‘Let Kimani Be the Last’: After 16-Year-Old’s Killing, East Flatbush Rebels Against Police Violence
16-year-old Kimani Gray was killed by police on Saturday, March 9 in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Every evening since, crowds…
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Anger Erupts in Brooklyn at the NYPD
The NYPD has murdered another young Black man, and now the cops are trying to smear his name to…
Will the Machine Rage Against Kelly?
Ever since the New York Civil Liberties Union revealed this spring that the city’s police department stopped and frisked…
‘Brutality is not just physical’: One view of police violence at Occupy Wall Street
Nkrumah Tinsley, a 29-year-old black man from the Bronx, doesn’t necessarily have a problem with all cops. “Thank you…
Occupy Wall Street has signaled the changing weather of a looming “American Autumn” and consequently galvanized the progressive movement.…
Six New Orleans Police Charged in Post-Katrina Killings, But Activists Say Deeper Change is Needed
This week, federal officials charged six current and former New Orleans police officers in connection with the killing of…
The legal struggle continues for South Bronx-based hip-hop activists Rodrigo and Gonzalo Venegas, who were aggressively arrested by New…
Institutionalized Racism and the Aftermath of Sean Bell
Check out IndyVideo’s newest vid: Sean Bell: 50 Shots and Counting. It looks at the institutionalize racism behind the…
Rookie Cop Slams Cyclist, Lies
The video shot by a tourist as the Manhattan Critical Mass bike ride made its way through Times Square…
Amateur Video Puts Police Perjury in Focus
Officer Patrick Pogan must have wanted to show off to his colleague at the July 25 Critical Mass bike…