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CIFF CAPSULE: “ABACUS — SMALL ENOUGH TO JAIL”

Written by JAKE MULLIGAN Posted September 14, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Film

The punchline to those lone criminal charges—as it’s told in this film by Hoop Dreams [1994] director Steve James—is that Abacus didn’t even contribute to the crisis.

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Abacus Federal Savings Bank, Altmanesque, Camden International Film Festival, CIFF, nonfiction, NYPD, The Accused, Thomas Sung

BLACK AND BLUE: THE DUELING WAYS OF VIEWING COP BEHAVIOR IN BOSTON

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted July 19, 2016 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

In the blue view, Boston is the bright exemption when it comes to rampant bad behavior on the force, and police here typically respect the civil rights of residents.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baton Rouge, Black Lives Matter, Boston, Boston Police Department, Boston police headquarters, Burrell Ramsey-White, Ferguson, mass action against police violence, Missouri, NYPD, police brutality, Protest, shootings, stop and frisk

DO THE RIGHT THING: THE HORROR SHOW FRAMING THE KILLING OF USAAMAH RAHIM

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted June 8, 2015 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

His family wanted to get their story on the record, and it was no surprise.

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, BPD, Brooklyn, Do The Right Thing, Eric Garner, Howie Carr, Joint Terrorism Task Force, NYPD, police brutality, Roslindale, Spike Lee, Usaamah Rahim

HOW ABOUT SHANEKA THOMPSON?

Written by EMILY HOPKINS Posted January 2, 2015 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS

If she’s referenced at all, Thompson is often referred to briefly and without explanation—even though the murder of those cops in Brooklyn started at her place.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Free Radical, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Baltimore, Brooklyn, domestic violence, Emily Hopkins, Ismaaiyl Brinsley, Maryland, murder, NYPD, Owings Mills, police brutality, Shaneka Thompson, shooting

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