Why Black Cops Are Dangerous to Black Lives
(Originally Published January 9, 2017 in Atlanta Black Star) A soon-to-be-released study set to publish next month in Public Administration Review titled “Will More Black [...]
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When I see them I see us: Policing in a community under occupation, how we resist across movements and promote alternatives
Click here to watch video Kamau Franklin moderated a panel discussion featuring three leading activists on the topic of police and military occupation in the United [...]
An Ode to Obama and the Lie of Equal Grievance
Here is a man of great intelligence and wit. A man with a beautiful smile and an equally intelligent and beautiful wife with two lovely children. He is studied with great [...]
Attorney Kamau Franklin Explains Why the Prosecutor Did Not Secure an Indictment in the Tamir Rice Case- Because We Live in America
Attorney Kamau Franklin in this interview with the Real News Network explains why the prosecutor’s approach in Tamir Rice’s case was flawed from the beginning [...]
How to Put Together a Community Cop-watch Program
After again seeing the importance of video evidence in the recent police killing of Walter Scott I was reminded that close to 18 years ago I participated in developing a [...]
Police Violence and Militarization Town Hall (Part 2, 3 and 4)
In Part 2, 3 and 4 of the Police Violence and Militarization Town Hall discussion hosted by South Organizing Against Racism (SOAR) and the Real News, Kamau Franklin and [...]
Targets no more — ending bad policing
An editorial by Kamau Franklin was published in the Charleston Gazette and in the Atlanta Journal Constitution (although the AJC took the editorial liberty to [...]
Kamau Franklin On Panel about Police Violence and Militarization
On Martin Luther King’s Birthday, Kamau and other organizers came together in Baltimore, Maryland to discuss police violence and militarization. Take a look at the [...]
We Need Demands and Plans to Fight Police Violence
As part of a work project I recently participated in writing a statement addressing racism in the United States and against police violence and militarization in black and [...]
In Defense of Body Cameras – An Important Short Term Movement Demand
Sections of the activist community are challenging the idea of body cameras on police officers. Their objections seem to stem from several rationales: (1) the grand jury’s [...]
