Tag: Police

Introduction: The issue of police violence in the United States is a topic of profound concern and debate. The tragic incidents that have occurred in recent years have ignited a nationwide conversation about the use of force by law enforcement agencies. To shed light on this pressing issue, I embar...

For a straight week protesters around Miami-Dade County have taken to the streets in the City of Miami, Miami Shores, Miami Beach, Miami Lakes and North Miami shouting, “Black Lives Matter” and demanding accountability from local police departments. Like many of the other protests hap...

The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released an interim report in December 2018 looking at racial profiling and discrimination by Toronto police toward the city’s black community. The results are dire. OHRC found that: Between 2013 and 2017, a Black person was near...

Jonathan Reid was recently elected as the new Toronto Police Association (TPA) president, replacing Mike McCormack who left amid a storm of controversies. Given the other candidates running, he was a middle-of-the-line candidate, mostly promoting a status-quo policing agenda and fighting t...

In a world where justice should be blind, disability and police brutality cast a stark light on the biases and prejudices that plague our society. Let’s delve into this complex issue by first understanding what lies at its core. Disability, a facet of human diversity, encompasses a range of...

The City of Syracuse has expressed its approval of the U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision to reject a discrimination claim brought forward by Syracuse Police Officer Brandon Hanks. This ruling reaffirms a judgment issued in October 2022 by U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe. Officer Hank...

As per usual, there was the standard-issue bunch of dudes in the comments putting up their feeble arguments against feminism, claiming the author was anti-men, and an assortment of other terrible hot takes. This is to be expected when you stand up on behalf of feminism, of course. According to them,...

On the 12th of January, as the temperatures began to drop, activists gathered outside of the Helium Comedy Club. Action had been called from multiple groups, against the shows scheduled by Michael Rapaport to perform. A community member had driven by earlier, just as Michael had pulled up to the ...

Two other police officers assisted Chauvin in restraining Floyd. A fourth officer was Tou Thao, who prevented bystanders from intervening to help Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder. The others were charged and convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. The ex-officer Tou...

Afew weeks ago, I was pulled over by a police officer. I haven’t received a ticket for a moving violation in decades, so I couldn’t imagine why this was happening. The policeman, a young Asian fellow, explained that I was being ticketed, not for speeding or reckless driving, but for v...

Ina heartbreaking turn of events, Mississippi officials engaged in a cover-up after a police cruiser ran over and killed a 37-year-old Black man, Dexter Wade. While the Mayor of Jackson called his death a tragic accident and claimed the police had "no malicious intent" in hiding his death,...

Two other police officers assisted Chauvin in restraining Floyd. A fourth officer was Tou Thao, who prevented bystanders from intervening to help Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder. The others were charged and convicted of violating Floyd’s civil rights. The ex-officer Tou...

My name is Sheekiba*, and I am 50 years old. Before the Taliban returned to power, my husband worked at a foreign NGO in Kabul and earned a good salary. Our life with our four children was relatively good. Then the foreign NGOs closed, and my husband became unemployed — each passing day mad...

On June 6, the National Police located within the walls of a house in Torremolinos (Spain) the remains of Sibora Gagani, the 22-year-old girl of Italian nationality who had been missing since 2014. It is known that in 2011 the young woman moved with Marco, her boyfriend, to the coast of the s...

The Gilbert Police Department has reopened four criminal investigations involving teenagers, including incidents connected to the group known as the “Gilbert Goons.” These investigations have been reopened for undisclosed reasons. The “Gilbert Goons” are a group of predomi...

In a candid and revealing interview, I sat down with a black police officer who remained anonymous. Let’s not call it an interview. It was more of a Conversation. The officer was okay with me taking notes, but no recordings, no video. Our Conversation was about the officer&rs...

The Incident The incident took place near the intersection of Shelby and Raymond streets on the city’s south side. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department (IMPD) officers were initially responding to an unrelated robbery at a Speedway gas station at 2053 Shelby Street. While at the gas st...

In a city where safety concerns have been prevalent, two separate fatal shootings occurred in Detroit recently, prompting the Detroit Police Department to launch investigations into these tragic incidents. The incidents, both of which took place on a Saturday morning, have left the community de...

Lull’s opening statement — that “hegemony is the power or dominance that one social group holds over others” is clearly pertinent to the world as it is in the 21st Century, in the 2020s: the past few years as have been shaped by police brutality, protests, the covid pand...

I have written an article or two on the British police both as a historical insight into its changing political role in industrial disputes during the Miners’ Strike of 1984 and at its inability to change and reform itself internally before, during, and after the racist murder of Stephen Lawre...

Ina case of "mistaken identity," California police officers pulled over Shanice Stewart, a pregnant mother, who was taking her 8-year-old son, Brandon, to football practice on October 17th. After complying with their demand that she toss her keys out the window and walk toward them slowly ...

Racism has a way of muddying otherwise clear legal waters. For instance, when you think about the purpose of seatbelt laws, safety is the first word that comes to mind. Since wearing a seatbelt decreases the severity of injuries sustained during a crash, most states require drivers and their passeng...

This disturbing story reveals how untreated mental illness can end in a horrific downward spiral of paranoid delusions, violence, and a complete break in reality. Please read with care. In Jupiter, FL, a 19-year-old college sophomore, Austin Harrouff, was home for the summer. His friends and fami...

Those three words ‘Blue Lives Matter’ have become more popular with right-wingers in the last few years. I’ve seen these flags and stickers fairly often. It seems to be a noble thing to support law enforcement. But……. The increase in the displays of the ‘Blue...

Googleplex, the Google HQ in Mountain View, California, is an incubator for new religious movements. Ten years ago, Google hired Ray Kurzweil, prophet of the Singularity. In 2015, Google engineer Anthony Levandowski started The Way of the Future, a church to worship super-intelligent AI. And now we ...