The death of Tyre Nichols at the hands of five Memphis police officers is a harrowing cross of police brutality and Black-on-Black crime. Ciaran Short reflects on the toxic masculinity and racism underlying the case.
In Detroit, police response to people with mental health crises is resulting in fatal shootings and trauma, especially for Black communities. The spike in violence is part of a nationwide trend. How can we address and reduce the harm before it's too late?
Airbrush artist Art-1, a Bedford-Stuyvesant legend, is behind the centerpiece mural of 1-800 HAPPY BIRTHDAY, an exhibit honoring those lost to police brutality. Art-1's work has been seen from MTV Cribs to Smif-N-Wessun and Missy Elliott videos, but this exhibit could be his most powerful yet.
Police officers fatally shot Amir Locke [https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/02/15/amir-locke-police-shooting-explainer/...
Michigan State Rep. Jewell Jones and his attorney, Byron Nolan, gained a small victory today, Nov. 4, when the judge assigned to Jones' case ordered an evidentiary hearing. This came after Nolan argued the Representative should never have been arrested on April 6 in the first place.
On the morning of the 6th of January, democratic candidates Jon Ossoff and Reverend Warnock...
On Wednesday, a violent mob of the president’s supporters besieged the United States Capitol...
The aftermath has sent shockwaves across the world and the United States has experienced a historic civil uprising, with a degree of unrest that has not been observed for decades. Varying communities have joined together to support the Black Lives Matter movement.
The fact is that police brutality, and police killings are not just common results of the Police State, they are inherent functions of a status quo which serves and protects one group at the expense of countless others.
"We become a savage in the pursuit of happiness"
How many times have you seen the video of Eric Garner’s death? With how much precision or accuracy can you describe the moment in which NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo placed Garner in a lethal chokehold? Do you know how many times Garner uttered, with less and less breath each time, “I can’t breath?...
