A man is staring down death row after killing a police officer during a no-knock SWAT raid.
Read More »DOJ Inquiry into Darren Wilson is Finished. They Aren’t Going to Charge Him Either
The Justice Department has begun work on a legal memo recommending no civil rights charges be filed against Darren Wilson after he shot and killed unarmed black teenager Michael Brown in August.
Read More »California Rapper Facing Life in Prison for Making an Album
Within the forced anonymity of cold, hard concrete walls and non-stop, overhead fluorescent lights, rap musician, Brandon, "Tiny Doo," Duncan remains in jail. It's been almost six months. Duncan has no criminal record and was not involved in any crime.
Read More »#ReclaimMLK, Protesters Plan to Forge the More Confrontational Side of King’s Legacy this MLK Day
On Monday, during the federal holiday set aside to celebrate the life and work Martin Luther King Jr., a new generation of Americans tired of persistent racial inequality, discrimination, and police violence directed at specific segments of society will participate in actions designed to reclaim the legacy of the famous civil rights leader.
Read More »The Drug War, Asset Forfeiture, and the Cycle that Funds the Police State
“You follow drugs, you get drug addicts and drug dealers. But you start to follow the money, and you don’t know where the f*** it’s gonna take you.”
Read More »Study Shows Most People Easy to Convince They Committed a Crime That Never Happened
According to a new study, with enough personal background information about someone’s past, an interviewer can quite easily manipulate that person into confessing to a crime that he or she did not commit – or which never even happened.
Read More »America’s Children: The Trials of Growing Up in a Police State
After a year dominated with news of police shootings of unarmed citizens (including children), SWAT team raids gone awry, photo ops of militarized police shouldering assault rifles while perched on top of armored vehicles, and reports on how the police are using asset forfeiture laws to pad their pockets with luxury cars, cash and other expensive toys, the question arises: how do you prepare a child for life in the American police state?
Read More »#BlueLivesMatter: Hundreds rally in support of police officers in Washington DC (VIDEO)
Hundreds of police officers, their families, and supporters have participated in a pro-police rally in Washington, DC, at a time when tensions between police and the public are heating up nationwide.
Read More »NYPD Officers Being Investigated by Brooklyn DA for Planting Guns on Innocent People
The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office announced it is looking into whether or not six NYPD officers planted guns on innocent people in order to arrest them for illegal possession of firearms. RT.com Brooklyn District Attorney Ken Thompson announced the investigation after prosecutors were forced to drop a weapons case involving …
Read More »Police Chief Shot an Unarmed Man and Actually Went to Trial for It, Judge Declares Mistrial
“[Richard Combs] thought he got away with it because he wears a badge. Prove him wrong.” A South Carolina judge has declared a mistrial in a case of a former small town police chief charged with the murder of an unarmed black man outside a police station in 2011. RT.com …
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