Topic: Black Lives Matter

“Comply First […] Complain Latter” Barr Touts Police As Soldiers Standing Between Civilization and Carnage, Attacks Police Reform Efforts in FOP Speech
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 Police in New Orlean… [Read More]
Gwen Carr, Eric Garner’s Mother Demands Action Following Reports of Recommendation of Termination of Daniel Panaleo from NYPD
August 5, 2019 – An administrative judge in the disciplinary trial of the officer who killed Eric Garner recommended termination.
Hey Congress, Help Us #ProtectBlackDissent from FBI Spying!
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 Just… [Read More]
DC Takes on FBI Spying on Black and Muslim Activism & Communities
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.
Yes we do want it all! 5 bills to improve police accountability & transparency in New York state.
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.
MoCo Police Absolve Themselves in Killing of Innocent Black Man
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
Watch the Spying Dissent Event
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.
FBI Caught Spying on Anti-Racist Groups…Again
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
Silver Spring Justice Coalition Demands Answers After Unjustified Arrest of Neighborhood “Good Samaritan,” Samir Ahmed. Yes, He is Black.
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.
Are Virginia Police Learning That Protest Is A Crime?
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?