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Journalist Who Told Laquan McDonald’s Story Faces Fight Over Sources

November 27, 2017
By: Admin

CHICAGO — If not for the reporting of Jamie Kalven, an independent journalist in Chicago, the world might never have known the name Laquan McDonald, a black teenager who was shot 16 times by a police officer as he walked down a street holding a folding knife. Mr. Kalven questioned the official police account of the shooting and revealed the existence of a police dashboard-camera video that documented the episode. Months and many court fights later, Chicago city officials were forced to release the video of the shooting, which showed Mr. McDonald, 17, being shot again and again one night…

Police Violence Persists, Though Most Media Have Stopped Paying Attention

November 16, 2017
By: Admin

October was an especially brutal month when it comes to the tally of people killed by police in this country, particularly for people of color. I emphasize people of color because my lifelong research on this topic tells me that their killings are not random, but rather are a result of dehumanization and the constant patrolling of bodies and communities of color, especially those of Native, Black and Brown peoples. Unfortunately, this is not a new phenomenon. This pattern of killings with impunity has been ongoing since 1492. Regardless of whether the killings are random or targeted, the number of…

Killed By Police 2017

November 15, 2017
By: Admin

Killedbypolice.net (KBP) lists 93 people killed in the month of October. For September, the number was “only” 84. Let that sink in; that is more than three per day, and November is on the same pace. …There are other groups that keep similar tallies, but KBP has done the most consistent job since mid-2013. (The Guardian was doing excellent work on this topic; however, it stopped this past year.) It is shameful that in this day and age, a volunteer effort, year in and year out, does a better job than the federal government at keeping track of such statistics….

Connecticut Racial Profiling Prohibition Project Data Portal

October 28, 2017
By: Admin

About the project First enacted in 1999, Connecticut’s anti-racial profiling law The Alvin W. Penn Racial Profiling Prohibition Act (Public Act 99-198) prohibits any law enforcement agency from stopping, detaining, or searching any motorist when the stop is motivated solely by considerations of the race, color, ethnicity, age, gender or sexual orientation (Connecticut General Statutes Sections 54-1l and 54-1m). During the 2012 legislative and special sessions the Connecticut General Assembly made several changes to this law including a key provision which shifted responsibility for its implementation to the Office of Policy and Management in consultation with a newly established Racial…

Sinti und Roma stehen oft unter Generalverdacht

October 27, 2017
By: Admin

Antiziganismus bei der Polizei 20.10.2017 Sinti und Roma stehen oft unter Generalverdacht Racial Profiling, rassistische Zuschreibungen und “Warnungen” vor “Zigeunern”: Die Polizei greift in ihrer Arbeit häufig auf antiziganistische Bilder zurück. Das zeigt sich in internen Dokumenten, Pressemitteilungen und Polizeikontrollen. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Expertise, die der Politikwissenschaftler Markus End im Auftrag des “Zentralrats Deutscher Sinti und Roma” erstellt hat.