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Police Abuse Is a Form of Terror – NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/opinion/police-abuse-is-a-form-of-terror.html?referrer= “The reaction to police killings is to my mind not completely dissimilar to people’s reaction to other forms of terrorism. The very ubiquity of police officers and the power they possess means that the questionable killing in which they … Continue reading

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What is Gentrification? Part I: the Rent Gap

Originally posted on Our Streets, Our Stories:
This article is the first in a two-part series explaining what gentrification is and how it works. This first part explains what the late urban geographer Neil Smith called the “rent gap,” an…

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Facial Recognition Software Moves From Overseas Wars to Local Police – NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/08/13/us/facial-recognition-software-moves-from-overseas-wars-to-local-police.html?referrer= SAN DIEGO — Facial recognition software, which American military and intelligence agencies used for years in Iraq and Afghanistan to identify potential terrorists, is being eagerly adopted by dozens of police departments around the country to pursue drug dealers, … Continue reading

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Governor Brown Signs Bill Prohibiting the Use of Grand Juries in Officer Involved Shootings

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Alabama officer kept job after proposal to murder black man and hide evidence | US news | The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/aug/04/alabama-police-officer-murder-black-man-self-defense

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Alabama city suspends police officers for being members of white supremacist group

http://www.rawstory.com/2015/06/alabama-city-wont-fire-white-supremacist-cops-even-if-they-join-the-kkk/

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Police Originated From ‘Slave Catching Patrols’

http://countercurrentnews.com/2015/04/police-originated-from-slave-catching-patrols/

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Ex NYPD Cop Admits ‘We Planted Evidence, Framed Innocent People’ All For Arrest Quotas

http://countercurrentnews.com/2014/12/ex-nypd-cop-admits/

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BREAKING NEWS: SHOTS FIRED IN FERGUSON AT 1 YEAR ANIVERSARY

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Rest in Power Mike Brown. #BlackAugust | ColorOfChange.org

http://act.colorofchange.org/sign/mikebrownmovementgrows/?t=1&akid=4656.1827274.lQenUc

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