Police

‘Stop Cop City’ Movement Wins Big in Court, Given 60 More Days to Gather Signatures

In what’s being hailed as a major victory for those looking to halt construction of a police training facility in a forest near Atlanta, a federal judge in Georgia ruled Thursday that a ban on non-Atlanta residents collecting signatures for a potential ballot measure is unconstitutional.

  • Jul 28, 2023
  • 4:50 PM

Venezuelan Becomes ‘Mother of Movement’ to ‘Stop Cop City’

After her child “Tortuguita” was killed by Georgia State Patrol in January of this year while defending Atlanta’s South River Forest, Belkis Terán, a Venezuelan native now living in Panama, quickly took up the cause that they died fighting for.

  • Jul 11, 2023
  • 1:42 PM

Uvalde Rising (A Latino USA Podcast)

In this episode, a collaboration with Futuro Investigates, Latino USA’s Maria Hinojosa follows this young survivor and her family in their journey to healing.

  • Jun 3, 2023
  • 12:05 PM

Chief Drug Smuggler

Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela welcomes investigative journalist Jonah Owen Lamb from the San Francisco Standard to discuss a wild story out of San Jose, California, where the head of the police union was charged with smuggling fentanyl into the country.

  • Apr 27, 2023
  • 5:10 PM

‘Stop Cop City’: Activists in Atlanta Oppose Proposed Police Training Center

The plan to build the Atlanta Public Safety Training Center, dubbed “Cop City,” has seen people of all backgrounds unite and organize against it, including Atlanta’s Black residents, various religious organizations, Indigenous people, climate activists, college students, and families affected by police violence.

  • Mar 15, 2023
  • 5:03 PM

Justice for Susana Morales

The family of 16-year-old Susana Morales, who went missing while walking home in July 2022, is seeking justice after her body was discovered in early February by police in Gwinnett County, Georgia and the later arrest of a former police officer as a suspect.

  • Mar 14, 2023
  • 5:29 PM

Officer Often Fed Information to Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio

A police officer frequently provided Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio with internal information about law enforcement operations in the weeks before other members of his far-right extremist group stormed the U.S. Capitol, according to messages shown Wednesday at the trial of Tarrio and four associates.

  • Feb 16, 2023
  • 10:21 AM

Police Violence, Self-Hatred, and the Death of Tyre Nichols (OPINION)

Police departments need to do a better job of vetting, training, and supporting officers, so that citizens may regain a healthy respect for those in uniform.

  • Feb 6, 2023
  • 3:59 PM

Rest in Power

Latino Rebels Radio host Julio Ricardo Varela speaks with Lourdes Rosado of LatinoJustice PRLDEF about the latest shocking example of police violence in Memphis and why the death of Tyre Nichols should be met with an equal measure of outrage by Black and Latino communities.

  • Feb 2, 2023
  • 5:49 PM

Brownlisted: What I Saw This Week in Quarantine

This week’s wrap-up comes to you from the cozy confines of quarantine, as senior editor Hector Luis Alamo has managed to catch COVID for only the second time this year.

  • Dec 9, 2022
  • 11:35 AM

My Cop Dad and His Cop Buddies

“This story still stings, but I’ll tell it anyway.”

  • Nov 17, 2022
  • 12:22 PM

Domestic Violence Rampant Among Puerto Rico Police Officers, But Few Face Consequences

In the last 12 years, Puerto Rico police officers or former police officers have killed at least 10 women. More than 800 officers have been arrested for violence against their partners and 1,111 administrative complaints have been filed against them.

  • Nov 10, 2022
  • 12:40 PM

Parents vs. Police (OPINION)

When reports of a shooting at Jefferson High School in San Antonio sent the school into lockdown on September 20, fearful parents attempting to enter the school clashed with police officers outside. After Parkland and Uvalde, parents have every right to distrust the police.

  • Oct 19, 2022
  • 3:01 PM

Former San Antonio Officer Charged in Shooting of 17-Year-Old

Former San Antonio police officer James Brennand, 25, has been charged in the shooting of Erik Cantu, 17, in a McDonald’s parking lot on October 2. The charges — two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon by a public servant— are felonies and could increase if Cantu doesn’t survive his injuries.

  • Oct 12, 2022
  • 5:21 PM

Official: Girl Told 911 ‘Send the Police Now’ as Cops Waited

Students trapped inside a classroom with a gunman repeatedly called 911 during this week’s attack on a Texas elementary school, including one who pleaded, “Please send the police now,” as officers waited in the hallway for more than 45 minutes, authorities said Friday.

  • May 27, 2022
  • 5:55 PM

Report: Latinos Believe in Better Ways to Improve Safety Than Funding Police

Almost all Latinos believe investments in schools, jobs, and housing make their communities safer rather than simply funding police departments, according to a first-of-its-kind study conducted by Mijente and other groups.

  • May 17, 2022
  • 4:00 PM

Union: El Salvador Police Pressured to Meet Arrest Quotas

Some National Civilian Police commanders in El Salvador have been pressuring their officers to meet daily arrest quotas as part of the government’s crackdown on street gangs that have yielded more than 10,000 arrests, a police union said Tuesday.

  • Apr 13, 2022
  • 2:46 PM

No Charges Against Chicago Cops in Shooting Deaths of Adam Toledo and Anthony Alvarez

The Chicago Police officers involved in last year’s shooting deaths of 13-year-old Adam Toledo and 22-year-old Anthony Alvarez will not face criminal charges, Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx said on Tuesday.

  • Mar 15, 2022
  • 7:15 PM

Biden, Democrats Not Interested in Defunding the Police (OPINION)

While using certain crime statistics as a rationale to “re-fund the police” is dishonest, so is the notion that Democrats are taking anything away from law enforcement. Under President Biden, police have received billions in funding with little to no accountability or transparency.

  • Mar 15, 2022
  • 1:34 PM

Amir Locke Protesters Seek Acting Police Chief’s Resignation

A caravan of vehicles drove through Minneapolis demanding justice in the death of Amir Locke, the 22-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police as officers served a no-knock search warrant.

  • Feb 7, 2022
  • 3:10 PM

Biden’s New Year Resolution Should Be Asylum and Immigration Protection For All (OPINION)

As we enter the third year of pandemic life, it is all too easy to forget about the other predicament at our doorsteps: the humanitarian crisis in the U.S.-Mexico border.

  • Dec 27, 2021
  • 1:26 PM

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