Photographs of a 17-year old girl’s injuries after a member of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police repeatedly punched herwhile she was handcuffed in British Columbia in 2011.(Photo from hrw.org) Canada’s national police force stands accused of raping and sexually… Read More ›
Police Brutality
Rod Richardson: the mystery of the protester who was not who he claimed
Paul Lewis and Rob Evans The mother of the real Rod Richardson, who died at two days old, fears an officer assumed his identity to pose as an activist Rod Richardson celebrated his 29th birthday in style on 5 January 2002. After… Read More ›
2 Innocent Women Shot During Manhunt For Ex-Cop Chris Dorner Had ‘No Warning’
TORRANCE (CBSLA.com) — The two women who were mistakenly shot by LAPD officers searching for triple murder suspect Christopher Dorner Thursday said they had no warning beforehand, according to the victims’ lawyer. Attorney Glen Jonas said Maggie Carranza, 47, and her… Read More ›
Five killed, 23 wounded as Iraqi army opens fire on anti-govt protest
A wounded protester is carried during clashes with security forces in Fallujah, 50 km (31 miles) west of Baghdad, January 25, 2013 (Reuters / Mohanned Faisal) Iraqi soldiers killed five people after opening fire on an anti-government protest in… Read More ›
MLK Day: the Lessons of Pacifism & the Civil Rights Movement
Today is the celebration of the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. holiday in the United States. While it is ostensibly celebrated to promote the Civil Rights Movement, one wonders why MLK, among all other more active and progressive civil rights… Read More ›
Gitmo-go-round: No solution in sight on 11th Guantanamo anniversary
January 11 marks the 11th anniversary since the first inmates were airlifted into the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay. With an almost blanket ban on transferring prisoners out of Camp Delta in operation, it is unlikely to be the… Read More ›
This DEA Agent Was Told Not To Enforce Drug Laws In White Areas. Yes, Really.
Don’t believe there’s a racial element to the War on Drugs? As a former U.S. marshal and special agent for the Drug Enforcement Agency, Matthew Fog witnessed the astonishing inequity of the War on Drugs firsthand. This is his story…. Read More ›
Florida cops tase man for trying to put out fire on his own house
After a Florida man picked up a garden hose to try to extinguish a fire that engulfed his neighbor’s house in flames, he was brutally tasered by police in front of his two children. After laying in a puddle while… Read More ›
New Mexico Cop tazes 10-year-old boy for not listening during ‘career day’ visit
The guardians of a young New Mexico boy are suing after learning a police officer used a 50,000 volt tazer on their 10-year-old child. Police officer Chris Webb was attending ‘career day’ at the Tularosa Intermediate School on May 4, 2012. It… Read More ›
The Humiliation of Bradley Manning
by Ray McGovern It is a bitter irony that Army Pvt. Bradley Manning, whose conscience compelled him to leak evidence about the U.S. military brass ignoring evidence of torture in Iraq, was himself the victim of cruel, inhuman, and degrading… Read More ›
Free Leonard Peltier!
Nov. 22 will mark 13,439 days of incarceration for Native political prisoner Leonard Peltier. This year’s commemoration of the National Day of Mourning, to be held in Plymouth, Mass., will once again honor Peltier, a hero-in-the-struggle who has been unjustly… Read More ›
Police militarization in Colorado: Cops in fatigues toting automatic weapons disperse anti-eviction activists
“Be advised that everybody on the property is trespassing.” So said a Creek County Sheriff Department officer as he ordered activists off of private property yesterday. He and his fellow officers looked like they were dressed for combat in a… Read More ›
South Africa’s ruling party endorses anti-Israel boycott
Senior members of South Africa’s ruling party have endorsed a boycott campaign against Israel, with former South African deputy president Baleka Mbete calling Tel Aviv ‘far worse than apartheid South Africa’. During an international conference hosted on Sunday by the… Read More ›
Blind justice: Cops taser disabled man after mistaking walking stick for samurai sword
Police tasered and handcuffed a blind two-time stroke victim in northern England, reportedly mistaking his walking stick for samurai sword. Colin Farmer, a retired architect who is 61 and cannot move unaided, was on his own and walking down a… Read More ›
Watch: Cops Harass, Grope, and Threaten Teenager “For Being a F*cking Mutt”
What “Stop-and-Frisk” is really like. The NYPD conducts more than 1,800 stop-and-frisks each day. The program has come under widespread condemnation by critics who say that it unfairly targets men of color. Now there’s proof. Here’s more from Ross Tuttle… Read More ›
The Red Phoenix 