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Teenagers Got Police To Remove Military Weaponry From Schools

May 31, 2016 Sarah Lazare, www.alternet.org , , ,
By Sarah Lazare for AlterNet - A coalition of Los Angeles high school students and grassroots organizers just accomplished the unthinkable. After nearly two years of sit-ins and protests, they forced the police department for the second-largest public school district in the United States to remove grenade launchers, M-16 rifles, a mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle and other military-grade weaponry from its arsenal. But the coalition did not stop there. Members took over a Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) board meeting in February to call for proof that the arms had been returned to the Department of Defense...

Chicago Releasing Recordings From 100 Ongoing Police Violence Investigations

May 30, 2016 Hannah Gold, www.gawker.com , ,
By Hannah Gold for Gawker - Local governments and police departments are known to be worse than shady about making records of police violence public, but releasing an overwhelming amount of information all at once can also be an obfuscating tactic. According to a memo obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago’s Independent Police Review Authority plans to release recordings that document about 100 incidents of police violence...

The Hypocrisy Behind The Prosecution Of Officer Nero

May 28, 2016 Todd Oppenheim, www.baltimorebrew.com ,
By Todd Oppenheim for Baltimore Brew - The acquittal earlier this week of Baltimore Police Officer Edward Nero was not only a disappointment for the State’s Attorney’s Office, but it also exposed a legal strategy that was inherently inconsistent with the office’s prosecution of other defendants. The state contradicted its own positions in handling criminal cases in three ways: • First, by asserting a 4th Amendment violation by Nero that was nearly identical to police actions that it has long defended as legal.

Cove Point Defender Convicted Of Making False Statement To Police

May 28, 2016 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us ,
By Anne Meador for DC Media Group - Prince Frederick, MD — A jury found an activist who has opposed the Dominion Cove Point project guilty of making a false statement to police. Judge Marjorie Clagett of Calvert County Circuit Court sentenced Heather Doyle to three months in jail (all but 15 days suspended), 240 hours of community service, two years of supervised probation and $165 in court costs. Doyle pulled off a climbing feat on a crane with fellow activist Carling Sothoron in February 2015 to draw attention to the detrimental effects of Dominion Cove Point’s gas export terminal in Lusby, MD.

How Police Across Country Are Employing Social Media Surveillance

May 27, 2016 Aaron Cantú, www.muckrock.com , ,
By Aaron Cantú for Muck Rock - In keeping with our mission to monitor and track the powerful people who rule over the rest of us, we at LittleSis turned the surveillance gaze back onto the local forces monitoring social media. We not only dug into the corporate profiles of some of the companies police contract to snoop on your Tweets and Facebook rants, we also filed freedom of information requests to twenty police departments across the country to find out how, when, and why they monitor social media.

Officers Deny Allegations Of Assaulting Cove Point Activist

May 26, 2016 Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us , ,
By Anne Meador for DC Media Group - A year ago, defendant Heather Doyle and fellow protester Carling Sothoron had the tables turned on them when they filed an official complaint with the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office. They claimed that they had been endangered and Doyle assaulted on February 3, 2015 when they conducted a publicity stunt to draw attention to Dominion Cove Point, a fracked gas export terminal. Unfortunately for the young women, not only did an internal investigation conclude that no deputies were at fault, the County filed charges against them for making a false statement to an officer.

9 Arrested In Seattle After May Day Protesters Clash With Police

May 3, 2016 Elizabeth Preza, www.alternet.org , ,
By Elizabeth Preza for Alternet. Seattle, WA - Police in Seattle arrested nine people Sunday after a peaceful May Day march morphed into a riot, with “anti-capitalist” protestors throwing rocks, flares and Molotov cocktails at police. The Seattle Police Department said violence rose out of a peaceful march for workers' rights and immigration that took place earlier in the day. At least five officers were injured, including one who was hit with a Molotov cocktail, another who was struck in the face with a rock, and a third who was bitten by a protestor. May 1st protests have been increasingly co-opted by anarchists who use the demonstrations to rally against police violence and capitalism.

Police Anti-Extremism Unit Monitoring Senior Green Party Figures

May 2, 2016 Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd, www.theguardian.com , ,
By Rob Evans and Vikram Dodd for The Guardian - A secretive police unit tasked with spying on alleged extremists intent on committing serious crimes has been monitoring leading members of the Green party, the Guardian has learned. Newly released documents show that the intelligence unit has been tracking the political activities of the MP Caroline Lucas and Sian Berry, the party’s candidate for London mayor. Some of the monitoring took place as recently as last year and seemed to contradict a pledge from Sir Bernard Hogan-Howe, the Metropolitan police commissioner, that the unit would only target serious criminals rather than peaceful protesters.

Rogue Cops: Disturbing History Of Police In Schools

April 28, 2016 Mary Anne Henderson and Brian Platt, www.counterpunch.org , ,
By Mary Anne Henderson and Brian Platt for Counter Punch - Another week, another video of police abuse surfaces. This time thevideo shows San Antonio school resource officer Joshua Kehm body-slamming 12-year-old Rhodes Middle School student Janissa Valdez. Valdez was talking with another student, trying to resolve a verbal conflict between the two, when Kehm entered and attacked her. “Janissa! Janissa, you okay?” a student asked before exclaiming, “She landed on her face!”

Activists On Hunger Strike Over Suhr’s Job Amid Police Reforms

April 26, 2016 Michael Barba, www.sfexaminer.com , ,
By Michael Barba for San Francisco Examiner - A local rapper, his mother and a candidate for city supervisor are among four activists who have pledged to forego eating until San Francisco Police Chief Greg Suhr resigns or is fired from his position as top cop in The City. The protesters — Ilych Sato, also known as Equipto; Maria Cristina Gutierrez, the head of a preschool and Sato’s mother; Edwin Lindo, who is running for District 9 supervisor; and San Francisco-native Ike Pinkston — began their hunger strike in front of Mission Police Station on Thursday morning, calling for Mayor Ed Lee to fire Suhr.

Chicago Police Department’s Decades-Long Record Of Systematic Racism

April 18, 2016 Kevin Gosztola, www.shadowproof.com , ,
By Kevin Gosztola for Shadow Proof - The Chicago Police Accountability Task Force released a report, which shows the deep and systemic problem of racism within the Chicago Police Department. Moreover, policies institutionalizing racism are not limited to the present day. The Task Force report demonstrates the CPD has a century-long record of racism, and in fact, a similar task force in the 1970s published findings nearly identical to what this Task Force found. The report could not be more timely.

Chicago Mayor’s Choice To Head Police

April 9, 2016 George Marlowe, www.wsws.org , ,
By George Marlowe for WSWS - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel last week announced the appointment of veteran officer Eddie Johnson as interim head of the Chicago Police Department. Emanuel’s endorsement of Johnson is part of an effort to make the police force a more effective instrument for suppressing political and social opposition. Johnson’s chief accomplishment in the police department was the major role he played in the crackdown of anti-NATO protestors in 2012. Three protestors were arrested in the aftermath on trumped-up charges of “terrorism.”

D.O.J. Resurrects Policing For Profit Program

March 31, 2016 Sam Sacks, www.districtsentinel.com , ,
By Sam Sacks for The District Sentinel - A suspended policy that allowed local police to keep much of the assets they confiscate from fellow suspects—even those who have not been convicted or charged with any crime—was reinstated on Monday evening by the Department of Justice. The notorious “equitable sharing” program permits local cops to use federal law to seize property, possessions, and cash from individuals they suspect of wrongdoing. It was temporarily halted in December.

NYPD’s Arrests Of Citizen Journalists Should Spark Outrage

March 28, 2016 Josmar Trujillo, www.fair.org , ,
By Josmar Trujillo for FAIR - Last week, New York City police officers arrested four well-known activists for filming them. Copwatchers—people who regularly film and document police activity—have often been targeted by cops who don’t want to be recorded, despite reminders that recording police interactions is legal in the city. While legal protections for filming police are still unclear in some parts of the country, the invaluable role that copwatchers play as journalists—acting as the eyes, ears and media of the streets—deserves to be recognized.

North Carolina Sheriff’s Deputies Disciplined Over Trump Rally

March 18, 2016 Staff, www.huffingtonpost.com , ,
By Staff of Reuters - Five North Carolina Sheriff’s deputies have been disciplined over their behavior at a rally for Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump where a white supporter sucker punched a black protester, officials said on Wednesday. The Cumberland County Sheriff’s Office said three deputies were demoted and suspended for five days each without pay for their unsatisfactory performance at last week’s rally while the two others were suspended for three days.
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