Who’s Policing Miami Cops After 63 Unsolved Civilian Shootings?

by Bryan Gerhart on July 14 2011, 10:00AM

Once again, Miami cops are living up to their brutal reputation.

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Protesters Disrupt Train Service, Ridicule BART Rep

by Bryan Gerhart on July 13 2011, 12:55PM

Commuters were held up during a protest against fatal shootings by BART police at Civic Center Station in San Francisco.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Witness Account of BART Police Shooting Prompts More Questions

by Bryan Gerhart on July 11 2011, 1:30PM

Those who saw the shooting say that transit cops should “absolutely not” have shot and killed Charles Blair Hill.

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BART Officers Kill Man at San Francisco Train Station

by Bryan Gerhart on July 6 2011, 2:18PM

The department must now explain as much as possible to a public already wary of the officers in the wake of Oscar Grant.

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Miami’s Spate of Cop Shootings of Black Men

by Julianne Hing on March 25 2011, 3:16PM

Seven black men have been killed by Miami cops in the course of eight months.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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NY State Makes Cops Stop Collecting Names at Stop-and-Frisk

by Naima Ramos-Chapman on July 16 2010, 12:56PM

Paterson to sign legislation to stop cops from inventorying young people of color who are not arrested or fined.

Topics: Criminal Justice

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Classroom as Hostile Territory: Stopping School “Push Out”

by Michelle Chen on December 5 2009, 9:40AM

Schools are supposed to offer children in struggling communities a pathway to better prospects, but they’re increasingly becoming instruments of exclusion. A coalition civil rights and community groups has launched a national campaign against school “push out.” It’s a…

Topics: Criminal Justice, Schools & Youth

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FBI and ICE Raid Halal Slaughterhouse

by Leticia Miranda on October 26 2009, 12:46PM

Over 100 FBI and ICE agents raided an Illinois Halal slaughterhouse last weekend and nearly every news report says that no one knows why. The First World Management provides goat, beef and lamb that is prepared according to Muslim standards….

Topics: Immigration, National Security

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This Latina’s Crime? Not Speaking English. [VIDEO]

by Guest Columnist on October 26 2009, 9:16AM

by Yasmine Farhang When Ernestina Mondragon rushed out of her house in Dallas, Texas to drive her daughter to school, she was pulled over by officer Gary Bromley and ticketed on two counts she could understand - driving without a…

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Ben Jealous: Rockford Killing Highlights National Dilemma with Police Conduct

by Guest Columnist on October 2 2009, 11:03AM

by Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP. Originally published at TheGrio.com. In the five weeks since Mark Anthony Barmore was gunned down by police officers in an Illinois daycare center, answers remain elusive. By all accounts, the…

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Do “Sensitivity Trainings” For Cops Even Stand A Chance At Fighting Racism? [VIDEO]

by Julianne Hing on August 20 2009, 1:01PM

Liliana Segura, writing over at AlterNet, argues against the efficacy of diversity and sensitivity trainings for police in light of a rash of racist police brutality and embarrassing race foibles, namely Boston police officer Justin Barrett’s email comparing Henry…

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Latino Grandfather, Pregnant Woman Tasered at Baptism — But Don’t Call the Cops Racist [VIDEO]

by Channing Kennedy on August 3 2009, 11:21AM

Via our @racialjustice Twitter account, from RaceWire reader @JoseDelBarrio, comes this video with some all-too-familiar themes. A Latino family in Manassas, Virginia, is celebrating the baptism of their two young boys, at a party held in their grandfather’s backyard….

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What Should Happen After the Beer Summit

by Donna Hernandez on July 30 2009, 4:53PM

Over the past month, race relations have heated up in US cities where government officials have been accused of posting racist messages on the Internet. There have been several investigations into the incidents. People want to know: who was it?…

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When the ID You Got Just Ain’t Enough

by Julianne Hing on July 30 2009, 1:11PM

Reprinted with the permission of August J. Pollak….

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Should Obama Apologize Over Gates Comment?

by Daisy Hernandez on July 29 2009, 11:42AM

We had what some might call a spirited conversation here at RaceWire about whether Obama should apologize for saying the Cambridge police acted stupidly when they arrested Henry Louis Gates in his own home. (“Spirited” here means we couldn’t…

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Mean streets

by Michelle Chen on July 16 2009, 8:51PM

In neighborhoods across the country, the swelling of the homeless population has been met not with social services, housing, or even sympathy—but with handcuffs. The National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty…

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Crowdsourcing Copwatch

by Michelle Chen on July 14 2009, 11:35PM

Your mobile device could be your most effective weapon against police brutality. The NAACP’s “rapid response” system, unveiled at the group’s annual convention this week, retools the Copwatch concept for the Digital Age. Through your mobile device, you can…

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First Oakland Cop to be Disciplined in 5 Years for Shooting Suspect

by Guest Columnist on July 2 2009, 1:41PM

Written by: Ali Winston Last month, the Oakland Police Department took the first disciplinary action in five years against an officer involved in the shooting of a suspect. Officer Hector Jimenez was terminated for the fatal shooting of Mack…

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My Neighborhood Under Seige

by Tracy Kronzak on May 19 2009, 9:03AM

The neighborhood where I live in North Oakland is a slowly-gentrifying historically Black and working class enclave – a former home to the Black Panthers headquarters, and current home to a large, predominantly Black senior center. It also has the…

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In Oscar Grant Case, Who Doesn’t Want the Oakland DA Gone?

by Julianne Hing on May 14 2009, 10:08AM

The murder case against Johannes Mehserle, the BART cop who shot Oscar Grant to death on a BART platform, is going to pre-trial on Monday. Mehserle’s attorneys want the Oakland District Attorney Tom Orloff cut off from the case…

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