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This Happened — May 25: George Floyd Is Killed

Updated May 25, 2024 at 12:30 p.m. George Floyd was killed during an arrest by police officers in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on this day in 2020. How did George Floyd die? George Floyd died after police officer Derek Chauvin knelt on his neck for more than nine minutes, while Floyd was handcuffed face down on the […]

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Student Protests In Pisa: Why Italy’s Government Is So Afraid Of Teenagers

Following police violence against young people protesting in Pisa, the Italian government remains entrenched in its silence by merely promising investigations. But perhaps the issue is that the government perceives teenagers as a threat?

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Beware: Robot Police Dogs May Be Coming To Your City, Training Still Required

Numerous cities have acquired dog-like robots for policing. Researchers say the lack of transparency and other practical and ethical questions are worrying.

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Are Police Dogs Actually Throwing Officers Off The Scent?

In 2020, Salt Lake City abruptly terminated its K9 unit for pursuing and apprehending suspects. Not much changed. In fact, a lot of the evidence around using police dogs is sketchy, and the practice has worrying connections with racial terror.

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French City Outskirts Ablaze, Again: What’s Different From 2005

Small, mobile and organized groups of young people full of violence and hatred for the police: an emerging movement a far cry from the “banlieues” riots in 2005.

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Tyre Nichols And The Systemic Problem Of Elite Police Units — A Brief History

The officers charged in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols were not your everyday uniformed patrol officers. Rather, they were part of an elite squad: Memphis Police Department’s SCORPION team. A rather tortured acronym for “Street Crimes Operation to Restore Peace in Our Neighborhoods,” SCORPION is a crime suppression unit – that is, officers detailed […]

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Tibetan Refugees In Nepal: A Different Kind Of Identity Crisis

Shunned by the Nepal government, young Tibetans struggle to find work, travel overseas, and open bank accounts. One asks, “Who are we?”

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Deadly Kazakh Protests, Australia v. Djokovic, Judge Kisses Cop Killer

? Hallo!* Welcome to Thursday, where Kazakhstan police kill dozens of protesters, Australia revokes No-Vax Djokovic’s visa and an Argentine judge gets caught on camera kissing an inmate. We also look at the measures countries around the world are implementing to force the hands of unvaccinated citizens to get the jabs. [*Flemish] SIGN UP This […]

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‘Yellow Vests’ And The Limits Of Democratic Force

-Analysis- PARIS — So what has become of this France, champion of maintaining order, exporter of its savoir-faire and its materials to other democracies — and to totalitarian regimes anxious to quell burgeoning opposition movements? Just a few years ago, a spokesman for French tear gas manufacturer Alsetex, which supplies to the French police, told […]

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