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color photograph of an outdoor protest in the early evening. people in the foreground are not lit, but a decorative stone arch stands in the background. in the foreground, someone holds a yellow picket sign reading "the people demand: end police terror"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

Police killings are public executions

by William C. Anderson January 31st, 2023February 3rd, 2023
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Bloated police budgets do nothing to stop sexual violence—they increase it

Reina Sultan by Reina Sultan September 22nd, 2022September 22nd, 2022
a person wearing a white medical mask holds up a cardboard sign reading "Murder is NOT your job!" while walking on a highway in LA
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High-speed police pursuits have no place in public safety

by Cat Brooks July 12th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
people attending Pride wear all black and carry black umbrellas with white text reading "Police reign kills QTPOC" and "ICE reign threatens QTPOC"
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San Francisco police will march at Pride again despite protests from LGBTQ+ people of color

by Alexandra Martinez June 16th, 2022January 23rd, 2023
people in white T-shirts covered in decorative bloody bullet holes march down a street holding signs reading "justice for Jonathan Coronel"
Posted inCrime, Reform & Abolition

San Diego community demands more from law enforcement than non-binding policies to increase police accountability

Roberto Camacho by Roberto Camacho June 9th, 2022June 9th, 2022
a young Black girl looking frustrated while doing her schoolwork in class
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New York parents and advocates are speaking out against labeling students ‘emotionally disturbed’

by Jenika McCrayer May 12th, 2022May 12th, 2022
Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles supporters protest outside the Unified School District headquarters calling on the board of education to defund school police on June 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California.
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Supporting Black students means getting police off campus

by Aaricka Washington March 23rd, 2022January 23rd, 2023
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Nearly 2 years after the 2020 uprisings, the war on Black lives continues

by Cat Brooks March 17th, 2022March 17th, 2022
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Black and brown cyclists face heightened policing and poor infrastructure

by Ray Levy Uyeda February 7th, 2022February 7th, 2022
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Qualified immunity remains intact, but legal activists keep trying to chip away at it

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