Category Archives: US Police Brutality

From Occupation to ‘Occupy’: The Israelification of American domestic security

From Occupation to ‘Occupy’: The Israelification of American domestic security from Mondoweiss by Max Blumenthal              18 November 2011 UC Davis police pepper spray students         (Photo: Reuters/Brian Nguyen) Originally published in Al Akhbar on 2 December 2011. In October, the Alameda County Sheriff’s Department turned … Continue reading

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Palestine in Oakland

Palestine in Oakland from Mondoweiss by Adam Horowitz   Woman in a wheelchair tries to escape the tear gas the Oakland Police Department launched upon the protesters. (Photo: Occupy Together) Last night police in Oakland, California cracked down on protesters in the Occupy Oakland … Continue reading

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What Drives the War on Drugs?

What Drives the War on Drugs? from Dollars & Sense Blog by mcleveland First it was the Dominican limo driver, who disappeared while driving a client upstate. When my husband extracted him from Utica jail a month later, it turned out he’d been … Continue reading

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Video: Houston Police Brutality

Video: Houston Police Brutality from PA Editors Blog by Political Affairs   A shocking video released last week shows four Houston police officers mercilessly beating a 15-year old burglary suspect while at least eight other officers looked on. Some kicked him repeatedly … Continue reading

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