trap striking miners and unleash brutality on a scale never experienced before i... Battle of Valle Giulia: Connexipedia Article Article A clash between Italian left-wing militants and the Italian police at Valle Giulia, in Rome, on March 1, 1968. Bay View Massacre: Connexipedia Article Article A massacre of demonstrators by the Wisconsin National Guard. The Bizarre Compulsion of Black Men to "Reach for their Waistbands": Waistband-Reaching Syndrome Could Get You Killed Eskow, John Article 2014 If police accounts are to be believed, there is a bizarre urge among young, unarmed black men to provoke their own murder by "reaching for their waistbands" when cops are aiming service revolvers at t... Canadian Information Sharing Service: Volume 2, Number 5 - December 1977 Serial Publication (Periodical) 1977 The City That Bleeds: Freddie Gray and the makings of an American uprising Jackson, Lawrence Article 2016 The killing of black teenager Freddie Gray by six police officers resulted in a civic uprising, and spotlights a history of brutality and bloodshed by police in the city of Baltimore. Class and Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 Simons, H.J.; Simons, R.E. Book 1969 A historical and sociological overview which provides a critical analysis of the Labour and National movements in South Africa and explores how and why the white working class traded its socialist pri... The Clouds Clear: Labor, Seattle and Beyond: Against The Current vol. 85 Borgers, Frank Article 2000 As the clouds of teargas lifted from the streets of Seattle two images emerged in public consciousness: The edifice of the WTO brought crashing to its knees, simultaneously revealing an odd Lilliputia... Color of Violence : The INCITE! Anthology INCITE! Women of Color Against Violence (ed.) Book 2006 An anthology of critical writings demanding that we address violence against women of color in all its forms, including interpersonal violence, such as sexual and domestic violence, and state violence... Colorado Labor Wars: Connexipedia Article Article Colorado's most significant battles between labor and capital which occurred primarily between miners and mine operators. Columbine Mine massacre: Connexipedia Article Article A conflict in which police and mine guards attacked striking coal miners with machine guns. Connexions: Volume 9, Number 1 - Spring 1984 - Energy - A Digest of Resources and Groups for Social Change Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions: Volume 9, Number 2 - Summer 1984 - Rights and Liberties - A Digest of Resources & Groups for Social Serial Publication (Periodical) 1984 Connexions Library: Human Rights and Civil Liberties Focus  Website Selected articles, books, websites and other resources on civil liberties and human rights. Copperbelt strike of 1935: Connexipedia Article Article A strike action which performed by African mineworkers in the Copperbelt (then in Northern Rhodesia, today called Zambia) to protest against unfair taxes imposed by the British colonial authorities. Cops Are Now Less Cautious Than Soldiers In Iraq: Shooting Mirian Carey Carp, Jonathan Article 2013 Police militarization is a hot topic lately, but American police are beyond anything contemplated by the American military. American police today appear unwilling to accept any risk whatsoever and see... Creating an Ecological Society: Toward a Revolutionary Transformation Magdoff, Fred; Williams, Chris Book 2017 Because it aims squarely at replacing capitalism with an ecologically sound and socially just society, Creating an Ecological Society is filled with revolutionary hope. Fred Magdoff and Chris Williams... DARE's Struggles in Rhode Island: Against The Current vol. 110 Buhle, Paul Article 2004 Let's start in a scene from last summer that will be familiar, not exactly but approximately, to many older readers: the labor awards banquet. The setting is a "casino"— in the 1880s sense of a banqu... Deaths in Custody and Detention: Volume 33, No. 4 (2006) of Social Justice: A Journal of Crime, Conflict, and World Order Serial Publication (Periodical) 2006 A special issue on the investigation of, and inquiry into, deaths in custody and detention (including state hospitals and mental health, police and prison custody, and young offenders' institutions). ... The Domestic War on Protesters: It's Not Just Egypt Thompson, Brad Article 2011 While the US claims to uphold right to demonstrate around the world, there have been countless examples throughout the history of this country of protests being shut down by an overwhelming police pre... First of Its Kind Study Shows 55,400 People Hospitalized or Killed by US Cops in a Single Year Gardner, Justin Article 2017 The authors of a study which examined police interactions with the public conclude that alarmingly high numbers reflect an "excess exposure" of people to police violence. For every 1,000 people killed by police, one officer is convicted of a crime Shaun, King Article 2015 Out of thousands of people killed by police in the United States since 2005, only 11 officers have been convicted of any crimes. Fort William Freight Handlers Strike: Connexipedia: Article in the Canadian Encyclopedia Article A strike by 700 non-unionized immigrants in August 1909 that was defeated by the use of militia and the RCMP and resulted in the firing of hundreds of workers. Grassroots Power vs. Police Brutality: Against The Current vol. 84 Cohen, Claire Article 2000 Widespread police abuse is a long-time, normally mainly secret side of life in capitalist America, especially for minority communities. Now, in a number of cities, outrageous cases of police murders o... Guide to public order situations: A brief survival guide for when a demonstration turns into a riot Article 2006 Bear in mind that the police are probably much better equipped and trained for close combat than you or I. They have been psyching themselves up for hours, are likely to have plenty of reserves standi... Handbook to Survive Bad Policing Book Guide to surviving police harassment and abuse. Helps anyone targeted by the police but especially Aboriginal youth, people of colour, and recent immigrants. Explains rights and strategies for dealing... Herman's House Bhalla, Angad Singh Film/Video 2012 'What kind of house does a man who has been imprisoned in a six-foot-by-nine-foot cell for over 30 years dream of?' This film captures the remarkable creative journey and friendship of Herman Wallace,... An Immediate End to Police Brutality and Murder of Black People by Police Jacob, Ron Article 2016 The Black Panther Party remains unfulfilled fifty years after the Party's founding. This truth is a tragic acknowledgement of both the failure of US capitalism to resolve its greatest disgrace and an ... India's Indigenous Peoples organise to protect forests, waters and commons Achanta, Pushpa Article 2015 India's neoliberal government is attempting the mass seizure of indigenous lands, commons and forests in order to hand them over for corporate exploitation with mines, dams and plantations. But tribal... 'Israel is a terrorist state' Cook, Jonathan Article 2015 The violence rocking the occupied West Bank, East Jerusalem and now Gaza is on the verge of spilling into Israel, Palestinian leaders in Israel warned. A wave of unrest has swept Palestinian towns in ... Israeli Police Impunity Cook, Jonathan Article 2010 Israeli police expect, and usually receive, impunity for using violence against Palestinians. Jamaica's Culture of Fear Allows Police to Get Away With Murder Tillotson, Louise Article 2016 In the past decade, the Caribbean island nation's police have killed more than 2,000 people - until recently an average of four people every single week, mostly young men in inner-city, marginalized c... Kenya's Opposition Party: Against The Current vol. 133 Ngugi, Mukoma Wa Article 2008 That the elections in Kenya were rigged is no longer in question. And for most people that the culprit is the sitting president, sworn in so quickly that the ceremony has been jokingly likened to a li... Kill a Black Kid and Get Rich: An American Disgrace Caccioppoli, Mike Article 2014 This is America folks. Where you can kill a black kid and justified or not (NOT!) you will then become a millionaire through interviews and book deals and film rights. This is your capitalist system a... Land of Impunity Monbiot, George Article 2010 If the police can get away with killing Ian Tomlinson, there's no justice in Britain. LAPD Chickens Come Home to Roost: Why I'm More Scared of the Cops Than I Am of Christopher Dorner Fowler, Ruth Article 2013 The Latin Americanization of U.S. Police Forces Caal, Cosme Article 2014 A call to white Americans to unite with suppressed minorities who are incarcerated daily, killed in the streets, and who hold little political power against these militarized police forces. Lattimer massacre: Connexipedia Article Article The killing of 19 unarmed striking immigrant anthracite coal miners at the Lattimer mine near Hazleton, Pennsylvania, on September 10, 1897, by a sheriff's posse. Leadville Colorado, Miners' Strike: Connexipedia Article Article Occurred as a result of rapid industrialization and consolidation of the mining industry. Live Working or Die Fighting: How the Working Class Went Global Mason, Paul Book 2010 Mason realtes a series of struggles for worker and human rights over the past two hundred years and compares them to current struggles. The Making of Jericho Road: Against The Current vol. 132 Williams, Charles Article 2008 An interview with Michael Honey. The paperback edition of Michael Honey’s Going Down Jericho Road: The Memphis Strike, Martin Luther King’s Last Campaign is released this January 2008. Marikana, Gaza, Ferguson - 'You Should Think of Them Always As Armed' Pithouse, Richard Article 2014 In colonial wars the occupying power invariably reaches a point where it has to acknowledge that its true enemy is not a minority - devil worshipers, communists, fanatics or terrorists - subject to ex... Mayhem, Murder and Manipulation - Mexico in Turmoil: Against The Current vol. 123 La Botz, Dan Article 2006 Mexican police attacked activists and residents in the town of San Salvador Atenco in the State of Mexico in early May, killing one, injuring scores, and jailing over 200. The police attack on Atenco ... Missouri's Legacy of Violent Racism: Quantrill's Raiders Come to Ferguson Jacobs, Ron Article 2014 What is clear about the murder of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri is that the cop murdered Michael Brown pretty much in cold blood. What is also clear is that if Michael Brown was a suspect in thi... Morality Policing Monbiot, George Article 2010 The police treat protests and festivals as a threat to their power. More Than a Few Rogue Cops: the Disturbing History of Police in Schools Henerson, Mary Anne; Platt, Brian Article 2016 Another week, another video of police abuse surfaces. This time the video shows San Antonio school resource officer Joshua Kehm body-slamming 12-year-old Rhodes Middle School student Janissa Valdez. V... The Murder of Walter Scott Miah, Malik Article 2015 A video capturing the murder of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man killed by a white police officer, has gone virtal. The Nature of Police, the Role of the Left: Learning From Ferguson Gelderloos, Peter Article 2014 Iit would be hard to deny that the police are a racist institution par excellence. They kill young Black, Latino, and Native people at a disproportionately higher rate than white youth, and the instit... New Orleans' Police Death Squads: Against The Current vol. 151 Suber, Malcolm Article 2011 An interview with Malcolm Suber, a New Orleans community activist and fighter for justice, and a former candidate for city council. Against the Current asked him to comment on the struggle around murd... Oaxaca protests 2006: Connexipedia Article Article 2006 The Mexican state of Oaxaca was embroiled in a conflict that lasted more than seven months and resulted in at least seventeen deaths and the occupation of the capital city of Oaxaca by the Popular Ass... One Group Has a Higher Domestic Violence Rate Than Everyone Else - And It's Not the NFL Bianco, Marcie Article 2014 In families of police officers, domestic violence is two-to-four times more likely than in the general population -- from stalking and harassment to sexual assault and even homicide. Other Voices: The Connexions Newsletter - February 20, 2016: Connexions Enters Its Fifth Decade Diemer, Ulli (ed.) Serial Publication (Periodical) 2016 This issue of Connexions Other Voices falls on the 40th anniversary of the publication of the very first Connexions newsletter, which was published in February 1976. That first issue carried the title... Pakistan: Teachers and Farmers Protests Brutally Crushed in Sindh Mohsin, Ali Article 2018 On December 25, 2017, primary, secondary and high school teachers in Karachi held a defiant protest against the Sindh government due to its refusal to provide them with permanent jobs despite having a... The People's Police Commission: Trial By Amateur Video Carson, Kevin Article 2011 Now we have a people’s police commission of our own. It’s called amateur video. And it will do to criminal scum like Lt. Pike what a whole world of police commissions, pretending to act on our behalf,... Philippines secret death squads: officer claims police teams behind wave of killings Lamb, Kate Article 2016 Thousands of people have been killed since Rodrigo Duterte became president and, according to one officer, secret police teams are partly responsible. The Police Riot at OccupyCAL: Against The Current vol. 156 Peters-Slaughter, Rob Article 2012 I remember as if it were just yesterday. I was linked in arms, peacefully protesting in support and solidarity with the students of UC Berkeley and my friend Meleiza. What I would soon have to witness... Police Say Tasering 8-Year-Old Native American Girl Was Justified Article 2014 The mother of an 8-year-old Native American girl is suing police who maintain that they were justified in using a taser on the child. The family lives in Pierre, South Dakota and belong to the Rosebud... Police Shootings, Helicopter Crashes and Bystanders With Cameras: Weighing the Rights of Accidental Journalists' Jansen, Nani Article 2015 Accidental Journalist are everyday people who stumble across something news-worthy. Most commonly, these accidental journalists report on those who abuse their power. Police Taser and Beat Innocent Disabled Vet, Hold Quadriplegic Wife at Gunpoint, Demand She Stand Agorist, Matt Article 2015 Mr. and Mrs. Hayes filed a lawsuit against the Delaware state police for raiding their home. Officers were looking for their nephews, who faced a charge for possession of the drug paraphernalia. Police Torture and the Real Militarization of Society Martinot, Steve Article 2015 What rights can we still say we have, if we find ourselves trapped in a military structure? A person has the right to remain silent if arrested, but one does not have the right to remain silent if app... Police Unions Sustain Police Violence Epidemic: Since when did we decide that police officers should be above the law? Boardman, William Article 2015 Two of the biggest police unions in the country are now on record in opposition to free speech. They are on record against constitutionally protected free speech that opposes the epidemic of police vi... Police Violence Against Native People Correia, David Article 2015 In April 1974, three white high school students from Farmington, New Mexico murdered three Navajo men, Benjamin Benally, John Harvey, and David Ignacio. The brutal murders were nothing new in Farmingt... Police Violence and Media Coverup: Against The Current vol. 156 Carlisle, Vanessa Article 2012 Among many tactics used by the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD ) to disorient, dishearten, and divide members of Occupy Los Angeles during our detention at city jails, one of the more insidious wa... Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy Williams, Kristian Article 2011 What clearly sets a number of recent cases apart is not the fact of police violence, but the fact that that violence is being challenged. The controversy, in other words, is not only about violence, b... Police Violence, Resistance and The Crisis of Legitimacy: Against The Current vol. 150 Williams, Kristian Article 2011 On September 5, 2010, Los Angeles police shot and killed a Guatemalan day laborer named Manuel Jamines. Pungesti, Romania: people versus Chevron and riot police Summerchild, Alex Article 2013 Pungesti is at the terrifying front line of Romania's resource war - where villagers are fighting off rapacious corporations and their private army of violent riot police, backed by corrupt politician... Race, class and police murder in America Article 2016 In the aftermath of the mass shooting of police officers in Dallas, Texas on July 7, 2016, the American media and political establishment has sought to portray the police killings of unarmed people an... Raising the Workers' Flag: The Workers' Unity League of Canada, 1930-1936 Endicott, Stephen L. Book 2012 A history of the Workers' Unity League, the Canadian affiliate of the Communist Red International of Labour Unions. The Return of the Albuquerque Death Squads: Police War on the Poor Correia, David Article 2011 APD is at war with the poor because it has come to equate any expression of poverty or drug addiction not as an effect of structural inequality, but rather as another opportunity to dispose of what it... Review: Riding the Bus to Freedom: Against The Current vol. 132 Feeley, Dianne Article 2008 The 1961 Freedom Rides challenged a racially segregated society by openly defying its customs, riding in interracial groups on interstate buses going South and desegregating the stations’ facilities. ... Rising Up Against Police Violence, From the Black Panthers to #BlackLivesMatter Thompson, Juan Article 2015 I turned away more than once while watching Stanley Nelson's documentary The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution. I averted my eyes from the screen when FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover's nefarious... Robot Cops Are Racist, Too Sperber, Elliott Article 2016 As an institution, the police is racist through and through -- irrespective of whether or not particular cops harbor racist views. This is because, among other reasons, as an institution the police is... Rothbury Riot: Connexipedia Article Article An incident in which police shot into a crowd of locked-out miners in the New South Wales. Seven Reasons Police Brutality is Systemic Kristian, Bonnie Article 2014 Darrin Manning's unprovoked "stop and frisk" encounter with the Philadelphia police left him hospitalized with a ruptured testicle. Neykeyia Parker was violently dragged out of her car and aggressivel... The Shoot First Mentality of American Police: Ferguson, Reconsidered Roberts, Paul Craig Article 2014 The US justice system is no longer concerned with justice, but with the careers of prosecutors, punishing the powerless, and protecting the powerful. As justice has largely departed the justice syste... SNCC: The New Abolitionists Zinn, Howard Book 1964 An account of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Ssangyong Motors Strike in South Korea Ends in Defeat and Heavy Repression Goldner, Loren Article 2009 The hard-right Korean government is signaling with these measures -- its latest and most dramatic "take no prisoners" victory over popular protest in the past year and a half -- its intention to steam... State Department Condemns Attacks on Russian Peaceful Protests, Ignores Those in America Sainato, Michael J. Article 2017 On March 26, the State Department tweeted, "U.S. condemns detention of 100s of peaceful protesters in Russia today. Detaining peaceful protesters is an affront to democratic values." Still Got the News: Against The Current vol. 84 Esch, Betsy Article 2000 As a student activist at the University of Michigan in the middle and late 1980s, I was part of a coalition of activists who planned and carried out a democratic takeover of our school's newspaper, Th... The Swing of That Truncheon Thing: The Nature of the Beast Revealed Jacobs, Ron Article 2011 Historically, police violence is a fact of life in every society. In a society based on a capitalist economy, the police serve those that have the most money and property. When the authorities and the... Teamsters and Cops Palmer, Bryan D. Article 2016 Minneapolis teamsters in 1934 knew something we should remember -- police enforce the ruling class's unjust order. 10 Shocking Incidents of Police Brutality Caught on Tape : Finally, a Reason to Like CCTV Henderson, Clint Article 2012 The internet is full of videos exposing police officers’ use of excessive physical force when trying to apprehend or detain “potential criminals”. Every year in fact there seems to be an increase in Y... Tompkins Square Riot (1874): Connexipedia Article Article On January 13, 1874 police crushed a demonstration involving thousands of unemployed in New York City's Tompkins Square Park. Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History Palmer, Bryan D.; Heroux, Gaetan Book 2016 Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food an... Video of Shooting Caught Police Propaganda Machine in Action Jones, Andrew Jerell Article 2015 A video supplied to The New York Times, showing the shooting death of 50-year-old Walter Scott at the hands of a South Carolina police officer, appears on first viewing to be the latest example of an ... Violence and the Newspaper Strike Bernick, Thomas Article 1997 To those who still allow their anti-union biases and their exposure to employer misinformation to cloud their perception of reality, I would pose the following question: If the employer and its suppor... Violence Goes to College: Are We Going to Hell? Prashad, Vijay Article 2011 The priorities of the campus are clear. An Assistant Professor earns an annual salary in the low $60,000 range; a Lieutenant in the campus safety department (the man who fired the pepper gas, for inst... What Black Lives Matter means for Labor Billeaux, Michael Article 2015 An account and analysis of the centrality of the Black freedom struggle to the working class movement as a whole, arguing that the struggle for Black liberation is a precondition for human liberation ... The White Cop and the Black Professor Spritzler, John Article 2009 Police are trained to act as authoritarian thugs when they are dealing with people who are not obviously of, or loyal to, the very wealthy elite who rule the nation. The police are trained to enforce ... Who Killed Chea Vichea? Cox, Bradley (Director) Film/Video 2009 Chea Vichea served as president of Cambodia's garment workers' union until he was gunned down on the street in 2004. Filmed over four years, this film explores motives for Vichea's assassination and u... Whose Streets? Their Streets Hoenig, Myles Article 2017 If people don’t believe that the police in America are the greatest threat to civil society then they've been asleep for years, and comatose just this week. Or they're white, privileged and/or accepti... Why Police Kill So Often Finamore, Carl Article 2015 The FBI reports 404 civilians were killed by police in 2011. All were listed as "justifiable homicides." Under more intense questioning, it was then revealed that figures are not actually kept for "un... With My Heart in Yambo Restrepo, Maria Fernanda Film/Video 2011 Twenty-four years ago director Fernanda Restrepo's two teenage brothers disappeared. A year later, the family finally learned the worst possible news: the brothers had been kidnapped, tortured and mur... Sources LibraryConcern regarding the brutality of Montréal police against journalists CAJ 2015 CJFE and the Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) are deeply concerned by the brutal actions taken by the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) to impede the work of journalists in the... "Gestapo" tactics at US police 'black site' ring alarm from Chicago to Washington Ackerman, Spencer; Stafford, Zach; Guarino, Mark;Laughland, Oliver 2015 Politicians and rights groups call for inquiries into interrogations at Homan Square. Mayor Rahm Emanuel faces questions as top supporters examine abuse. IFJ Demands Full Investigation Following Israeli Police Attack on Photographers Sources News Release 2014 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned an attack by Israeli police on photographers near Silwad in the West Bank on Sunday, 26 October. According to reports, Israeli police fi... IFJ and EFJ oppose media restrictions in the newly-enacted Spanish Public Security Law Sources News Release 2015 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its regional organisation, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ), have joined their Spanish affiliates FAPE, FESP, FSC-CC.OO. and ELA-Gizal... International press freedom organizations call on Burundi authorities to investigate attacks on journalists and human rights defenders Pen International 2015 Press freedom, media development and human rights organizations denounce the continued attacks on and threats to journalists, media workers and human rights defenders in Burundi, most recently the ser... Journalism of Outrage Investigative Reporting and Agenda Building in America Protess, David L.; Cook, Fay Lomax; Doppelt, Jack C.; Ettema, James S.; Gordon, Margaret T. 1991 Examines the myths and misconceptions of investigative journalism and presents empirical research to support a model that challenges the classical theory. Met police face legal action for 'kettling' of protest teenagers Townsend, Mark 2010 Police in the UK are being sued for using violence against students during a tuition fees protest by three minors who suffered injuries. They claim they were falsely detained and denied medical assist... Most Canadians killed in police encounters since 2000 had mental health or substance abuse issues More than 460 people have died in encounters with police in Canada since 2000 Nicholson, Katie; Marcoux, Jacques 2018 More than 460 people have died in encounters with police across Canada since the year 2000, and a substantial majority suffered from mental health problems or symptoms of drug abuse, a CBC News invest... Niger police attack media instead of protecting them Sources News Release 2015 Reporters Without Borders deplores the fact that privately-owned media were attacked by police during demonstrations in Niamey on 17 and 18 January although President Mahamadou Issoufou has assured th... Panama's indigenous champion defies president's mining deal Canadian-Korean consortium plans 30-year gold, silver and copper project Helmore, Edward 2012 In Panama the Ngabe-Bugle indigenous community fights to keep a Canadian copper mining company off their land. RSF fully supports journalists suing Ferguson police Sources News Release 2015 Arrests of journalists while gathering information and covering demonstrations are inadmissible in the country of the First Amendment. Shedding light on the use of SWAT teams Blako, Radley 2014 A new bill in Utah that would require the state's police agencies to report statistics about how and how often they use their SWAT and tactical teams has just unanimously passed a committee in the sta... Tasers: 'If officers have a new toy, they like using it' Tasers in the Line of Fire Barkham, Patrick 2011 Tasers are part of the modern police's arsenal. But how safe are they and why are the guidelines for their use so vague? By 2011, Amnesty International had recorded 450 deaths after a Taser firing. UK police will soon start bagging people's heads during arrests 2016 Metropolitan Police officers will soon be able to use specially designed bags, known as spit hoods, to cover suspects’ heads during arrests and in police stations. The mesh bags are used to restrain s... Unacceptable police violence against journalists covering demonstrations Sources News Release 2010 Reporters Without Borders calls on the Greek authorities to publicly condemn cases of police violence against journalists during the demonstrations of the past few weeks and to give the police clear i... The uncounted: why the US can't keep track of people killed by police McCarthy, Tom 2015 After a year of high-profile police killings, calls for a national database have gained traction. But how would that work? Tom McCarthy investigates the challenges for law enforcement and government o... |
