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In 2024, police in the U.S. killed 1,375 people, the highest number ever recorded.
The movement we are seeking to build puts families and loved ones of the victims of police murder at the forefront, reviving a powerful weapon against police brutality.
We will unite all who can be united in this struggle, regardless of identity. And we will reject begging for reforms from politicians in favor of mass action...
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One Big Miss Revisited
On September 19th, Salvador was beat up and arrested by the 10th District Police in Chicago. He was thrown to the ground and was coughing up blood, arrested for “assault” for allegedly saying “cop killer” in front of CPD. A paraplegic, he told the…
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On The Potential Retrial of Brad Lunsford
On August 2nd, 2022, Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford, a white man, shot Presley Eze, a Black man, in the back of the head at a gas station. Lunsford and LCPD left Presley Eze’s dead body lying on the ground in the heat…
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Free Adrian Rucker
The following is a letter from 25-year-old Adrian Rucker, the young man arrested “in connection” to the June 5th killing of CPD officer Krystal Rivera, with minor grammatical edits. Rivera was shot from behind by her partner, Carlos Baker, a Chicago cop with a…
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Send Killer Cop Lunsford to Prison!
In August 2022, Las Cruces Police Officer, Brad Lunsford, shot Presley Eze in the back of the head. This public execution of a Black man made Eze one of the 32 people whose lives were stolen by police in NM that year. What is…
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Rinse & Repeat
Why reforms can be unreformed in the talk shop of legislative politics On August 22nd, the Chicago Sun-Times published an article citing the reversals of six high-profile misconduct rulings enacted by the Civilian Office of Police Accountability (COPA). In all but two cases, COPA…
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Get Organized for October 22nd!
O22 National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality Since 2020, over 7,000 people across the United States have been killed by police, and every year is more deadly than the last. The mass rebellion in response to the public execution of George Floyd,…
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FREE VINCENT HILL!
A letter from Vincent from inside Cook County Jail Hello My Name is Vincent Hill. I recently received a newsletter from Dare to Struggle. Thank you for taking time out your day to reach out to me, as I’m eager to tell my story…
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Why Dare to Struggle members refused to take a plea deal, and why we need to fight the NYPD’s mass arrest playbook
At a court appearance in November, four people, including three members of Dare to Struggle, refused to take deals from a judge after we were arrested in Brownsville, Brooklyn on the October 22nd National Day of Protest Against Police Brutality.
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Fighting political repression or staying silent and letting the lawyers handle it
From Dare to Struggle’s inception, we’ve had to contend with various Leftist myths in opposition to our mission statement, such as “you have to give people free food before you can try to organize them,” or “you can’t talk to people about politics who…
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Dare to Struggle Takes on O22 Nationwide!
On October 22, 2024, Dare To Struggle held rallies and marches in 6 cities marking the national day of protest to stop police brutality. From coast to coast, we brought forward family members and loved ones of police violence victims to speak up and…
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