Police Brutality
Spanish Police Repress Migrants Crossing into Melilla
The police and the civil guard have repressed thousands of migrants trying to jump the Spanish-Moroccan border in Melilla during the last three days. To build an international and working-class alternative to reactionary and imperialist European governments, we must show solidarity with all migrants, regardless of nationality.
Pablo Juárez
March 6, 2022The Biden Administration Refuses to Charge the Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice
The Biden administration claims it has no case to charge the cop who murdered 12-year old Tamir Rice. This decision is a stab in the back to the very idea of civil rights.
Daniel Nath
February 22, 2022Murderous Cop Kim Potter Gets Slap on the Wrist
Kim Potter, the Brooklyn Center police officer that murdered Daunte Wright, was sentenced Friday to a mere two years.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
February 21, 2022Texas Cops Who Brutalized Protesters in 2020 Finally Brought Up on Charges
Almost two years later, 19 Police officers are being brought up on charges of misconduct and aggravated assault against peaceful protesters in 2020. This is far too little, too late.
Adnan Ahmed
February 18, 2022Amir Locke: Murdered by Minneapolis Cops Within Nine Seconds, on a No-Knock Warrant
Amir Locke’s murder by Minneapolis cops, even after recent guilty verdicts for killer cops, shows that the racist institution of policing cannot be reformed. It must be dismantled.
Adnan Ahmed
February 5, 2022Killer Cop Jason Van Dyke Goes Free as Biden Increases Police Funding
The cop convicted of murdering Laquan McDonald is being released today after fewer years in prison than millions of people convicted of relatively minor crimes. Democrats in office have provided mostly false promises and dishonest excuses.
Daniel Nath
February 3, 2022Activists Expose Racist Detroit Police Practices: Cops Arresting Thousands of Black Motorists on Bogus Concealed Weapons Charges
A Detroit coalition of social justice organizations and public defender NGOs has exposed a police policy that has resulted in thousands of arrests and felony charges against people who’ve committed no crimes and pose no threat to anyone.
Tristan Taylor
January 31, 2022LAPD Murdered a 14-Year-Old Girl in a Dressing Room. Abolish the Police
The LAPD shot into a crowded Burlington Coat Factory in the late morning of December 23. They killed a 14 year old girl trying on dresses for her quinceañera and a man allegedly involved in an assault.
Tatiana Cozzarelli
December 24, 2021NYPD Murders Black Man Having Mental Health Crisis
Eudes Pierre, a 26-year-old Black man having a mental health crisis, was murdered by two NYPD officers early Monday morning.
Molly Rosenzweig
December 23, 2021A Tucson Cop Murdered A Disabled Man in A Wheelchair
Richard Lee Richards, a disabled man in Tucson, Arizona was fatally shot in the back by a cop after he allegedly stole a toolbox. Yet Joe Biden still went through with plans to make the Tucson police chief his new Border Patrol director. This is further evidence that the Democratic Party wants Black Lives Matter protesters off the streets but doesn’t intend to actually stop police brutality.
Daniel Nath
December 12, 2021