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California
fromABC7 San Francisco
31 minutes ago

NAACP responds after homeless man 'dumped' in Oakland by San Leandro police

San Leandro officers forcibly transported a homeless man to Oakland and 'dumped' him, prompting outrage from civil rights groups.
fromKqed
1 week ago
US politics

How a Bay Area Attorney Aims to Hold US Agents Accountable for Violence in Minneapolis | KQED

Legal claims filed against federal agents for alleged abuse during immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.
California
fromABC7 San Francisco
31 minutes ago

NAACP responds after homeless man 'dumped' in Oakland by San Leandro police

San Leandro officers forcibly transported a homeless man to Oakland and 'dumped' him, prompting outrage from civil rights groups.
US politics
fromKqed
1 week ago

How a Bay Area Attorney Aims to Hold US Agents Accountable for Violence in Minneapolis | KQED

Legal claims filed against federal agents for alleged abuse during immigration enforcement in Minneapolis.
SF politics
fromwww.mediaite.com
17 hours ago

Pete Hegseth Accused of Blocking Promotions of a Dozen Officers Due to Race, Gender: Report

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is accused of blocking promotions of military officers based on race, gender, and political affiliations.
US politics
fromLos Angeles Times
19 hours ago

'Amateur hour at the U.S. attorney's office': L.A. prosecutors face more losses in protest cases

Prosecutors faced significant challenges in two separate trials for assault on federal officers in Los Angeles, with one case potentially dismissed due to discovery issues.
#police-shooting
fromwww.cbc.ca
10 hours ago
Canada news

Police watchdog clears officer who fatally shot man with BB gun at Danforth GO station | CBC News

US news
fromBronx Times
1 day ago

NYPD officer fatally shoots Mott Haven man during attempted arrest - Bronx Times

Police shot and killed Lucien Colón, who brandished a gun during an attempted arrest in a Mott Haven apartment.
fromwww.cbc.ca
10 hours ago
Canada news

Police watchdog clears officer who fatally shot man with BB gun at Danforth GO station | CBC News

US news
fromBronx Times
1 day ago

NYPD officer fatally shoots Mott Haven man during attempted arrest - Bronx Times

Police shot and killed Lucien Colón, who brandished a gun during an attempted arrest in a Mott Haven apartment.
Boston
fromBoston.com
9 hours ago

North Andover police working to get body cameras after Kelsey Fitzsimmons shooting

North Andover is implementing a body-worn camera program for police to enhance accountability and seek grant funding to reduce taxpayer costs.
NYC parents
fromPsychology Today
1 day ago

Is Mandated Reporting Racist? What Families Must Know

Low reporting standards and systemic racism lead to unjust CPS reports, disproportionately affecting Black and Brown families.
fromStreetsblog New York City
2 days ago

'Highway Therapy': Lawsuit Reveals Alarming Details Of NYPD's Rampant Car Culture - Streetsblog New York City

"It's sad, really," said Schwartz's lawyer John Scola. "It's just someone who's trying to do his job, and then, because he didn't basically bow down to the egos of Chell and Kaz, his whole life gets uprooted and he has to endure years of hardship, because these people essentially have a bruised ego."
NYC politics
Social justice
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

Police chiefs failed to tackle racism due to lack of leadership, watchdog finds

Promises to address racial bias in policing have failed due to lack of national leadership and internal resistance within police culture.
Brooklyn
fromNew York Daily News
3 days ago

Brooklyn cop cleared in fatal shooting of knife-wielding man who told police to fire: AG

A Brooklyn cop will not face charges for fatally shooting a knife-wielding man who threatened officers.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Photos: No Kings' protests erupt across the US, with a Minnesota focus

The defining story of this Saturday's mobilisation is not just how many people are protesting, but where they are protesting, said Leah Greenberg, cofounder of the progressive nonprofit Indivisible.
US Elections
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 hours ago

Sadiq Khan protection officers leave bag with guns and Taser on south London street'

Armed police officers left a bag with firearms and a Taser on the street, prompting an investigation by the Metropolitan police.
East Bay (California)
fromThe Oaklandside
6 hours ago

'OPD rendered no aid': Marvin Boomer's loved ones slam police and CHP in legal filing

Oakland police allegedly failed to assist a crash survivor while her boyfriend lay dead, leading to a legal claim of negligence.
SF politics
fromPadailypost
1 day ago

Opinion: A DA shouldn't be using his office this way

Allegations against DA Jeff Rosen suggest unethical fundraising linked to prosecution of pro-Gaza protesters, raising concerns about political neutrality in law enforcement.
US politics
fromEsquire
1 day ago

The January 6 Crazies Are Now Suing the Cops Who Tried to Stop Them

Several individuals present during the January 6 insurrection are suing police for damages related to injuries sustained during the event.
Canada news
fromwww.cbc.ca
1 day ago

Ontario announces inquest into death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet | CBC News

An inquest will investigate the circumstances of Regis Korchinski-Paquet's death after she fell from a balcony while police were present.
NYC parents
fromwww.amny.com
2 days ago

Criminal case against man shot by cops during mental health crisis will move forward | amNewYork

A Queens man shot by police during a mental health crisis faces criminal charges despite calls for dismissal from his mother and community members.
NYC politics
fromJewish Telegraphic Agency
2 days ago

Lawyers for NYC Palestinian activist targeted in firebomb plot call for broader probe - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Lawyers for Nerdeen Kiswani seek justice beyond the arrested suspect, highlighting broader threats against her as a pro-Palestinian activist.
fromABC7 Los Angeles
4 days ago

Judge dismisses charges against two ex-Louisville police officers in Breonna Taylor case

U.S. District Judge Charles Simpson issued a one-page ruling Friday throwing out charges against Joshua Jaynes and Kyle Meany, two former officers involved in crafting the Taylor warrant.
US news
#protests
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Dozens arrested after authorities fire tear gas at 'No Kings' protesters

Over 70 protesters were arrested after police used tear gas and pepper balls during a demonstration in Los Angeles.
US news
fromLos Angeles Times
5 days ago

Dozens arrested after authorities fire tear gas at 'No Kings' protesters

Over 70 protesters were arrested after police used tear gas and pepper balls during a demonstration in Los Angeles.
fromwww.bbc.com
2 days ago

Black child suffered broken knee during Met police search

The IOPC launched an investigation in November, looking at the level of force used, whether race or the child's age was a factor in their treatment of him, and the aftercare provided to him.
London politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

When The Constitution Is Being Shredded, Legal Memos Are Not The Answer

Lawyers love legal reasoning. It promises a clean, clear path through sticky, tricky territory. But legal reasoning can enable grotesque real-world outcomes, like torture, or arresting journalists, or masked government agents detaining and disappearing people. On this week's Amicus, Dahlia Lithwick is in conversation with Joseph Margulies, Professor of Practice of Government at Cornell University. Margulies litigated some of the biggest cases of egregious human rights violations of the post-9/11 "War on Terror", an experience that informed his recent piece in the Boston Review:
Law
Left-wing politics
fromThe Nation
1 month ago

Taking to the Streets

Independent journalism holds the powerful to account, centers marginalized communities, cuts through lies, advances progressive ideas, and relies on reader support and donations.
fromTruthout
1 month ago

"Reforms" Didn't End Police Violence in 2020 and They Won't End ICE Violence Now

Yet while "Abolish ICE" serves as a unifying chant in the streets, Democrats are once again seeking to temper and co-opt people's demands into a narrow version of reform. The demands outlined by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer could not be more toothless: requiring ICE agents to unmask, wear body cameras, and to follow a code of conduct modeled on other law enforcement agencies.
US politics
Social justice
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Minneapolis Community Defense Is "Riding on the Learning Edge of a Whirlwind"

Minneapolis faces federal occupation, violent repression, mass immigrant detentions, and a rising community-led movement of mutual aid, collective care, and organized community defense.
Social justice
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Minneapolis's 2020 Uprising Laid an Abolitionist Groundwork for ICE Resistance

Minneapolis organizers are building community safety and resistance against an unprecedented ICE deployment, centering care, urgency, grief, and varied organizing approaches.
#ice
#minneapolis-shooting
#police-brutality
US news
fromwww.npr.org
2 months ago

How bystander videos of law enforcement have shaped public understanding

Bystander and social-media videos increasingly shape public understanding of law-enforcement killings, providing real-time transparency but not the complete story.
US politics
fromFortune
2 months ago

What to know about the Minneapolis shooting, just a mile from where police killed George Floyd in 2020 | Fortune

An ICE officer shot and killed 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good in Minneapolis; federal and local officials dispute whether the shooting was self-defense.
US news
fromFast Company
2 months ago

Videos of deadly Minneapolis shooting contradict Trump administration's claims, experts say

Federal officers' shooting in Minneapolis sparked alarm, conflicting bystander video, criticism of federal justification, and disputes over civil rights investigation and local review.
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

Believe Your Eyes

Taken Wednesday in Minneapolis, it shows an unidentifiable protester face down on the ground; two Border Patrol agents are on top of him, holding him there, while a third unloads pepper spray into his face from just inches away. The photo ran on the front page of The Minnesota Star Tribune on Friday and already feels like a defining image of the long ICE incursion in Minneapolis-a powerful illustration of how the agency has acted, in broad daylight, with excessive force and impunity.
US politics
#immigration-enforcement
#renee-good
fromPoynter
2 months ago
US news

We all watched the same videos from Minneapolis. Why did we see different things? - Poynter

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

'That's fine, I'm not mad at you': New video of Minnesota shooting shows crucial moments before incident | Fortune

fromPoynter
2 months ago
US news

We all watched the same videos from Minneapolis. Why did we see different things? - Poynter

fromFortune
2 months ago
US politics

'That's fine, I'm not mad at you': New video of Minnesota shooting shows crucial moments before incident | Fortune

US news
fromwww.theverge.com
2 months ago

The day of the second killing

Law enforcement deployed hexachloroethane tear gas amid Minneapolis protests, forcing evacuations and causing eye, mouth, skin irritation while protesters blocked streets with trash and mattresses.
US politics
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Opinion: It's a police state in Minnesota

The expansion of claimed absolute immunity by federal leaders and agents is eroding accountability, enabling unlawful force against civilians, and threatening constitutional protections.
#minneapolis
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Minneapolis unrest: US citizen shot dead by federal officers

The deceased has been identified as an ICU nurse Minnesota Governor Tim Walz condemned the 'horrific shooting' and said the federal government cannot be 'trusted to lead' probe DHS said the man was armed during his struggle with the officers, but it is not clear in videos if the man is holding his weapon. Man was lawful gun owner. Trump accused Minnesota and Minneapolis leaders of 'inciting insurrection' The shooting comes amid ongoing protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) anti-migrant operations
US politics
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Federal Agents Fatally Shoot Another Person in Minneapolis: What We Know

Another chaotic confrontation between protesters and federal law enforcement officers turned deadly in Minneapolis on Saturday morning when CBP agents subdued and then suddenly opened fire on an apparently armed 37-year-old U.S. citizen who appeared to have been filming an immigration enforcement operation just moments before.
US politics
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

The Minneapolis Uprising

Confrontations between ICE agents and organized local protectors combine brutal physical clashes with rehearsed, coordinated community defense tactics and encrypted communication.
US news
fromPoynter
2 months ago

For journalists who covered Ferguson, the news from Minneapolis feels 'uncomfortably familiar' - Poynter

Ferguson's 2014 unrest launched rapid live Twitter-driven news dissemination and exposed fragmented police responses from many small, often unprepared, municipal departments.
US politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Minneapolis protests against impunity' of the immigration agents who killed Alex Pretti

Residents of Minneapolis protested federal agents after immigration officers killed a 37-year-old nurse, fueling anger, unanimous outcry, and sustained demonstrations despite extreme cold.
US politics
fromTruthout
2 months ago

Minneapolis Residents Face Down Police and Feds After Pretti's Killing

Masked federal agents fatally shot 37-year-old Alex Pretti in Minneapolis while he filmed an arrest, sparking protests amid conflicting official and video accounts.
US politics
fromwww.amny.com
2 months ago

Op-Ed | Justice delayed in Minneapolis: Why are state prosecutors standing still after Renee Good's death? amNewYork

Federal prosecutors intervened in the Renee Good shooting, sidelined Minnesota authorities, and focused on alleged activism ties while local prosecutors remained silent.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

You ask us for peace, we get shot in the face': Minneapolis in turmoil after federal agents kill second US citizen

Agents shot and killed a 37-year-old US citizen at about 9am on Saturday, with other observers watching and videotaping their actions, in an area called Eat Street, a corridor of largely immigrant-owned restaurants and businesses. Footage appears to show moment Alex Pretti is shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis video It is the second killing in the city after 37-year-old Renee Good was shot dead by a federal agent in south Minneapolis on 7 January.
US politics
US politics
fromThe New Yorker
2 months ago

An ICE Killing Puts Minneapolis on the Brink

Federal oversight followed George Floyd's killing while recent mass DHS immigration enforcement brought heavy federal presence and arrests to Minneapolis.
US politics
fromThe Verge
2 months ago

People are fighting for the truth in Minneapolis

Minneapolis residents risk personal safety to record and preserve bystander video that exposes ICE agents' lethal actions and challenges official narratives.
fromIntelligencer
2 months ago

Why the FBI's Minneapolis ICE Shooting Investigation Is Hopelessly Compromised

The DOJ's final report, based on an exhaustive FBI investigation, concluded that Wilson had acted reasonably and that his "actions do not constitute prosecutable violations" of federal law. The Justice Department found that Brown had reached into a police SUV and punched and grabbed Wilson. When Wilson drew his gun, Brown "grabbed the weapon and struggled with Wilson to gain control of it."
US politics
fromSlate Magazine
2 months ago

You've Heard About Who ICE Is Recruiting. The Truth Is Far Worse. I'm the Proof.

The plan, when I went to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Career Expo in Texas last August, was to learn what it was like to apply to be an ICE agent. Who wouldn't be curious? The event promised on-the-spot hiring for would-be deportation officers: Walk in unemployed, walk out with a sweet $50k signing bonus, a retirement account, and a license to brutalize the country's most vulnerable residents without consequence-all while wrapped in the warm glow of patriotism.
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