On 17 October 1961, a peaceful protest by Algerian migrants in the Paris region was met with overwhelming police force.
Tag: police violence
There are no good cops. But at least we are moving toward prosecuting the very worst of the racist murderers. Three police officers in Tacoma, Wash., were charged on Thursday in the killing of a Black
Social movements come in different varieties. Some are movements that emerge slowly out of years and decades of organizing and remain relatively contained and containable by their leaders. These might
A year since the murder of George Floyd and the biggest Black Lives Matter protests yet, white support for Black lives has….declined. In both cases, the deterioration in support is noteworthy because we do not merely observe a return to pre-Floyd opinion levels. Rather, since last summer, Republicans and white people have actually become less […]
Keisha Blain is one of our most important historians of Black history. At The Baffler, she has an important essay on Black women’s long efforts to end police violence. You need to read it. An ex
In our conversations about the disaster that is American policing, one thing that is not coming up as often as it should is that the police should not be allowed to use tear gas. There are lots of rea
The evidence is most certainly not strong for the point! A Georgia sheriff has been indicted on federal civil rights charges, including charges that he approved a policy to use chair restraints. Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill faces four charges that he deprived detainees of the right to due process and freedom from use of […]
Watch the show, folks! A Virginia State Police trooper who is seen in a viral video telling a Black driver “you are going to get your a– whooped” before violently removing the man from his c
No, no there are not. Stephanie Bottom was terror-stricken in the driver’s seat of her SUV, trying not to move as three officers in Salisbury, N.C., held her at gunpoint during a traffic stop for sp
Nope: The video shows a 73-year-old woman, clutching wildflowers and her wallet, being thrown to the ground and handcuffed in Loveland, Colo., last year by police officers who suspected her of shoplifting items worth $13.88 from a Walmart. The woman, Karen Garner, has dementia, a lawsuit says. Repeatedly, she cries out in pain and appears […]
Will you be shocked that the police response to protests against police violence against Black communities was to commit more violence against those protesting? I know I’m shocked! For many long
What do you know….when people take to the streets to demand accountability for cops murdering Black people, the cops feel less free to murder at will. The study, posted in February as an online