Police

Reclaim The Block Urges Invest In Community, Not In Police

January 20, 2020 Isabella Garcia, Riseuptimes.org Create! Community, Divestment, Minneapolis, Police

In dramatic effect, a Minneapolis resident dumps a bag of money onto a podium during public comments at the final City Council meeting on the 2020 budget last month. The person with them, who identified himself as David, is addressing the council members. “This is $193.40,” David says, then begins to explain that the money represents the $193 million budget Mayor Jacob Frey proposed to give the Minneapolis Police Department in 2020, more than one-third of the city’s general fund.

APD Disbands Narcotics Unit To Focus On Violent Crime

January 11, 2020 Staff, Wsbtv.com Create! Atlanta, Crime, Georgia, Police

Channel 2 investigative reporter Mark Winne confirmed the change on Tuesday, with the department telling him that those officers will be getting reassigned to other units. Atlanta police officials suggested the move is not abandoning the drug fight but about reducing violent crime. “Absolutely, it’s a risky move,” a veteran APD narcotics officer told Winne, asking not to be identified. “I’m sure there was a lot of thought put into it. I don’t have all the numbers that the higher-ups in APD have, but I wouldn’t recommend it.

In Sacramento, Youth Activists Push To Get Police Out Of Schools

January 9, 2020 Susan Abram, Chronicleofsocialchange.org Resist! California, Police, Schools, Student Activism

Her brother had bumped into the officer and apologized, Lopez said. But the officer proceeded to question him and asked him for his ID. “It was all new to me,” said Lopez, now 17 and a senior, of the aggressive approach the officer used with her brother. “When I was younger, I wanted to be a police officer. When I got to high school, I finally saw what it’s like for us, for people of color. It really angered me, because I didn’t notice it in my childhood.”

Hong Kong Police Facing Invisible, Dangerous Enemies

January 2, 2020 Andre Vltchek, Chinadailyhk.com Educate! China, Hong Kong, Inter-Imperialist Rivalry, Police

It's much more than what you're allowed to see. Hong Kong's police force is heroically fighting both rioters and a complex and extremely dangerous international network aimed at destabilizing the People's Republic of China. I've never seen such cynicism before and such a vulgar media setup as in Hong Kong. I'm talking in general, and also about what happened on Dec 22. Rioters, waving blue Uyghur, Taiwan, British and US flags, were shouting "independence" and "China is terrorist" slogans in the middle of the city...

Canadian Police Were Prepared Shoot Indigenous Land Defenders Opposed To Megaproject On Their Territory

December 23, 2019 By Brent Patterson, Pbicanada.org Educate! Canada, Indigenous Peoples, Land, Police

In 2018, 164 land defenders were killed while protecting their land and ecosystems from destructive extractivist industries. Nearly one quarter of those killed were Indigenous. Many of those killed were in the Latin American countries where Peace Brigades International accompanies human rights defenders. 24 land defenders were killed in Colombia, 16 in Guatemala, 14 in Mexico, and 4 in Honduras. The Guardian now reports, “Canadian police were prepared to shoot Indigenous land defenders blockading construction of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia…

On International Day Of Persons With Disabilities, Disabled Activists, Allies Demand Elevators, Not More Subway Cops

December 20, 2019 By Edward Yudelovich, Workers.org Resist! Disability Rights, Police, Transportation

The United Nations established the International Day of Persons with Disabilities on Dec. 3, 1992, in a victory for the worldwide struggle of people with disabilities. IDPD has been celebrated around the planet to promote an understanding of disability issues and mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of people with disabilities. For the fifth consecutive year, People’s Power Assemblies/NYC marked the IDPD with a Dec. 3 protest inside of Macy’s, which linked struggles for accessibility and against police repression in New York’s mass transit system.

Group That Sued LAPD Over Controversial Data Policing Programs Claims Victory

December 16, 2019 By Emmanuel Morgan, Latimes.com Resist! Lawsuit, Los Angeles, Police

The Stop LAPD Spying Coalition, a grassroots advocacy organization, claimed a major victory against the Los Angeles Police Department on Tuesday after the agency released key details of data policing programs that critics have called racially biased. Near the steps of LAPD headquarters, Hamid Khan, co-leader of the coalition, said the LAPD had released documents and the names of 679 people who were targeted in controversial programs meant to predict future crimes. This comes nearly 29 months after the coalition’s first public records request.

Massachusetts State Police Becomes First Agency To Test Out Robot Dog

December 9, 2019 Bill Galluccio, Jamn945.iheart.com Educate! Fascism, Massachusetts, Police, Repression, Robots, Technology

The Massachusetts State Police have been quietly testing Boston Dynamics' robot dog named Spot and took it out into the field on two separate occasions. Boston Dynamics has been leasing Spot to a variety of companies, though it does prohibit them from using the robot dog to harm or intimidate people. Spot comes equipped with 360-degree video capabilities and is capable of walking up a flight of stairs and traversing uneven terrain. It can also open doors, using a mechanical arm that extends from its head.

The Police Are Bad For Your Health

December 5, 2019 Mike Pappas, Left Voice. Educate! health, Police, Racism, Violence

I was recently starting an overnight hospital shift, when I received a text from a medical colleague working in a hospital in New York: “The NYPD are here harassing a gunshot wound victim who is a minor with no family present […] So much so that the family of the patient next door came to us complaining about how they were manipulating [the patient] and twisting his words.” What are police officers—members of a racist, murderous institution founded on the legacy of slave patrols—doing anywhere near an institution whose one, singularly proposed, job is ostensibly to be addressing the health and well-being of an individual? I am a physician who went into the medical field to better the well being of the public. As I see increasing police presence in our hospitals, health clinics, schools, subways, it leads me to ask the question: Are the police good for our health?

Over 5,000 Police Deployed To Monitor Climate Summit In Spain

December 2, 2019 Staff, Telesurenglish.net Resist! Climate Change, Police, Repression, Spain

Spain’s authorities have deployed over 5,000 officers to monitor the 2019 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP25) to be held in Madrid from Monday. While the Civil Guard will control vehicular traffic and airport security, the Defense Ministry will supervise air safety. For its part, Madrid's Municipal Police will control urban mobility and support government delegations in their movements. This special surveillance reinforcement device, which is part of a level-4 alert, will remain until Dec. 14, as the Interior Minister reported.

Law Enforcement Crushing Pipeline Dissent In Minnesota

November 28, 2019 Andrea Germanos, Commondreams. Resist! climate crisis, Oil and Gas, Pipelines, Police

Police in Clearbrook, Minnesota were accused of putting the "profits of oil companies before human life" after activists said law enforcement on Monday began sawing the leg of a tripod from which a tar sands protester was suspended. An estimated 30 protesters blockaded the entrance to Enbrige's Clearbrook Terminal in a display of ongoing opposition to the oil company's proposed Line 3 project, which would bring tar sands from Alberta to a Wisconsin shipping hub, passing through Minnesota. Several activists held a large banner across the road to the entrance reading "Stop Line 3. Protect the Sacred." They stood in front of 21-year-old Sara-Beth Anderson, who was suspended from the tripod. The ResistLine3 Twitter account shared photos and details about the action on social media, including that police began to saw one of the tripod legs, prompting Anderson to come down on her own to avoid bodily harm.

New Report On FBI Spying Shows Need For Congressional Investigation

November 20, 2019 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, Clearing the FOG. Resist! Congress, FBI, Police, Surveillance

The first attempt to check the FBI political surveillance was in 1924. Harlan Fiske Stone read a report by the ACLU about the FBI doing political spying. He was so concerned by it, he made J Edgar Hoover meet with Roger Baldwin, the head of the FBI. Stone did not know that Hoover was spying on Roger Baldwin and the ACLU. He put into place a regulation that the FBI had to stick to investigating violations of the criminal code and he asked Hoover, can you show us anywhere where it's illegal to be a communist? Hoover found ways to get around that. The FBI is very good at finding reasons to spy on people. But then in the 30s, there was a whole bunch of national executive orders from Roosevelt that gave the FBI very broad national security powers. So, this isn't a new issue, but you know some of the ideas that have been proposed over the last almost 100 years are still very good ideas.

Bolivia’s De Facto Government Grants Impunity To Police, Armed Forces

November 17, 2019 Telesur. Resist! Bolivia, Police, State Violence, US coup

The de facto government of Bolivia issued a decree Saturday exempting Armed Forces and National Police from criminal responsibility when committing acts of repression against protesters who have taken to the streets to reject the coup d'etat. "The personnel of the Armed Forces, who participate in the operations for the restoration of order and public stability, will be exempt from criminal responsibility when, in compliance with their constitutional functions, they act in legitimate defense or state of necessity," the decree reads. The document also states that security forces may use firearms to suppress protests, as they are allowed to “frame their actions as established in the approved Force Use Manual, being able to make use of all available means that are proportional to the operational risk,” it adds.

On Death And Dying As A Black Studies Professor At Portland State University

November 17, 2019 Ethan Johnson, Black Agenda Report. Educate! health, Higher Education, Police, Racism

Last Winter, fairly soon after the Portland State Board of Trustees, an unelected group of overwhelmingly white men, voted to arm the PSU police force, the first person they shot and killed was Jason Washington, a Black person, married and a father of two. A fight broke out in front of a bar on campus, he was carrying a gun which he was permitted to carry, it fell out in the fight and when he tried to grab it the cops shot and killed him. As is usually the case, the rule of impunity prevailed here and no one was held accountable in any substantive way. The struggle against arming the police force was strong on campus and overwhelmingly students and faculty expressed they did not want an armed police force on campus.

1,000 Take NYC Streets And Trains In Outrage Over Police Attacks On Teens

November 9, 2019 By Jay August, Liberationnews.org Resist! Police, Protests, Transit, Youth

Normally a bustling spot for engineering students, white-collar and blue-collar workers alike, Brooklyn New York’s Metrotech Commons became a 1,000+ strong sea of concerned working class warriors on Nov. 1. “Poverty is not a crime,” “No cops in the MTA,” “Make the MTA free” was shouted by the multiracial, intergenerational, and militant crowd. They carried signs that read, “No new police,” “NYPD off our trains, “Don’t let the police touch us.” The cops were out in full force, but “the people were angry and unafraid,” observed Party for Socialism and Liberation member Joel Northam from Brooklyn.

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