Police Violence

Richmond Cops Mistakenly Hand Over Anti-Protest Guides to Anarchist

After filing a Freedom of Information Act request with the Richmond Police Department for police training documents, Mo Karn received much more than expected in return: homeland security and crowd control guides that show how the police target protests.

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20 Years Later: Remembering the Bombing of Judi Bari

Lessons from the car-bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney, two Earth First! activists, 20 years ago.

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Military Pull Activist Into Unmarked Car at G20 Protests

Police in Pittsburgh have been rolling out their new toys and dressing up like stormtroopers at the G20 protests. (Much more at Pittsburgh Indymedia).There have been reports of direct action in the streets, with activists rolling dumpsters into the paths of oncoming riot police and police pepper-spraying, beating, arresting, and surveilling activists. The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review [...]

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The Truth About Violence at the RNC and DNC Protests

Later this week, I’ll post a closer look at how organizers of protests against the Republican National Convention were arrested as “terrorists.” But first I want to address some of the talk, in the mainstream press and even in activist circles, about violence at mass protests. The general myth about protest violence goes something like [...]

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Radio Show this Morning on RNC Raids, Arrests and the Police State

I’ll be on Portland’s KBOO 90.7 FM this morning (8am Portland time, 11am DC time) to talk about the police state showing its true color in Minneapolis this week at the RNC. There’s live streaming on the previous link (click in the top right corner of the KBOO page). Hmm, if ya’ll see this in [...]

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Terrorism Task Force Involved in RNC Attacks on Journalists, Attorneys, Activists

News continues to come out of the Twin Cities and the Republican National Convention of what I can only describe as a police state showing its true colors. If you read this site regularly, you know I stay far away from language and descriptions like that, because I think it’s best to let the stories [...]

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Supreme Court Ruling Could Encourage Even More Aggressive Police Raids

In yet another expansion of police powers since 9/11, the Supreme Court ruled this week that evidence obtained through illegal “no knock” police searches is still admissible in court. So cops don’t have to worry about following the letter of the law too closely in home raids, because even their illegal actions can still be [...]

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