
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…

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…

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…

Cook County State’s Attorney Eileen O’Neill Burke’s sadist mission to expedite detention at Cook County Jail and swell the mass incarceration machine On August 4th, the Illinois Network for Pretrial Justice released a report stating that the number of incarcerated persons at Cook County…

LONG LIVE THE BATTLE OF L.A.! On June 6th, Trump directed ICE agents to massively escalate their crackdown on immigrants in LA and across the country. They chased people down in the Fashion District, hunted for jornaleros in Home Depot parking lots, and slammed…


Timothy Glaze was murdered by CPD on January 3rd, 2025. This statement was given at a protest outside the 10th district police precinct which employs his killers on January 8th. When I think of how Timothy Glaze was executed by CPD pigs and taken…

THE MYTH OF POLICE ACCOUNTABILITY IN CHICAGO On November 7, 2024, the Chicago Alliance Against Racial & Political Repression (CAARPR) held a “Day After the Election Rally” in downtown Chicago to protest the incoming Trump presidency. In front of a crowd of hundreds, one…

An interview with a Chicago Police district council member Every time we go out to talk to people on the streets about their experiences with the Chicago Police Department, Dare to Struggle hears stories about the routine harassment and abuse that young Black and…

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…