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Category: Police

Tyre Nichols’ Death Began With A Traffic Stop. Now, Organizers Want To Rethink Public Safety

February 22, 2023

By Brittany Brown

With city council ready to discuss excessive force in policy, DeCarcerate Memphis is pushing for true solutions, not just reform

Let’s Keep Each Other Safe by Banding Together for a National Day of Action, Oct. 22

October 19, 2020

By Nissa Tzun

We all deserve to live in a country where we are safe in our homes, at our places of work, and all the places in between. But for a long…

Another unarmed Black man dies in custody of the Las Vegas police

September 18, 2019

By Nissa Tzun

Byron Williams death leaves another Las Vegas family seeking answers in an in-custody death case with literal dark spots in the story

A NIGHTMARE OF RACIAL ANIMOSITY OVERTAKING AMERICA

September 6, 2019

By Darryl Lorenzo Wellington

A bad dream is a bad experience. But a truly terrible experience occurs when a bad dream feels like a premonition. Judging by media stories, online commentary and conversations with…

“When They See Us” Through the Eyes of a 13-year-old Girl

August 6, 2019

By Sharisse Tracey

“I don’t want to watch this, Mommy, it is making me mad and I already know how it will end,” said my recently turned 13 year-old daughter with folded arms….

The 60 most dangerous days for Floridians: When their legislators gather

May 6, 2019

By Thomas Kennedy

I once heard the Florida legislative session referred to as the sixty most dangerous days of the year for people in the state. At the end of the 2019 session,…

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