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VideoReport: Latinos Scared To Report Crime Because of Local Immigration Enforcement
by Seth Freed Wessler on May 7 2013, 2:36PM
A new poll finds that nearly half of Latinos and 70 percent of undocumented immigrants say they’re unlikely to call the cops if they’re the victim of a crime out of fear of immigration enforcement.
Topics: Immigration Reform, /NOW Blog
Police Sergeant Caught With Trayvon Martin Shooting Targets Says Sorry I’m Not Sorry
by Jorge Rivas on April 15 2013, 11:34AM
The Port Canaveral, Fla., Port Authority police sergeant who was fired after he brought shooting targets resembling Trayvon Martin to a firearms training says he’s the victim of another sergeant’s political agenda. Sergeant Ron King was fired last Thursday for…
Topics: /NOW Blog
East Haven Police Reach Agreement With Feds On Racial Discrimination
by Seth Freed Wessler on October 23 2012, 5:18PM
The agreement comes more than three years after the federal government began an investigation of practices of systemic discrimination and brutality against Latinos by East Haven police.
Topics: /NOW Blog
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.
Topics: Criminal Justice
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
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.
Topics: Criminal Justice
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.
Topics: Criminal Justice
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
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
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
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
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….
Topics: Video & Multimedia
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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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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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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