The family of Mona Rodriguez was shocked and heartbroken in September after learning their 18-year-old daughter was shot in the head by a Long Beach Unified School District police officer. Rodriguez, who was unarmed and presenting no threat to the cop who shot her,...
Criminal Justice
An Oppressive Cycle: How Police Militarization and Police Violence Reinforce Each Other
by Michael Maharrey | Dec 8, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The militarization of state and local police through federal government programs changed the character of policing in the United States. It has turned “protect and serve” into “command and control.” Instead of serving the community as “peace officers,” many state and...
SWAT Team Blew Up Old Woman’s House, Sent Her Bill for $50,000 Repairs
by Matt Agorist | Dec 6, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In July of last year, Vicki Baker, 75, was excited to move on to the next chapter of her life in Montana by selling her home she owned for 12 years in McKinney, Texas. That sale would never take place on schedule, however, because the day before she was supposed to...
Trial Begins For Female Cop Who Shot Minneosta Man, While Claiming To Reach for Taser
by Matt Agorist | Dec 1, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Just miles from where George Floyd took his last breaths on Earth as they were squeezed from his body by officer Derek Chauvin, Daunte Wright was targeted by police over an alleged expired tag. Because the American police state is a violent behemoth which knows no...
Anaheim Cops, ‘Like a Firing Squad,’ Execute Man Holding a Water Bottle
by Matt Agorist | Nov 22, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Last September, Brandon Lopez, 33, led police on a chase before crashing his car. He was suspected of driving a stolen vehicle, had several warrants out for his arrest, and was mentally ill. If he actually committed all the crimes of which he was accused, however,...
Is the GOP Finally Turning the Corner on Weed?
by Ryan McMaken | Nov 17, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
Both Bloomberg and the cannabis industry publication Marijuana Moment now report that Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace is preparing to introduce new legislation ending the federal prohibition on marijuana. According to Bloomberg: A Republican bill to legalize...
‘Trooper of the Year’ Sentenced to 17.5 Years for Producing, Distributing Child Porn
by Matt Agorist | Nov 9, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
In 2018, Louisiana State Police Trooper of 18 years, Jason Boyet received one of the department’s highest honors—Trooper of the Year. Fast forward two years, and this hero cop was thrown in a jail cell after being arrested on charges of production and distribution of...
Cops Charged With Burglary, Murder After Breaking Into Man’s Home, Shooting Him 76 Times
by Matt Agorist | Nov 2, 2021 | Criminal Justice, Featured Articles
The family of a 26-year-old Atlanta man who was killed after police shot him 76 times, thought for years that their only course of action was a civil rights lawsuit against the officers involved. However, this month, five years after Jamarion Robinson was gunned down...