Gentrifiers And Prison Profiteers Are “Re-Engineering” The NYPD

A “re-engineering” proposal bankrolled by the wealthiest interests in New York City will likely push for the NYPD to hire hundreds of new cops for an already bloated police force under scrutiny for its brutal police practices.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Gentrifiers And Prison Profiteers Are “Re-Engineering” The NYPD

A “re-engineering” proposal bankrolled by the wealthiest interests in New York City will likely push for the NYPD to hire hundreds of new cops for an already bloated police force under scrutiny for its brutal police practices.

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Reverse Drug Stings: The Latest Tool For Creating Criminals In The War On Drugs

“The time has come to remind the Executive Branch that the Constitution charges it with law enforcement — not crime creation,” one California judge writes in a damning indictment of the practice, while another describes agents as “trolling poor neighborhoods.”

Derrick Broze
By Derrick Broze

“The time has come to remind the Executive Branch that the Constitution charges it with law enforcement — not crime creation,” one California judge writes in a damning indictment of the practice, while another describes agents as “trolling poor neighborhoods.”

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Why The NYPD Is Cracking Down On Anti-Police Brutality Protests

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s hope that demonstrations against police killings would “peter out” has apparently fallen flat.

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Why The NYPD Is Cracking Down On Anti-Police Brutality Protests

NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton’s hope that demonstrations against police killings would “peter out” has apparently fallen flat.

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INTERVIEW: Baltimore Police Shoot At, Jail Shawn Carrié For The Crime Of Journalism

Speaking to MintPress about his arrest in Baltimore, Journalist Shawn Carrié reflects on the unfortunate reality that “people are struggling for the demand that they just don’t want to be killed by the publicly appointed guardians who are supposed to protect them.”

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
INTERVIEW: Baltimore Police Shoot At, Jail Shawn Carrié For The Crime Of Journalism

Speaking to MintPress about his arrest in Baltimore, Journalist Shawn Carrié reflects on the unfortunate reality that “people are struggling for the demand that they just don’t want to be killed by the publicly appointed guardians who are supposed to protect them.”

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Israel’s Gaza Onslaught Targeted Children And UN Shelters

As Israel faces mounting criticism over its killings of at least 44 Palestinians in six UN shelters and 547 children overall last summer, 100,000 in Gaza remain displaced as “not a single destroyed home has been rebuilt.”

Joe Catron
By Joe Catron
Israel’s Gaza Onslaught Targeted Children And UN Shelters

As Israel faces mounting criticism over its killings of at least 44 Palestinians in six UN shelters and 547 children overall last summer, 100,000 in Gaza remain displaced as “not a single destroyed home has been rebuilt.”

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World Ignores Genocide In Central African Republic Because It’s Not ISIS & There’s No Oil

“I find it difficult to believe that’s it’s not given more attention, but maybe it’s simply that the politics of the situation don’t serve the interests of those shaping what we see,” a journalist tells MintPress. “There’s a reason the crisis in CAR is known as the Forgotten Conflict.”

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
World Ignores Genocide In Central African Republic Because It’s Not ISIS & There’s No Oil

“I find it difficult to believe that’s it’s not given more attention, but maybe it’s simply that the politics of the situation don’t serve the interests of those shaping what we see,” a journalist tells MintPress. “There’s a reason the crisis in CAR is known as the Forgotten Conflict.”

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Beyond Gentrification: Hundreds Of DC Residents Being Forced From Their Homes

It’s no secret that the nation’s capital is also the country’s capital of gentrification. But when MintPress investigated, we found that the city’s poor residents aren’t just getting squeezed out by skyrocketing rents — they’re victims of forced evictions.

Sean Nevins
By Sean Nevins
Beyond Gentrification: Hundreds Of DC Residents Being Forced From Their Homes

It’s no secret that the nation’s capital is also the country’s capital of gentrification. But when MintPress investigated, we found that the city’s poor residents aren’t just getting squeezed out by skyrocketing rents — they’re victims of forced evictions.

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