The California legislature granted a charter to the new community of Oakland in 1862, and a year later, the town council appointed three peace officers. When it

In When Riot Cops Are Not Enough, sociologist and activist Mike King examines the policing, and broader political repression, of the Occupy Oakland movement dur

Over 13 months in 1976-1977, four children were abducted in the Detroit suburbs, each of them held for days before their still-warm bodies were dumped in the sn

Provides insights to why police abuse African Americans, and what can be done about it.