Aiyana Jones

Do TV Cameras Make Cops More Aggressive?

AP | COREY WILLIAMS and JEFF KAROUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — When police burst into a home in search of a murder suspect, a reality TV crew documented the raid – and may have recorded the d...

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SWAT Raids: No One Is Safe

David Borden | Posted 05.25.2011

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David Borden

Today, SWAT is deployed more than 50,000 times annually. Proliferation of this aggressive, militarized tactic has seen a steady drumbeat of heart attacks, fires, and killings resulting directly from it.

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Detroit: A Model of Renewal for the U.S. Social Forum?

Sarah van Gelder | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sarah van Gelder

Detroit was not an accidental choice for the U.S. Social Forum. It is a city in the midst of a rebirth from the bottom up, and the organizers knew this well when they chose Detroit for the second USSF.

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Aiyana Jones, 7-Year-Old Shot And Killed By Detroit Police, Was Sleeping According To Family

AP | COREY WILLIAMS and ED WHITE | Posted 05.25.2011

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DETROIT — Police who carried out a raid on a family home that left a 7-year-old girl dead over the weekend were accompanied by a camera crew for...

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