Tag: policing
What’s Behind Felony Charges for Three Nonviolent Protesters in Salt Lake City?
Salt Lake City is a world apart from the rest of Utah culturally and ...
Californian Cannabis Tax Revenues Are Used to Boost Police Budgets
How are tax revenues from legal marijuana being spent in California, the nation’s largest ...
A Unanimous Decision From St. Louis Lawmakers to Close Its Notorious Jail
The fate of the most notorious jail in St. Louis is nearly sealed. On July ...
The Drug War’s “Science-Based” Training on “Dopers and Parasites”
A federally funded training program for law enforcement and other students offers a course ...
State Attorney Aramis Ayala Releases Her “Bad Cops” List
State Attorney Aramis Ayala, the progressive top prosecutor of Orange County, Florida, has released ...
SAMHSA Rule-Change Strips SUD Patients’ Privacy, Invites Police Intrusion
The long-awaited final rule revising 42 CFR Part 2—the confidentiality regulation applying to substance ...
Canada Has Its Own Racist Structures to Dismantle
The focus of the world’s media can make it seem like racism and the ...
NYC Fails to #DefundNYPD—But Activists Are Just Getting Started
Although the battle to defund the police in New York City was set back ...
How We Can All Take Responsibility to Avoid Calling the Police
Calls to defund the police are picking up national momentum from Los Angeles to ...
My Experience of Brutal Arrest at a Black Lives Matter Protest
It happened almost by accident. I was walking past Union Square after dinner with ...
