A Majority of Minneapolis Councilmembers Vowed to Dismantle the City’s Police Department
A large crowd gathered for a community meeting in Powderhorn Park in Minneapolis on Sunday.Julia Lurie/Mother Jones For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.At a community rally at Powderhorn Park this afternoon, 9 of Minneapolis’ 12 city councilmembers showed up and pledged to dismantle the city’s police department,…
Attorney General Barr Says the Law Enforcement System Is Not Racist
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On CBS’s Face the Nation on Sunday, Attorney General William Barr acknowledged that though racism exists, he doesn’t think the criminal justice system that disproportionately arrests, imprisons, and kills Black people is racist. “I think there’s racism in the United…
“Ring Down the Curtain”: What Protests Mean for a Nation Already in Crisis
A protester holds up a portrait of George Floyd during a “Black Lives Matter” demonstration in front of the Brooklyn Library and Grand Army Plaza on June 5, 2020 in Brooklyn, New York.Angela Weiss/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.This piece was originally published in Grist and appears…
Massive Crowds Protest Police Violence
Hundreds of people take part in a protest at the Martin Luther King Memorial in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2020. Rod Lamkey Jr./Sipa via AP Images For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.For more than a week, Americans have been in the streets to protest the murders…
Here’s Where the Movement to Defund Police Is Gaining Momentum
Matt York/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.In Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday, resident after masked resident lined up outside a public hearing on the city’s budget. They waited, in some cases for hours, for their turn to share the same message with the city council: It was…
“I Refuse to Transport Radical Youth to Jail”: More and More City Bus Drivers Are Done Helping Cops.
An arrested protestor looks out of a bus at a Brooklyn protest against the police killing of George Floyd on May 29, 2020. (Joel Marklund/Bildbyran via ZUMA) For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Bus drivers around the country are refusing police demands to cart detained protestors to jail—and…