A federal judge on Tuesday approved a settlement in the lawsuit brought by the family of Michael Brown against the police officer who fatally shot him in Ferguson, Mo., ending the legal chapter of a case that sparked national outrage over the police’s treatment of black people.
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‘It Could Have Been Me’: The 1983 Death Of A NYC Graffiti Artist – Code Switch
“It could have been me. It could have been me.”
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Can Baltimore curtail police killings by defying Trump? – The Guardian
Kevin Cooper was killed by city police at age 14 in 2006, but his death has vanished into obscurity. Now there’s hope for reform to prevent such cases – if it can withstand Trump’s insistence on ‘law and order’.
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Free Police Body Cameras Come With a Price – Slate
On Wednesday, Taser International announced it is changing its name to Axon—and that it is offering every police department in the United States free body cameras, plus free software and data storage for one year. This announcement is a big deal, but not because it’s a great boon to policing. It isn’t.
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Welcome to the Arrest Capital of the United States
When you cross into the New Orleans suburb of Gretna, Louisiana, over the Crescent City Connection bridge there is no sign that says, “Welcome to the Arrest Capital of the United States.”
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Jamaica police commit ‘hundreds of unlawful killings’ yearly, Amnesty says
Evidence gathered by human rights activists suggests state authorities order or are complicit in deaths amid ‘shocking culture of fear and violence’.
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Baltimore vs. Marilyn Mosby | The New York Times Magazine
In the midst of a national crisis of police violence, Baltimore’s state’s attorney gambled that prosecuting six officers for the death of Freddie Gray would help heal her city. She lost much more than just the case.
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