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We Should Still Defund the Police

Cuts to public services that might mitigate poverty and promote social mobility have become a perpetual excuse for more policing.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor via The New Yorker on August 14, 2020
Drawing of two men on horse overlaid with writing regarding prejudice and civil rights

The 14th Amendment Was Meant to Be a Protection Against State Violence

The Supreme Court has betrayed the promise of equal citizenship by allowing police to arrest and kill Americans at will.
by David H. Gans via The Atlantic on July 19, 2020
Militarized police and an armored car.

The Racist Origins of U.S. Policing

Modern policing is linked to overseas colonial projects of conquest, occupation, and rule. Demilitarization requires uprooting that worldview.
by Julian Go via Foreign Affairs on July 16, 2020

The Invention of the Police

Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
by Jill Lepore via The New Yorker on July 13, 2020
Seattle police dressed in riot gear, standing in front of graffiti that reads "abolish the cops."

Police Reform Hasn't Stopped the Killings Before. It Won't Now Either.

Police reform is a time-honored counter-insurgency measure to quell rebellion.
by Garrett Felber via Truthout on July 5, 2020
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Liberal Reform Threatens to Expand the Police Power – Just as it Did in the Past

How calls for “real reforms” have resulted in measures that further shield police from real accountability.
by Max Felker-Kantor via HNN on June 28, 2020
NYPD officers in front of an American flag.

There’s Truth in Numbers in Policing – Until There Isn’t

To hold the police accountable for misconduct, data related to police violence must not only become more accessible, it must also become more reliable.
by Carl Suddler via Brookings on June 26, 2020
Police officer behind yellow police tape.

Police Reform Won’t Fix a System That Was Built to Abuse Power

The history of American policing shows that it was designed to eat up resources and subjugate the civilian population.
by Stuart Schrader via The Nation on June 12, 2020
A man in a blue check suit with news microphones pointed at him gestures to rows of uniformed police officers standing behind him.
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The Long Tie Between Police Unions and Police Violence — and What to do About It

Limits on when police can use force is a better solution than banning police unions.
by Aaron Bekemeyer via Made By History on June 9, 2020

Yes, American Police Act Like Occupying Armies. They Literally Studied Their Tactics

The founders of modern policing quelled foreign uprisings. ‘Demilitarizing’ police will be harder than taking away their tanks.
by Stuart Schrader via The Guardian on June 8, 2020
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The Police Chief Who Inspired Trump’s Tweet Glorifying Violence

Trump echoed a former Miami police chief’s anti-black words and animus.
by Julio Capó Jr. via Made By History on June 1, 2020
Silhouetted soldiers with guns in the street at night

The Imperial History of US Policing: An Interview with Stuart Schrader

Dan Berger interviews Stuart Schrader about his new book on US imperialism.
by Dan Berger, Stuart Schrader via Black Perspectives on January 29, 2020

The Thick Blue Line

How the United States became the world’s police force.
by Patrick Blanchfield via Bookforum on December 2, 2019

How Cars Transformed Policing

Most communities barely had a police force and citizens shared responsibility for enforcing laws. Then the car changed everything.
by Sarah A. Seo via Boston Review on June 3, 2019
Police car.
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What the Loss of the New York Police Museum Means for Criminal-Justice Reform

Without historical records, we lose key insights into how law enforcement works — and how it fails.
by Matthew Guariglia via Made By History on May 22, 2019
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Why We Can — and Must — Create a Fairer System of Traffic Enforcement

The discretionary nature of traffic enforcement has left it ripe for abuse.
by Sarah A. Seo via Made By History on May 15, 2019

Bad Boys

How “Cops” became the most polarizing reality TV show in America.
by Tim Stelloh via The Marshall Project on January 22, 2018

The Long History of Black Officers Reforming Policing From Within

Some police are becoming more vocal advocates of change. But the project of ending racial bias in policing is a decades-old one.
by Taylor Hosking via The Atlantic on December 5, 2017

Policing the Community

Today, many politicians claim a community approach means soft on crime. Birmingham's Johnnie Johnson Jr. disagrees.
by Lanier Isom via The Bitter Southerner on July 18, 2017

Policing the Colony: From the American Revolution to Ferguson

King George's tax collectors abused police powers to fill his coffers. Sound familiar?
by Chris Hayes via The Nation on March 29, 2017

The Canine Terror

Since slavery, dogs have been used to intimidate and control African Americans.
by Tyler D. Parry, Charlton W. Yingling via Jacobin on May 19, 2016
Two members of a teenage street gang are taken into the 9th Precinct police station after their arrest in New York City.

The Forgotten Law That Gave Police Nearly Unlimited Power

The vagrancy law regime regulated so much more than what is generally considered “vagrancy.”
by Risa Goluboff via TIME on February 1, 2016
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Who Is the Black Cop?

What is it like to be a Black police officer, and how does the Black community feel about these officers?
by Black Journal via American Archive of Public Broadcasting on June 23, 1969
A man stealing a painting, with images of maps, fingerprints, rings, and a building.

The Hardest-Working Art Thief in History

The 'Social Register' was a who’s who of America’s rich and powerful. It was also the perfect hit list.
by Jack Rodolico via The Atavist on October 25, 2025
Pete and Charlotte O'Neal at the United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC) in Tanzania.

The Black Panthers Who Never Came Home

Fifty-nine years after Huey Newton and Bobby Seale founded the Black Panthers, Charlotte and Pete O’Neal remain in exile in Tanzania.
by Jaclynn Ashly via Jacobin on October 15, 2025
The unveiling of the Deak Monument, statue of Ferenc Deak, in Budapest 1887.

Transatlantic Perspective on Liberty

Rose Wilder Lane in the 1930s decried Europe's repressive government. Who's freer now?
by Paul Schwennesen via Law & Liberty on October 15, 2025
A blind person with a tray of pencils, bootlaces and almanacs to sell, with his dog wearing a collection cup.

Ugly Laws: The Blueprint for Trump’s Anti-Homeless Crusade

DC’s crackdown is just the latest in a long war on being poor and disabled in public.
by Julia Métraux via Mother Jones on August 22, 2025
Cypress Hills, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Exceptional Policing: American perspectives on the Cypress Hills Massacre

Bringing historical perspective to the current moment of nationalism redux and US-Canada border complexity.
by Max Hamon via Borealia: Early Canadian History on July 9, 2025
Atlanta Journal Constitution newspaper reimagined as Atlanta Cop City dripping blood.

From the Atlanta Race Massacre to Cop City: The AJC Incites Harm

The AJC wielded its editorial power to pave the path for Cop City and the 1906 race massacre, directly harming Black Atlantans.
by Aja Arnold via Scalawag on June 11, 2025
Militarized National Guard confronts peaceful protesters in Los Angeles, 2025.

What History Tells Us to Expect From Trump’s Escalation in Los Angeles Protests

Since the 1960s, studies have shown that heavy-handed policing and militarized responses tend to make protests more volatile — not less.
by Jamiles Lartey via The Marshall Project on June 9, 2025
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