Women of color are disproportionately targeted by the war on drugs and broken windows policing.
police violence
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The War on Drugs Is a War on Women of Color
Women of color are disproportionately targeted by the war on drugs and broken windows policing.
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In the 1970s, It Was The Police That Made Made Detroit’s Streets Deadly
A special police unit terrorized the innocent and murdered the unarmed in the years after Detroit’s race riots.
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The Case for More Female Cops
Nearly nine out of ten cops are men. Sarah Smarsh discusses the police force’s gender problem and a Wichita woman’s efforts inside the criminal justice system that failed her.