Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Police Misconduct

Toxic Car Ads: Chevy Colorado vs. Audi A3

By Kea Wilson | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments

There's nothing funny about all the ways that excessive driving harms our society...but car companies still try to get a few jokes in here and there.

Op-Ed: How Berkeley Is De-Policing Traffic Enforcement

By Rigel Robinson and Ben Gerhardstein | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments

Consistent with Vision Zero principles, we want to ensure all street users feel and are safe from harm while in public space. To achieve this vision we have a duty to work to end police violence associated with traffic enforcement.

George Floyd street art painted on plywood at Salons by jc Uptown in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Image Source: Lorie Shaull, CC

Police Killings Undercounted By More Than Half

By Moshen Naghavi, Eve Wool and Fablina Sharara | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

The number of people killed by police officers in the U.S. has been massively underreported in official statistics over the past four decades, with an additional 17,000 deaths over that period, according to our new research.

STUDY: How We Talk About Racism in Transportation

By Sarah Brown | Sep 15, 2021 | No Comments

For too long, the rhetoric around active mobility has been deeply rooted in White supremacy, classism, and other intersecting oppressions that violate our fundamental and collective human rights.

Report: To Make Transit Safe, Rethink Transit Cops

By Kea Wilson | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments

Transit agencies need to do more to make sure their networks are comprehensively safe — and that may include reforming, defunding, or outright removing police from these critical public spaces, a new report argues.