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Black Lives Matter
June 1, 2020
President Trump’s reckless encouragement of police officers to rough up people in their custody overshadowed comments made by Bob Krull, head of the Minneapolis police union, at a 2017 political rally in Minnesota. Fervent from speaking at the same podium
May 29, 2020
It is unconscionable for the president of the United States to use his platform to call for the military to shoot people here at home. Police or the national guard do not have authority to use lethal force unless their
May 29, 2020
As we watch the streets of Minneapolis, Minnesota erupt in response to the heinous killing of George Floyd, I find that it’s hard for me to separate the direct historical connection of last week’s dominant news story – the so-called
January 21, 2020
The bill would put more cops in schools.
December 9, 2019
Join us to learn about, and develop a strategy, to protect the Black Community and Black Activists from continued police oppression and surveillance!
August 16, 2019
“What stands between chaos and carnage on the one hand, and the civilized and tranquil society we all yearn for, is the thin blue line of law enforcement.” Attorney General William Barr said this to the Fraternal Order of the
August 5, 2019
An administrative judge in the disciplinary trial of the officer who killed Eric Garner recommended termination.
July 31, 2019
On July 17, a delegation of Black grassroots leaders delivered over 100,000 signatures to Congress demanding that the FBI be forced to retract its harmful “Black Identity Extremist” Intelligence Assessment. DRAD joined the delegation, led by Media Justice, which included
June 20, 2019
Activists gathered at the David A Clarke School of Law in Washington, DC to discuss FBI surveillance and infiltration of Black and Muslim activism and communities, and to develop a strategic plan to expose and bring an end to the worst FBI abuses.
June 11, 2019
An energized coalition in New York state is fighting to pass a series of reform bills that together will improve police accountability and transparency across the state.
April 4, 2019
Family, Friends, and Advocates React with Outrage and Determination to Make Change Following Release of County Findings in the Police Killing of Robert White
April 1, 2019
On March 28 at Howard University Law School, we convened a conversation about the surveillance of activists in the digital age with activists who have been targeted by law enforcement and two policy experts.
February 4, 2019
The FBI opened a counterterrorism investigation into racial justice group By Any Means Necessary (BAMN). The precipitating incident was a counter protest against the white supramcists. At the protest, individuals brought knives and violently stabbed anti-racist counter protesters. This led the FBI to investigate...the counter protesters
December 12, 2018
Montgomery County Police again disgraced themselves by treating another Black man with undue aggression, arresting Samir Ahmed in his own neighborhood after he had helped an intoxicated neighbor home.
August 20, 2018
Political and social movements aren’t crimes, so why are Virginia police being offered a class that promises an overview of “current popular movements” and their “influential impact on social media and direct action protest?” What does that have to do with policing?