Oscar Grant
VICE Exclusive: Watch the Mother's Day Premiere of 'Happy Birthday Oscar Grant, Love Mom'
Six years after Oscar Grant's tragic death at the hands of the police in Oakland, filmmaker Mohammad Gorjestani visited Grant's family, friends, and others in the community as they celebrate his birthday.
We Spoke to the Activist Behind #BlackLivesMatter About Racism in Britain and America
"Britain has done a great job as painting itself as the humanitarian, with the US being the torturer. But that shit ain't true."
Ferguson's State of Emergency Proves America's Social Contract Has Been Broken
When the government must prepare for unrest because injustice is expected from the justice system, the government's legitimacy must be called into question.
Militarized Cops Pretend to Fight Terrorists in Oakland
Urban Shield is a 48-hour training exercise for law enforcement agencies held in Northern California. The idea is to prepare the police for future terrorist attacks—but it's really just a bunch of officers playing war games.
How Dare Mayor de Blasio Tell New Yorkers To Submit to the NYPD
In the midst of national outrage over police killing unarmed black men, no one should urge faith in the criminal justice system.
If Filming Cops is ‘Interference,’ It’s the Least We Can Do
NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton offers a vile defense of officers caught on camera brutalizing and killing civilians.
The Right to Film Cops Is Important, but It's No Justice
A federal court rules that cops can't arrest you for filming them. But this doesn't end impunity or brutality.