Book Reviews and Commentaries
After George Floyd, Who Will Police Minneapolis? by Krithika Varagur Commentary by NYR Daily
The Torture Letters: Reckoning with Police Violence by Laurence Ralph Reviewed by Peter C. Baker The New York Review of Books
Articles/Commentaries
Catholic Bishops in Nigeria Support the #End SARS Protests which Call for an End to Police Brutality in the Country by Jesus Caritas Est Catholic World Report
Police Violence, Homelessness, and Black Lives by Tianna Kelly NAEH
What pro-life Catholics are doing to fight suicide, the death penalty, poverty, hunger, gun violence and police killings, the opioid epidemic and wars by Molly Cahill America
Catholic Disability Group: Linden Cameron Shooting ‘Devastating’ by JD Flynn CNA/National Catholic Register
Breonna Taylor, police brutality, and the importance of #SayHerHame by Melissa Brown and Rashawn Ray Btookings
In Place of Police: The Oregon Experiment by Krithika Varagur NYR Daily
Door-Busting Drug Raids Leave a Trail of Blood. Using SWAT officers to storm into homes to execute search warrants has led time and again to avoidable deaths, gruesome injuries and costly legal settlements. by Kevin Sack The New York Times
Targeted. Pasco’s sheriff created a futuristic program to stop crime before it happens.It monitors and harasses families across the county. by Kathleen McGroty and Neil Bedi Tampa Bay Times
We need to declare a national emergency on deadly policing by Kelly Brown Douglas Religion News Service
The Good, The Bad, The Ugly, and The Beautiful Police and Protesters. by Mark Wilson Patheos
These Countries Reformed Their Brutal, Biased Police. The U.S. Can, Too by Rachel KleinfeldCarnegie Endowment for International Peace
NYPD’s Culture of Impunity Sees an Officer Repeatedly Accused of Physical and Sexual Abuse Rising Through the Ranks by Tana Ganeva The Intercept
Nigerian priests condemn police brutality during lockdown, offer solutions, Since the lockdown began, 18 people have been killed by the police, according to the National Human Rights Commission. by Patrick Egwu The Catholic World Report
Portland Law Firm Alleges Police Brutality on Behalf of Two Victims by Saundra Sorenson The Skanner
18-Year-Old Andres Guardado's Death Prompts More Police Brutality Protests in Los Angeles by Lucy Diavolo Teen Vogue
Trevor Noah Tries to Make Sense of Rayshard Brooks Killing by Christopher Rosen Vanity Fair
Editorial: Defund the police — or at least de-escalate their excessive use of violence by NCR Editorial Staff National Catholic Reporter
Martin Gugino is a Catholic peace activist, not an 'Antifa provocateur,' friends say by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service
How to Talk to Your Kids About Police Brutality. And how to talk to them about anti-racist protesting by Marjories Ingall Tablet
Friends Say Martin Gugino Is More Than an 'Injured Protester' by Jeannie McBridSpectrum News
Police Brutality and the Just War by Jason McCreery, SJ The Jesuit Post
Temecula’s Mayor Steps Down After His Answer to a Police Brutality Question by City News Service
How to actually stop police brutality, according to science by Stephanie Pappas Live Science
Police Brutality and the Just War by Jason McCreery, SJ The Jesuit Post
Police Brutality & Protest. George Floyd’s Murder Must Bring Change by The Editors Commonweal
Chicago Police Are 14 Times More Likely to Use Force by The Intercept.
14 high-profile police-related deaths of U.S. blacks by Associated Press
We Can End Police Violence in America by Campaign Zero