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1 Jul 2020, 4:00 pm by Human Rights at Home Blog
by Professor Dermot Walsh, Kent Law School, guest contributor Public reaction to the death of George Floyd at the hands of the police in Minneapolis is forcing European countries to face up to uncomfortable truths about racism in their own... [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 4:25 pm by Patricia Hughes
INTRODUCTION Recently RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki admitted she really didn’t understand the term “systemic racism” and later showed she was correct when she provided an old and obvious example of indirect discrimination as an example of systemic racism. [read post]
30 Jun 2020, 11:12 am by Gritsforbreakfast
Since our last podcast, the nation and really the world, has erupted in protest after George Floyd, who was born and raised in Houston, died in the street in Minneapolis with a police officer's knee on his neck. [read post]
28 Jun 2020, 12:15 pm by John Floyd
  There is no place in our communities, especially in those marginalized by racism and intentional economic deprivation, for “military police. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 9:13 am by Somil Trivedi
This piece was originally published in Slate.Just one month ago, the world saw a video of Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin kneel on George Floyd’s windpipe with an eerily calm demeanor, while officers Tou Thao, J. [read post]
26 Jun 2020, 8:00 am by Adonis Hoffman, Esq.
 From Minneapolis to Atlanta and beyond, journalists have probed the reservoir of rage and resentment against injustice. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 5:51 pm by Nassiri Law
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis last month sparked a global outcry over policing practices and a notable shift in the conversation over the Black Lives Matter movement. [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 8:00 am by Kristian Soltes
Shift4 Launches QR Pay as an Alternative to Contactless Payments via NFCDigital Transactions News – June 24, 2020 Payments companies have been working for months against a backdrop of consumer fears induced by the new coronavirus, and on Wednesday Shift4 Payments Inc. launched a contactless-payment capability with a twist: it relies on Quick Response codes rather than the much more common near-field communication technology found in major-brand credit and debit cards and mobile… [read post]
25 Jun 2020, 7:32 am by Jay Stanley
If they want police in their community to wear body cameras, they should demand effective body camera programs, which include not just cameras but also strong policies and institutional practices to make those cameras effective. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 8:04 am by Jay Stanley
CBP has no business deploying military-grade drones — authorized by Congress for border patrol — over domestic political protests, and these drones should not be flying over Minneapolis, or any other U.S. community. [read post]
24 Jun 2020, 6:01 am by Bridget Crawford
Reimagining police departments is only one part of that project because policing follows larger societal patterns in the way communities are seen and valued. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 11:12 am by Ashoka Mukpo
Linda Tirado, a journalist and photographer, lost her left eye to a “rubber bullet” fired by police in Minneapolis. [read post]
23 Jun 2020, 6:01 am by Bridget Crawford
Yet significant differences based in race and socioeconomic indicators persist, and have challenged efforts to unify disparate communities. [read post]
22 Jun 2020, 6:29 am by Bridget Crawford
In recent years both cities had taken steps to improve police accountability, but police-community relations have remained fraught. [read post]
20 Jun 2020, 2:30 pm by Tyler Gillett
The documents also showed that an RC-26 from the Wisconsin Air National Guard was sent to fly over protests in Minneapolis, supported by a unit from the Arkansas National Guard. [read post]
18 Jun 2020, 5:01 am by Sam duPont
Reporting from BuzzFeed revealed that the Minneapolis Police Department is one among hundreds of law enforcement agencies—along with thousands of private entities—using the services of Clearview AI. [read post]
16 Jun 2020, 5:14 am by Richard Altieri, Margaret Taylor
On June 1, President Trump spoke to governors and the public about deploying the military within the United States. [read post]