The ‘Bad Guys’
Police academies socialize officers into an us-versus-them mentality—particularly when it comes to activists—and harden them to any attempts at reform.
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Police academies socialize officers into an us-versus-them mentality—particularly when it comes to activists—and harden them to any attempts at reform.
Policing on college campuses falls hardest on formerly incarcerated students, leaving them and the broader community unprotected.
Ending qualified immunity won’t solve police violence. But making officers feel the sting of their actions in court can get us a step closer to ending it.
For decades, policing so-called ‘quality of life’ issues has had devastating effects. This approach must cease to exist.
Law enforcement of women’s bodies is a structural and systematic form of police violence. All of us are less safe if we don’t end this brutal expression of state-sanctioned power.
Shifting the narrative and policies on gun violence to include killings by police may spare many families from the pain of losing loved ones.