Civil Rights and Media Justice groups across the country released a set of civil rights principles for the use body worn cameras by police. The principles outline the need for civil rights protections in the development of local policies regarding the use of cameras including creating public access to the footage and limitations on use. …
Reposted with permission from Equal Future Since we released our Body Worn Camera Policy Scorecard together with the Leadership Conference last November, body cameras have gained even more attention and traction nationwide. Many more departments are adopting the new technology in hopes of increasing transparency, but many incidents have already occurred where an officer failed to record …
Reposted with permission from WITNESS At WITNESS we are all in on the power of video. After almost 25 years in existence, we’ve come to believe that how and why a video is created is just as important as what it captures. That’s why we’ve watched closely as military and police departments around the world …
Brian Dolinar, of Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center (UCIMC). UCIMC is an member of MAG-Net. In the Midwestern college town where I live, when a dash camera captured footage of a police officer choking a Black youth in the back seat of a squad car, it was not released until leaked to grassroots activists and posted …
Facial recognition doesn’t work. And in the hands of California police it will be used to further criminalize communities of color.
Law enforcement agencies nationwide are adapting to the digital age in ways that extend the powers of the United States’ already racially biased criminal legal system. We demand more transparency and less policing.
From white supremacists in the White House to corporate takeovers of the internet, it’s been a challenging year to say the least. But, one thing was clear to us at CMJ: we knew we could count on you to fight by our side at every turn. You helped us accomplish all of this and more …
Whether it is in Palestine or any other oppressed people, we support people’s right to stay in their homes and be free from the violence of occupation. We condemn the Israeli occupation of Palestine and stand in support of Palestinian resistance. Our movement for media justice is inextricably intertwined with the struggle for Palestinian liberation. …
April 7th, 2023 is MediaJustice’s 14th birthday as an organization. To celebrate, we’ve gone, well, vogue and asked Executive Director Steven Renderos to answer 25 questions about MJ, this political moment, and what role media justice organizers have to play in creating a future where we are all represented, connected, and free. Most importantly, you …