Police Racism

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"Do Not Resist": The Police Militarization Documentary Everyone Should See
Devereaux, Ryan
Article
2016
On a sunny afternoon last summer, Craig Atkinson, a New York City-based filmmaker, stood in a front yard in South Carolina surrounded by several heavily armed police officers. Inside, they found a ter...
The Murder of Walter Scott
Miah, Malik
Article
2015
A video capturing the murder of Walter Scott, an unarmed black man killed by a white police officer, has gone virtal.
My Mother, Stopped for Driving While Black
Mehari, Milen
Article
2016
When the police pulled their guns on my mother, I reached for my phone and told her to be calm and do as they say. My parents and I had just been swarmed by police cars, sirens blaring, as we drove on...
Toronto's Poor: A Rebellious History
Palmer, Bryan D.; Heroux, Gaetan
Book
2016
Toronto’s Poor reveals the long and too often forgotten history of poor people’s resistance. It details how the homeless, the unemployed, and the destitute have struggled to survive and secure food an...