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  • The Shocking Story of Vet Matt Poer's Taser Death in Elbert County
    Good report on abusive Denver-area cops.
    December 17, 2018 at 11:26:22 AM MST - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.westword.com/news/tasers-are-supposed-to-be-less-than-lethal-but-a-deputys-killed-veteran-matt-poer-11052475
    denver news police
  • We want to riot, not to work: The 1981 Brixton uprisings
    This is a good account of the 1981 Brixton riots (but leads to a page linking to a large 90MB PDF).
    December 13, 2018 at 10:24:38 PM MST * - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://libcom.org/history/1981-the-brixton-riots
    anarchism police protest riot
  • Attacked By Thugs (Idle Words)
    The time Maciej Cegłowski was assailed and almost robbed in Warsaw [2004].
    September 29, 2018 at 7:44:40 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://idlewords.com/2004/05/attacked_by_thugs.htm
    police
  • Get Rid of the Cops? – The Nib – Medium
    September 18, 2018 at 11:13:17 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://medium.com/@thenib/get-rid-of-the-cops-ed243fcf4e67
    comics police
  • Is Union Station, "Denver's Living Room," Really Open to All? by Chris Walker
    An investigation into the practices of private security at Denver's Union Station and 16th Street Mall after four guards beat a homeless man in the bathroom and then tried to cover it up.

    An audio version read by the journalist is available: https://soundcloud.com/user-11498782/on-guard
    July 10, 2018 at 3:12:09 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.westword.com/news/allied-universal-guards-charged-with-assaulting-man-at-denvers-union-station-10511932
    audio denver homeless police
  • Walk or die: Algeria strands 13,000 migrants in the Sahara
    "The migrants the AP talked to described being rounded up hundreds at a time, crammed into open trucks headed southward for six to eight hours to what is known as Point Zero, then dropped in the desert and pointed in the direction of Niger. They are told to walk, sometimes at gunpoint."
    June 26, 2018 at 8:14:33 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://apnews.com/9ca5592217aa4acd836b9ee091ebfc20/Algeria-abandons-13,000-migrants-in-the-Sahara-in-waves
    immigration police
  • 2007 Boston Mooninite panic - Wikipedia
    The 2007 Boston Mooninite panic occurred on Wednesday, January 31, 2007, after the Boston Police Department and the Boston Fire Department mistakenly identified battery-powered LED placards depicting the Mooninites, characters from the Adult Swim animated television series Aqua Teen Hunger Force, as improvised explosive devices.
    June 24, 2018 at 12:55:11 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Boston_Mooninite_panic
    police
  • What happens when U.S. border patrol kills — in Mexico?
    "VICE News identified seven cross-border shootings since the agency was founded in 2003 — cases in which Mexican citizens who were in Mexico were killed by CBP officers who were in the U.S. Three of the victims were teenagers. (We identified at least two other cross-border shooting victims who survived. We found no similar incidents along the border with Canada.)"
    June 23, 2018 at 3:32:07 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://news.vice.com/en_ca/article/bjdaga/what-happens-when-u-s-border-patrol-kills-in-mexico
    immigration police
  • French Jogger Accidentally Crossed U.S.-Canada Border, Was Detained for Two Weeks in Washington State
    She was held for two weeks in the Tacoma ICE detention center because she jogged a little bit too far a long a beach.
    June 23, 2018 at 7:42:30 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.newsweek.com/jogger-crosses-us-canada-border-held-two-weeks-992319
    border police
  • Make Kids Disappear - I.C.E. on Vimeo
    Indecline defaces a billboard.
    June 22, 2018 at 1:29:49 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://vimeo.com/276240430
    immigration police
  • Jailed for charging a phone: Under Boulder law, theft of electricity can land citizens in court - Boulder Daily Camera
    Boulder police keep citing homeless people for charging their phones, but District Attorney Michael Dougherty refuses to prosecute the cases.
    June 22, 2018 at 11:00:52 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_31960903/boulder-theft-public-utility
    boulder homeless police
  • The Montreal Student Who Took a Picture of Anti-Police Graffiti Found Guilty of Criminal Harassment - VICE
    That time a girl in Quebec was arrested and convicted for posting a picture of someone else's graffiti to Instagram.
    June 13, 2018 at 12:13:35 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/kwkk8y/student-who-took-a-picture-of-anti-police-graffiti-found-guilty-of-criminal-harassment-125
    news police
  • A California church flirts with an unusual social experiment: to never call police again
    Churches, as already-existing social centers, represent one of the better chances of actually providing an alternative source of crisis counseling, protection, and aid which could displace the police in many of the roles they are the worst at.
    June 6, 2018 at 3:45:33 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-dont-call-police-church-20180530-story.html
    police politics religion
  • Stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally, called a criminal: how police targeted a black activist | The Guardian
    Donovan Ayres doing some bang-up police work for the racist faction of the California Highway Patrol.

    "Michael German, a former FBI agent, said the Sacramento case was part of a pattern of police in the US siding with far-right groups and targeting their critics. 'They have been trained to look into these counter-protesters as if they are the primary threat.'"
    May 27, 2018 at 8:53:33 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/neo-nazi-rally-california-stabbing-police-target-black-activist
    news police
  • Burger King sends a black homeless man to jail after he tries to buy breakfast with a $10 bill its worker thought was fake - The Washington Post
    "Emory Ellis, who lived on the streets in Boston, ventured into a Burger King in November 2015 to buy breakfast.

    "He left the restaurant under arrest, wrongfully accused of trying to pay for his meal with a fake $10 bill. He spent more than three months in jail."
    May 19, 2018 at 12:59:04 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/05/17/a-burger-king-worker-thought-a-black-mans-10-bill-was-fake-he-was-arrested-now-hes-suing/
    homeless police
  • Mapping Who Lives in Border Patrol's '100-Mile Zone' - CityLab
    "the border zone is home to 65.3 percent of the entire U.S. population, and around 75 percent of the U.S. Hispanic population"
    May 18, 2018 at 11:08:43 AM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/05/who-lives-in-border-patrols-100-mile-zone-probably-you-mapped/558275/
    migration police
  • Why was this man arrested for giving water to migrants crossing the border?
    Scott Warren was arrested after he helped migrants – but he’s a humanitarian aid worker trying to save lives in a place where so many find death.

    Scott is the ninth No More Deaths volunteer to be arrested for giving water to thirsty migrants.
    May 15, 2018 at 1:03:38 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.theguardian.com/global/2018/jan/26/scott-warren-no-more-death-arrested-migrants-water
    migration news police
  • Black activist jailed for his Facebook posts speaks out about secret FBI surveillance
    An example of the FBI, in collaboration with a judicial system unable or unwilling to protect individuals' constitutional rights, taking it upon themselves to punish an activist.
    May 11, 2018 at 5:21:32 PM MDT - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/11/rakem-balogun-interview-black-identity-extremists-fbi-surveillance
    news police
  • This Anti-Police Art Was Paid for By the Police - VICE
    "Publishers Dog Section Press say they funded the project from the proceeds of suing the police for unlawful arrest and assault. So, in a way, the police are paying for people to publish mean things about them. "
    February 7, 2018 at 1:40:02 PM MST - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/ne48eq/this-anti-police-art-was-paid-for-by-the-police
    police
  • Denver Park Rangers Take Sleeping Bag, Tent from Houseless Man in 25 Degree Weather - UNICORN RIOT
    "The park rangers took Jackson’s sleeping bag, blankets, and his tent, yet left all of his other property on the ground. Jackson and his comrades believe the park rangers only took the survival gear to force them into shelters or force them to move farther out of sight and out of mind."
    January 9, 2018 at 1:11:24 AM MST - permalink -
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    - archive.org - https://www.unicornriot.ninja/2017/denver-park-rangers-take-sleeping-bag-tent-houseless-man-25-degree-weather/
    denver homeless police
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