Mar 23, 2011
Use of Force Incidents Put Berkeley Police in the Spotlight
Ali Winston for The Informant: March 23, 2011 “Yesterday’s clash at Pacific steel is the most recent of several crowd control incidents...
Mar 23, 2011
Berkeley: Police Riot Squad Strikes Pacific Steel Picketers with Batons : Indybay
Posted on IndyBay and Raise the Fist: LINK
Mar 18, 2011
Feds Find ‘Systemic Violations of Civil Rights’ by New Orleans Police Department
A.C. Thompson for ProPublica on March 17th, 2011 reports on Law and Disorder in the New Orleans Police Department following Katrina: “The...
Mar 18, 2011
Oakland Police Miss Riders Reform Deadline
Angela Woodall for the Oakland Tribune reported on March 17th that nearly half of the tasks ordered by the federal court in 2003 have...
Mar 17, 2011
‘COINTELPRO 101’: An Interview with Filmmaker Claude Marks
In an interview by Minister of Information JR in the SF BayView newspaper, Claude Marks teaches us some history: “COINTELPRO is both a...
Mar 15, 2011
UC Berkeley: Stop Wasting City Resources on Shows of Force
The student protests of March 3rd 2011 in support of education were inspiring and absolutely necessary. However, as UCB alum and long...
Mar 13, 2011
New Mexico Police Chief Arrested in Federal Raid
“The sheriff for Luna County is requesting that the entire Columbus Police Department step down until the federal investigation involving...
