Police Violence Archives

Editorial

Police violence on campuses must end

48 Hills - May 1, 2024

Calling in over-militarized state forces to repress non-violent student protests against the war on Gaza is not a solution.

Movies

Screen Grabs: Saluting 25 years of great world cinema (and three Rambos)

Dennis Harvey - August 28, 2023

BAMPFA salutes Rialto Pictures. Plus: A West Oakland classic from 1998 returns at last

Police

Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’

Tim Redmond - May 5, 2022

Why are the taxpayers subsidizing misinformation and spin with a political agenda coming out of a troubled department?

News + Politics

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

Father Richard Smith - May 27, 2021

San Francisco needs to make big changes in policing so this young immigrant didn't die in vain.

Protest

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.

Tim Redmond - April 20, 2021

In a historic moment, jury convicts officer on all counts of killing George Floyd.

Protest

Lawsuit says San Jose police violence caused serious injuries

Garrett Leahy - March 11, 2021

Cops injured people (including a state Assembly member) with needless weapons, says complaint demanding reforms.

Movies

Screen Grabs: A fantastical hybrid from Ivory Coast in ‘Night of the Kings,’ more

Dennis Harvey - February 25, 2021

While the increased demand for streaming content hasn’t greatly diversified the mainstream—Amazon Prime Video just announced a severe curtailing in its documentary acquisitions, a...

News + Politics

OPINION: The importance of prosecuting cops for killings

Bruce Neuburger, Robin Larsen, Dolores Perez Heilbron, and David Heilbron - January 31, 2021

What DA Chesa Boudin is doing will make a huge difference.

News + Politics

Gunman disrupts protest—but community group de-escalates without the cops

Garrett Leahy - January 21, 2021

Activists say the incident shows why defunding the police is possible.

News + Politics

Trump’s riot — and what it means

Tim Redmond - January 6, 2021

The cops let white people with guns assault the Capitol. Are we surprised?

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Police violence on campuses must end

Screen Grabs: Saluting 25 years of great world cinema (and three Rambos)

Exposing ‘copaganda’ as SFPD spends $1.6 million on ‘strategic communications’

DA closes Amilcar Lopez case, but the community trauma still remains

Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.

Lawsuit says San Jose police violence caused serious injuries

Screen Grabs: A fantastical hybrid from Ivory Coast in ‘Night of the Kings,’ more

OPINION: The importance of prosecuting cops for killings

Gunman disrupts protest—but community group de-escalates without the cops

Trump’s riot — and what it means

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