July 8, 2016

Snipers kill five police officers and wound six after a peaceful protest in Dallas.

Police say suspect was upset about the latest recent police shootings, wanted to kill white officers.

Obama: “Today is a wrenching reminder of the sacrifices [that police officers] make for us.”

Thanks to videos captured with phones, judges, prosecutors, and the public trust the police less.

Smartphones push police reform by forcing white people to confront unpleasant realities about law enforcement. #opinions

What happens to bystanders who film acts of police violence.

Fatal police shootings are up nearly six percent over this time last year.

The media’s tolerance for broadcasts of police killing African-Americans reflects an unconscious devaluing of black life. #opinions

Tips for self-care when police brutality has you questioning your humanity.

A cheap, unreliable field drug test used by many police departments sends innocent people, mostly black, to jail.

When police depend on tickets to make money, it is reasonable to assume they will ticket more people.

For years, the Chicago PD allowed its union to send a spokesman to shooting sites and lie about the victims.

How the age of mass incarceration has ripped apart countless black families.

If the NRA won’t advocate for family of #PhilandoCastille, then it’s an organization of paranoid white grievance and not gun rights.

Three gun instructors on whether or not black people are at risk by carrying concealed weapons.

Michael Brown’s mom: Mothers are expected to keep the peace and to work for change; but nothing changes.

Gay: If the video of his father’s death feels too familiar, the video of a child’s raw and enormous grief must not.

People are destroyed very easily. James Baldwin’s “Report From Occupied Territory.”

Sotomayor: People who are routinely targeted by police are not “isolated;” they are the canaries in the coal mine whose deaths are warnings.

In case you missed it, or want to reread: The case for reparations. #longreads

A successful escape can be a solitary act, but oftentimes it is a collective accomplishment. How to run from the police.

Unrelated: Martin Shkreli moves on from Wu-Tang records, now wants rare Magic: The Gathering! cards.

by via The Morning News