Michael Harriot

Baltimore Cops Kept Toy Guns to Plant on Their Shooting Victims

“Maybe Baltimore is indicative of police departments all over the country. Maybe they’re like the one in Cleveland, which hired the cop who killed Tamir Rice after he was fired by another police department.”

Michael Harriot
By Michael Harriot
Members of the Baltimore Police Department stand guard outside the department's Western District police station during a protest in response to Freddie Gray's death in Baltimore. (AP/Patrick Semansky)

In April 2016, a 13-year-old boy was shot by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. The boy ran when faced with the police, so they gave chase. During the chase, the police spotted the boy holding a gun, and when he turned, they shot the teenager. The youngster wasn’t critically injured, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case of a

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St. Louis Police Declare All-Out War On Protesters, Media And Even Themselves

St. Louis Police have been engaged in a quasi-state of martial law, arresting and assaulting bystanders, member of the media and even an undercover police officer.

Michael Harriot
By Michael Harriot
Police arrest a man as they try to clear a crowd Saturday, Sept. 16, 2017, in University City, Mo. Earlier, protesters marched peacefully in response to a not guilty verdict in the trial of former St. Louis police officer Jason Stockley. (AP/Jeff Roberson)

Before Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Police Officer Jason Stockley not guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Anthony Lamar Smith, St. Louis activists and religious leaders warned that it could get ugly. They said they were going to “shut it down.” They were right about the “ugly” part. Since then, every corner of St.

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