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NYPD Commissioner Invokes #BlackLivesMatter Protests to Justify New “Anti-Terrorism” Unit. New York Police Department commissioner Bill Bratton on Thursday unveiled plans for a new “anti-terrorism strike force” that would designate 350 officers to respond to special emergencies—including public protests—with a new wave of machine guns, long rifles, advanced technology, and “extra protective gear.”
‘Unconstitutional… Unconscionable’: Texas Executes Intellectually Disabled Man. Ladd’s death highlights Texas’s continued thwarting of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings, which not only protect the mentally challenged from execution, but also require that death penalty states use medically scientific definitions of those disabilities, rather than imposing their own standards.
Vanguard of the Revolution: New Film Chronicles Rise of Black Panthers & FBI’s War Against Them. With groups around the country taking on issues of police brutality and accountability, we go back 50 years to another movement confronting the same issues.