Why 8 Won’t Work: The Failings of the 8 Can’t Wait Campaign and the Obstacle Police Reform Efforts Pose to Police Abolition
Chants of “Black lives matter” and “no justice, no peace” have resounded in cities across the country and around the world in the few weeks since the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer. Americans have become increasingly intolerant of the pervasive...
Ignoring the Intersectionality of Gun Violence
Photo by Bo Harvey on Unsplash Gun Violence 101: Gun Violence is a Problem It should come as no surprise that America has a gun violence problem. The number of deaths in the United States caused by guns has been steadily rising for the last five years, and in 2019...
Police Call It “Excited Delirium.” Civil Rights Groups Call It a Sham.
Since 2000, more than one thousand people in the U.S. have died shortly after being stunned with a Taser by police officers. These deaths share several commonalities: the deceased often were mentally ill or under the influence of drugs at the time of death, they tend...
Can You See Me Now? Facial Surveillance Is a Civil Liberties Issue
Technology frequently progresses faster than legal institutions are able to keep up. Facial surveillance – the use by police and other entities of technology which can recognize people and identify them by their faces – is one such area. Facial recognition...
Strip Searches Deny Prisoners Their Constitutional Rights
In March of 2011, a tactical team at Lincoln Correctional Center in Illinois rounded up and marched 200 handcuffed female prisoners into a gymnasium. Without saying why, guards took groups of four to ten prisoners into one of two adjoining rooms, both of which were...
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