Tag: policing

    San Francisco Encampment Sweeps Continue Despite Injunction

    A legal battle between homelessness advocates and the city of San Francisco has escalated, ...

    São Paulo’s New Governor Makes Ominous Moves to “End Cracolândia”

    Cracolândias—areas with high levels of street-based homelessness and public drug use—have been spreading throughout ...

    BC Decrim Threshold Was Set for Police, Not People Who Use Drugs

    British Columbia is about to become the first Canadian province to decriminalize personal possession ...

    The Implications of Police Raids on Shops Selling Psilocybin Mushrooms

    An unlicensed psilocybin mushroom shop in Portland, Oregon, was raided by local police on ...

    Honduras Police Mobilization Promises More Human Rights Abuses

    On November 24, Honduras President Xiomara Castro declared a state of emergency in response ...

    Efforts to Expand Community Violence Intervention in Wisconsin

    Milwaukee, the largest city in Wisconsin, has suffered record homicides for three years in ...

    MO Voted to Impose Police Budget Increase on Kansas City. What Now?

    On November 8, voters across Missouri approved Amendment 4, a measure to increase annual ...

    Methadone Clinics’ Conference Felt Like Being Behind Enemy Lines

    Attending the American Association for the Treatment of Opioid Dependence (AATOD) conference, held in ...