police
The dangerous doctrine of qualified immunity for police
When officers can duck consequences for civil rights violations, policing is more dangerous for everyone.
In Eugene, civilian response workers are dispatched to nonviolent crises
CAHOOTS is providing a model for rethinking public safety.
Why I’m not participating in this weekend’s Faith and Blue event for churches and police
The problem isn’t police-community relations. It’s our acceptance of a broken system.
Police shouldn’t be the first responders for mental health crises
When they are, the result can be deadly.
The urgent need for deep changes in American policing
Are the police meant to protect people? Or to fight them?
A police officer’s view from street level
“At any given moment, I may need to be a psychologist, centurion, street lawyer, or soothsayer.”
Voices of the arrested
I don’t want to do this, but I will. I have a gun.
I’m sorry I took those things. I lost my job.
Give me a break. I’m strung out on heroin.
These are the prayers of the people.
Names with faces: An ID card turns strangers into neighbors
A lack of ID caused problems for immigrants—as well as for the police who encountered them. Through a series of dialogues, a solution emerged.
Metanoia’s work: Grassroots change in North Charleston
Youth programs at the nonprofit Metanoia are not just about education. Leaders see youth as motivated to revitalize their neighborhood.
Reality rap
It's hard to watch Straight Outta Compton and not think of #BlackLivesMatter. But this is not explicitly a movie about politics or race.
Building Baltimore: A coalition connects police and community
Every win in our organization's history has come when a diverse group of Baltimoreans got out of their lanes and worked together.
Don't shoot
For black Americans, the abuse of power by police is not an aberration. It’s a familiar pattern.
Marching into danger: Fear and hope in Ferguson
"We are not afraid today," we sang as we walked. I turned to the person next to me and whispered, "That's a lie."
An army of cops in a community with little reason to trust them
Police overreach has long targeted black Americans. And in Ferguson, cops who don't seem to know what they're doing have massive firepower with which to do it.
Less brutal than that one time
Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel says that the Chicago Police Department "did a tremendous job” keeping the peace during the NATO summit this week. President Obama agrees.
Chicago Indymedia offers another perspective, posting videos of protestors surrounded by police and brutally beaten.