Rahm Emanuel Apologizes For Police Torture. Now What? Rahm Emanuel Apologizes For Police Torture. Now What?
The City of Chicago has paid tens of millions of dollars in settlements with victims of brutality under Police Commander Jon Burge. But justice is far from done—and some vict...
Sep 18, 2013 / Flint Taylor
Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell Respectability Politics Won’t Save Us: On the Death of Jonathan Ferrell
You can do everything “right” in America, but if you’re black, racism will always pose a threat to your life.
Sep 16, 2013 / Blog / Mychal Denzel Smith
Will There Be Justice for NYPD Victim Ramarley Graham? Will There Be Justice for NYPD Victim Ramarley Graham?
How the shooting death of the unarmed teenager sparked new activism against police violence in the Bronx.
Aug 21, 2013 / Lucy McKeon
When Cops Criminalize the Disabled When Cops Criminalize the Disabled
Ethan Saylor died because police responded with rapid and unnecessary force to his disability. I worry, not only for my son with Down Syndrome, but for all others who face similar ...
Aug 1, 2013 / David M. Perry
Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire Stop-and-Frisk Under Fire
An aggressive, racially charged stop-and-frisk captured on audio helped raise the debate about the police tactic.
May 2, 2013 / Nation in the News / Press Room
Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
News stories that followed the NYPD’s killing of a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy show how we criminalize people based on race and geography.
Mar 20, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.
Feb 20, 2013 / Editorial / Flint Taylor
Marchers Demand Justice for Ramarley Graham Marchers Demand Justice for Ramarley Graham
“We want a movement,” says the mother of the teen who was killed by cops.
Jul 26, 2012 / Lucy McKeon
Chicago’s Dark Legacy of Police Torture Chicago’s Dark Legacy of Police Torture
Illinois has shuttered a commission formed to examine the cases of prisoners who say they were abused under Chicago’s former Police Commander Jon Burge years ago. But a truth...
Jul 19, 2012 / Liliana Segura
New Videos Shed Light on Immigrant’s Brutal Death New Videos Shed Light on Immigrant’s Brutal Death
Mexican immigrant Anastasio Hernández Rojas was surrounded and brutally beaten by more than a dozen border patrol officials.
Apr 24, 2012 / Nation in the News / Press Room