Police

New York’s Newest Protesters Are Right: It’s Time To Defund Police

August 6, 2016 Steven W Thrasher, www.theguardian.com Resist! New York (NY), Police, Protesters

By Steven W Thrasher for The Guardian - My professor friend AJ and I led a walking tour of college students earlier this week about protest and policing in New York City. Between our stop at One Police Plaza, where “broken windows” policing was unleashed on our city, and the site of Eric Garner’s death on Staten Island, we stopped at the newest occupation in town at City Hall Park. Mayor Bill de Blasio had just announced police commissioner Bill Bratton’sresignation as we walked through the park, quickly achieving one of the occupying group’s three ambitious goals when they appeared on Monday.

Baton Rouge Police Sued Over Arrest Of Peaceful Protesters

August 5, 2016 Robert Mackey, www.theintercept.com Resist! Baton Rouge, Police, Protests

By Robert Mackey for The Intercept - THE BATON ROUGE Police Department and state law enforcement officials were sued in federal court on Wednesday for violating the First Amendment rights of dozens of protesters detained at demonstrations in the city last weekend. The suit, which asks for a restraining order to prohibit officers from arresting or intimidating protesters rallying to express their anger at the killing of Alton Sterling, was filed by a coalition of rights groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Lawyers Guild.

NYC: City Hall Park Occupied, Police Commissioner Resigns

August 3, 2016 Staff, www.itsgoingdown.org Resist! New York (NY), New York City (NYC), NYC, Police, Protests

By Staff of Its Going Down - The war for black lives and the struggle against the police in NYC has taken a new direction with the advent of a militant occupation outside of City Hall. Even before the occupation the revolutionary line was set in Millions March NYC’s orientation guide: “We are a network of revolutionary political organizers dedicated to the abolition of the repressive apparatus of the U.S. state, which includes but is not limited to the police, judicial system, prison system, and major political parties.”

One City’s Reform Plan Reduced Race-Based Police Stops

August 1, 2016 Clara Romeo, www.truthdig.com Create! Connecticut, Police

By Clara Romeo for Truth Dig - The Black Lives Matter movement for racial justice and the Blue Lives Matter movement in support of police officers have put a spotlight on tensions regarding American police forces’ treatment of minorities. These tensions have been persistent and widespread, but improvements are possible and small changes can make a positive difference, judging by one Connecticut community that might be viewed as a test case for how to resolve some of the conflict. After the Hamden, Conn., Police Department was singled out in a 2015 state-sponsored study for conducting disproportionate stops of African-American motorists

Cops Get Less Training Than Cosmetologists In The US

August 1, 2016 Shaun King, www.nydailynews.com Educate! Police

By Shaun King for NY Daily News - Today is Part 2 in a five-week, 25-part series exploring solutions for police brutality in America. Part 1 can be found here. The problem of police brutality is actually deeply entrenched and amazingly complicated. It has no quick fixes. No one solution will solve the problem. Instead, it must be tackled from dozens of different angles, but as a part of one comprehensive plan. This series will lay out that plan with reasonable, achievable solutions that will drastically reduce police brutality in this generation.

Freedom Now Demonstrators Shut Down Oakland Police Officers’ Association

July 30, 2016 Resist! Oakland, Police, Protest Demonstrations

By Dave Id for Indy Bay - Following the recent wave of demonstrations nationwide after the police murders of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, a call went out for Freedom Now protests on July 21 targeting the support infrastructure for police oppression, especially police "unions" for their constant and unequivocal defense of cops accused of brutality. In Oakland, the offices of the Oakland Police Officer's Association were shut down. On July 20, a day early, Black Lives Matter activists in New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago shut down the offices of their local police associations. Lockdowns and demonstrations were held in Detroit, Ann Arbor, and other cities across the country.

Controversial ‘Bulletproof’ Police Firearms Training Canceled

July 30, 2016 Darwin BondGraham, www.eastbayexpress.com Educate! Police

By Darwin BondGraham for East Bay Express - An upcoming workshop for Bay Area cops called "Bulletproof" was cancelled by Santa Clara County Sheriff Laurie Smith today due to concerns that the classes make officers more likely to use deadly force when it's not necessary. "It trains cops to be paranoid and to assume everyone is out to get them," said Susan Harman, an Oakland resident and member of the Oakland Privacy Working Group. Harmon and others asked the sheriff to cancel the event. "Shoot first and ask questions later," is how Harman characterized the content of the classes.

Will Militarism Of Police Continue?

July 25, 2016 Julia Edwards, www.reuters.com Educate! militarism, Police

BY Julia Edwards for Reuters - The White House will revisit a 2015 ban on police forces getting riot gear, armored vehicles and other military-grade equipment from the U.S. armed forces, two police organization directors told Reuters on Thursday. Shortly after the recent shooting deaths of police officers, President Barack Obama agreed to review each banned item, the two law enforcement leaders said. That could result in changes to the ban imposed in May 2015 on the transfer of some equipment from the military to police...

Protesters Occupy Police Unions, Demand Investment In Black Communities

July 22, 2016 Staff, www.rt.com Resist! #BlackLivesMatter, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Divestment, Occupation, Police, Protests, Unions

By Staff of RT - Black Lives Matter protesters taking aim at police union offices forced a shutdown of one in Washington, DC. Simultaneously in Detroit, activists chained themselves to a police station to demand the ouster of an officer who shot dead a 7-year-old in 2010. Protests, held by Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100) and Black Lives Matter, hit several cities across the US on Wednesday. July 20 would have been the 14th birthday of Aiyana Stanley-Jones, who was shot dead in a SWAT raid on her house in May 2010.

Dallas Organizers Mourn Shooting Victims, Work To Prevent Police Expansion

July 19, 2016 Candice Bernd, www.truth-out.org Resist! Dallas, Police

By Candice Bernd for Truth Out - Long-time Dallas organizers who have worked for years to reform the Dallas Police Department's (DPD) use-of-force practices mourned the July 7 deadly shooting of five Dallas police officers by an unaffiliated gunman, as well as this month's fatal police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, during an observance and rally at Dallas' Margaret Hunt Hill bridge, Sunday, July 10. Some of those organizers had participated in the July 7 peaceful protest in Dallas against the police shootings of Sterling in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and Castile in Falcon Heights, Minnesota

Baton Rouge Police Sued Over Violent Actions Against Protesters

July 18, 2016 Kevin Gosztola, www.shadowproof.com Resist! Baton Rouge, Lawsuit, Police, Protesters

By Kevin Gosztola for Shadow Proof - In the aftermath of the police killing of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, police officers clad in military gear attacked nonviolent protesters while brandishing automatic weapons. Armored vehicles, as well as chemical agents and a device designed to blast loud sound waves, were deployed. To bring these acts to a halt, the American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit against the Baton Rouge Police Department. As captured on video by store owner Abdullah Muflahi, on July 5, Sterling was selling CDs when officers tasered him and slammed him on the hood of a car.

Newsletter – Afromation Is A Response To Black Deaths

July 17, 2016 Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese, www.popularresistancde.org Newsletter Afromation, Black Lives Matter (BLM), Police, police brutality, Racism

By Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese. Baltimore, where we live, is a deeply segregated city with a stark wealth divide. For decades, police have routinely patrolled black neighborhoods where they harass and arrest people of color without probable cause. This practice escalated when Martin O'Malley was the mayor and was running for governor. In order to beef up his record of addressing crime, police under his command arrested tens of thousands of young blacks and held them overnight in jail for no reason, then released them without any charges. It has created generations of black Baltimoreans who are traumatized by police and have lost opportunities to advance in their lives as a consequence. It has also created a police culture that continues to abuse communities of color. Remember, Freddie Gray was chased by police without any cause and it resulted in his death. In response to this environment, black youth in Baltimore organized an action called 'Afromation' to raise awareness and to celebrate Assata Shakur's birthday.

Cop Who Shot Philando Had ‘Bulletproof Warrior’ Training

July 17, 2016 William N. Grigg, www.thefreethoughtproject.com Educate! Police, Police abuse, police brutality

By William N. Grigg for the Free Thought Project. Yanez underwent a 20-hour seminar on “Street Survival” taught by Illinois-based Calibre Press, which teaches courses on the subject to police officers nationwide. The company’s “Street Survival Seminar” overview displays a monomaniacal focus on that most important of all policy considerations, “officer safety.” It treats every police encounter as a combat situation in which only one life truly matters – that of the government’s armed emissary, not that of the citizen who is supposedly being protected and served by him. A brief video excerpt from a “Street Survival” course shows a presenter lecturing officers about the need to visualize shooting someone as part of the “Psychological Game” necessary to “win” encounters with what trainees are told is an implacably hostile public. “That’s winning, ladies and gentlemen,” he declares.

Police Settlements Cost Taxpayers $210 Million Plus Interest

July 17, 2016 Mercy Yang, www.readersupportednews.org Educate! killed by police, Police, Police abuse, police brutality, Racism

By Mercy Yang for Reader Supported News. As the deaths of Philando Castile and Alton Sterling at the hands of police officers stir up national debate on law enforcement practices, a new database unveils hundreds of Chicago Police Department misconduct lawsuit settlements between 2012 and 2015 ― costing a whopping $210 million in total and revealing yet another financial burden on taxpayers. “Settling for Misconduct,” an extensive database from The Chicago Reporter published this week, highlights allegations of Chicago’s excessive policing methods, ranging from false arrest to unwarranted killing, particularly in Latino and black communities, leading to 655 settlements in four years. Multimillion-dollar police misconduct settlements, such as the one stemming from the killing of Chicago teenager Laquan McDonald, tend to garner national attention. But the database reveals that the City of Chicago pays much smaller sums of money to plaintiffs on an average of every other day. The average payment was just $36,000.

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