Senate Judiciary A Committee Chairman Sean Tindell, R-Gulfport, peers at lawmakers as he describes legislation prohibiting sanctuary cities and requiring local cooperation with federal immigration control, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss. (AP/Rogelio V. Solis)

Mississippi Senate Passes Bill To Kill Sanctuary Cities

Days after the Trump administration issued a report aimed at scaring “jurisdictions into becoming deportation agents,” is poised to enact an anti-sanctuary cities law.

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Trump Uses Attacks To Justify Counter-Productive Anti-Muslim Policies

“You’ve known my plans all along and I’ve been proven to be right,” Trump said Wednesday.

Trump Uses Attacks To Justify Counter-Productive Anti-Muslim Policies

(ANALYSIS) — President-elect Donald Trump's plans for a Muslim ban or registry are still on the table, he suggested Wednesday afternoon, implying that the deadly attacks this week in Turkey and

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Off-Duty Black Cop Profiled And Beaten By White Officer

I went to the ground I kept saying, ‘I’m the police, I’m the police.’ There were two other officers there. I felt their presence and they placed me in handcuffs, and then somebody hit me in the right side of my face.”

Off-Duty Black Cop Profiled And Beaten By White Officer

An off duty D.C. police officer says he was brutalized by a Prince George’s County police officer who profiled him as a suspect after a shooting at Iverson Mall on Tuesday. A few minutes after a man was shot and wounded at the mall, Prince George’s County police descended on the Temple Hills neighborhood looking for a suspect who was only

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VIDEO: 2 Black Guys Make Cop Look Foolish For Racially Profiling Them In Their Own Neighborhood

While the video is indeed hilarious, it highlights the troublesome and dangerous problem of racial profiling.

VIDEO: 2 Black Guys Make Cop Look Foolish For Racially Profiling Them In Their Own Neighborhood

Randolph County, NC — In a scathing case of racial profiling, a Randolph County sheriff’s deputy harassed two innocent young black men — because they were in a neighborhood apparently too rich or too white for their skin color. The entire interaction was caught on

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FBI Ordered To Disclose Surveillance Tactics On Muslim Communities

As the FBI has expanded its activities to include generalized monitoring and surveillance, unconnected to any suspected criminal activity, it is critical that records related to those broad surveillance programs be available for public scrutiny.

Craig Monteilh, who says he infiltrated Southern California mosques as an FBI informant and wants to clear his name of suspicions he might have promoted terrorist activities, is reflected in a computer-screen image of an e-mail from Ahmadullah Sais Niazi titled "Jihad Taboo and Muslim Pussycat Peaceniks," in Irvine, Calif., Tursday, Feb. 26,

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If You Thought Stop-And-Frisk Was Bad, You Should Know About Jump-Outs

A jump-out is typically described as multiple officers patrolling in an unmarked car, who at some point see something suspicious, and jump out of the car at once on unsuspecting pedestrians, with the intent of catching them off guard. Overwhelmingly, the jump-outs that have been reported involve at least one black male.

Iman Hadieh was standing outside a bar smoking with some new friends on the evening of October 6 when the police cars came. It was about eight young black men, and her, a woman of Palestinian origin who describes herself as white. “I can’t tell you how many vehicles descended upon us because it all happened so fast,” she said. The cars were

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Does A Wider Definition Of Racial Profiling Protect Civil Liberties?

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering expanding its rules against racial profiling in order to protect more Americans from having their civil rights violated, an unnamed government official said Wednesday.

Does A Wider Definition Of Racial Profiling Protect Civil Liberties?

The U.S. Department of Justice is considering expanding its rules against racial profiling in order to protect more Americans from having their civil rights violated, an unnamed government official said Wednesday. Encouraged by civil rights groups who say that law enforcement unfairly targeted Latinos when it came to immigration cases and

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Katie Rucke

Katie Rucke is a MintPress staff writer and investigative report specializing in the war on drugs, criminal justice, marijuana legislation, education and watchdog investigations as well as whistle-blowers. Her investigations related to the coverage of the 2010 Toyota recall scandal, and coverage of the trials of Anonymous hacker and proclaimed activist Jeremy Hammond as well as Bradley Manning have received international acclaim. Rucke has been recommended by the Wikileaks organization as a trusted journalist in 2013. Rucke has also written pieces for Yahoo! and various community magazines. Follow Katie on Twitter: @katierucke

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