NYPD Officer Indicted for Allegedly Head-Stomping Suspect at Arrest Scene (Video)

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Feb 6, 2015 The incident in Brooklyn, N.Y., last July was captured on video by a bystander. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Truthdigger of the Week: Reverend Billy

BLANK Dec 1, 2013 The leader of the Church of Stop Shopping faces a year in prison for a 15-minute musical protest he and his choir staged in a Chase Bank in Manhattan in September. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Death of Artist Unites Greek Hip-Hop Community Against Fascism

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 1, 2013 The stabbing of Greek rapper Pavlos Fyssas by a sympathizer of Greece's most prominent extreme right party earlier this month has led to the arrest of the group's leadership and the unification of once bitterly opposed rap artists against racism and violence. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Academics Join Opposition to Petraeus Professorship, Violent Arrest of Students

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Sep 21, 2013 Hundreds of professors at the City University of New York and elsewhere are admirably calling for charges to be dropped against six students arrested Tuesday during a protest against former CIA Director Gen. David Petraeus. The academics are also calling for Petraeus to resign from his teaching post at CUNY. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

The Qurans Didn’t Burn, but Maybe the First Amendment Did

BLANK Sep 13, 2013 Florida minister Terry Jones was arrested Wednesday before he could torch thousands of kerosene-soaked Qurans as an anti-Islamist protest. And civil libertarians should be concerned. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Singing and Sidewalk Chalk Seen as New Threats to the Empire

BLANK Aug 30, 2013 Police continue their crackdown on protesters and photographers in Madison, Wis., including the videotaped violent arrest of a man taking pictures. Elsewhere, writing political protests in washable chalk is now a felony. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Ai Weiwei’s New Music Video Is Not About Profanity

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 25, 2013 The dramatic recreation of the rebel artist's 81 days in detention at the hands of the Chinese government is about how an authoritarian state maintains tenuous control over the thoughts and behavior of its citizens. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Update: Justice Department Says No Arrest Made in Boston Marathon Bombing

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2013 The Associated Press, CNN and The Boston Globe had reported earlier in the day that a suspect was in custody. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Jill Stein Arrested During Keystone XL Pipeline Protest

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Nov 1, 2012 The Green Party candidate was detained by authorities and charged with criminal trespassing Wednesday after she tried to deliver supplies to demonstrators in Texas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

L.A. Woman Dies After Arrest That Included Kick in Groin

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Aug 31, 2012 A South Los Angeles woman who had dropped her two children off at a police station later died after an encounter with officers in which one of them kicked her in the groin. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Invisible Children Co-Founder Arrested on Suspicion of Public Drunkenness, Masturbation

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2012 The last couple of weeks have been eventful for the folks behind the Invisible Children charity, what with the near-instant worldwide fame that came from their "Kony 2012" viral video campaign and the ensuing backlash. Now a strange new development has occurred. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

George Clooney Cuffed at Sudanese Embassy Protest

Staff / Truthdig Mar 17, 2012 Can't say the guy doesn't have range. On Friday, George Clooney put his actor/director/good-time-guy persona aside to get serious about what he warned could become a catastrophe of global proportions, the crisis in Sudan, and he went so far as to get arrested in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Washington, D.C., to make his point. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )