police brutality

During this year's St. Patrick's Day Parade in Pittsburgh, police staged a "Support your Police" rally wearing t-shirts and handing out signs in support of three officers who are under investigation for the brutal beating of Jordan Miles.

Friday at Minneapolis City Hall, Tim Dolan was reappointed as Chief of the Minneapolis Police Department by an 8-5 vote over widespread community opposition. Dolan’s original appointment in 2006 was approved 12-1, and since then his department has overseen the repression of dissent before and after the 2008 RNC; multiple police killings of people of color including Fong Lee; several expensive settlements resulting from false arrests, taser use, and police brutality; the Metro Gang Strike Force scandal; and a culture of disrespect for the law as it applies to police and for the human rights

On January 26^th, the New Broom Coalition hosted a forum asking the question of if the City of Minneapolis should reappoint the police chief, Tim Dolan. Four panelists, Kenneth Brown, a former chair of the Minneapolis Commission on Civil Rights; Dave Bicking, a community activist and current member of the Civilian Review Authority (CRA) board; Michelle Gross, the President of Communities United Against Police Brutality (CUAPB); and Darryl Robinson, the