Tag: policing
Diverse Coalition Unites Against Atlanta’s Plan to Build “Cop City”
A diverse coalition of defund-the-police, environmental and Indigenous activists has mobilized in Georgia to ...
Progressives Nix Dem Leaders’ Bid to Boost Police Funding Via Assault Weapons Ban
On July 29, the US House of Representatives passed an assault weapons ban, the ...
Biden’s “Safer America Plan” Involves Hiring 100,000 More Cops
On July 21, the Biden administration released its “Safer America Plan,” part of its ...
San Francisco’s New DA Vows to Ramp Up City’s Drug War
Recall District Attorney Brooke Jenkins? That’s what some San Francisco residents are saying, more ...
Kansas City Seeks to Resist State-Imposed Police Budget Increase
Missouri Governor Mike Parson (R) signed Senate Bill 678 on June 27 to increase ...
Will Baltimore Cut Police Budget by $100 Million? Probably Not.
The City Council of Baltimore, Maryland must pass its budget by June 25. And ...
Why San Francisco DA Chesa Boudin Has Been Recalled
Chesa Boudin, the reform-minded district attorney of San Francisco, has officially been recalled. Early ...
Why It Matters If the FBI Is Inflating Marijuana Arrest Data
Is the Federal Bureau of Investigation miscounting the true number of marijuana arrests nationwide? ...
Oregon’s Decrim Funding Has Been a Trial to Implement. Better Is to Come.
On February 1, 2021, Oregon became the first state in the nation to decriminalize ...
Gov. Candidate’s Sinister Plan to Ship Unhoused People Out of CA Cities
Make no bones about it, many housed people in California are resentful of the ...
