We absolutely need to defund the police and put the money in social services. To attack inequality and invest in poor and working-class neighborhoods of color, we need a massive increase in public spending. That means wresting resources from the rich. jacobinmag.com/2020/06/defund…

For six days the city was plunged into a state of exception, giving law enforcement carte blanche to attack New Yorkers and interrogate demonstrators. interc.pt/2NADxbU

”I propositionen föreslår regeringen att en ny bestämmelse införs i polislagen som gör det möjligt för en polisman att kroppsvisitera förhörspersoner i samband med förhör i Polismyndighetens och Säkerhetspolisens lokaler”

”Enligt JO har de nämnda bestämmelserna i polislagen brister och är svårtillämpade. (...) Bristerna är enligt JO av den karaktären att de bör lösas av lagstiftaren. JO uppmärksammar därför regeringen på behovet av en översyn av lagstiftningen.”

Protester shoved by Buffalo police released from hospital hill.cm/UTcC0hb

Not so long ago this was "Asia's finest". How quickly things can change. The lessons one learns about policing and politics here are not happy ones

Vi har uppdaterat vår text om dina #rättigheter när du filmar #polisen. snutkoll.se/dina-rattighet…

The “thin blue line” flag is a reminder that much of the policing community sees itself as separate from the rest of society. Imbued with the power to deprive citizens of life and liberty, it does not take kindly to those who challenge its authority. interc.pt/38gmbLd

Police Killed Over 1,000 American Civilians In 2019 ow.ly/tCcr30qVxIU MT Amy Robinson Sterling

Read every word. Then think about all of the film and television you’ve ever seen involving crime and the police. Then think about all of the film and television that every person on Earth has seen about crime and the police. vulture.com/article/police…

Leveraging close ties to Twitter, Dataminr helped law enforcement agencies digitally monitor the protests following the killing of George Floyd, tipping off police to social media posts with the latest whereabouts and actions of demonstrators. interc.pt/325jNpk #BLM

Polisen använder allt fler drönare. Antalet drönarpiloter har gått från 0 till 200 på två år. sverigesradio.se/artikel/7515871

sydsvenskan.se/2020-07-18/alt…

Microsoft has its own mass surveillance platform for cops and has partnered with scores of police surveillance vendors. Microsoft is also pushing platforms to wire police field operations, including drones, robots, and other devices. interc.pt/3hjFJRU

‘Tough on crime’ is meaningless. Crime isn’t something you can be tough on. The expression is a mask to shield us from the discomfort of realising that we impose painful burdens on some of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society on the pretext of reducing crime.

#Policing in the #UK during the #pandemic.

Detroit police now have a duty to intervene when officers use excessive force ow.ly/SkTb30r1Y7y

Ungdomsledaren Mohammed Ali knäades av polis framför sina småsyskon. Nu kräver en rad aktörer från civilsamhället att regeringen utreder ordningsmaktens övervåld: feministisktperspektiv.se/2020/08/03/reg…

Sydsvenskan: sydsvenskan.se/2020-09-14/han…

Snutkoll.se är en digital samlingsplats för rättighetsinformation och perspektiv på polisen som utgår från samhällets sociala behov #polisen