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Category: Written Accounts

People’s Tribunal on Police Brutality (Full Transcript)

People’s Tribunal on Police Brutality (Full Transcript)

April 11, 2015 September 2, 2025
Categories: Community Response, Family Members, Written Accounts Tags: Abu-Graib Afrikan Heritage House Alicia Kirkman Alicia McDuffy Amadou Diallo Angelo Miller Art Blakey Art Palace Bill Swain Cephus Johnson(Uncle Bobby) Clarence Jones Community Policing Craig Bickerstaff DeShawn Castleberry Dr. Ed McKinney Ed Little Eleanor Holmes Norton Emmett Till Eric Garner Faheem Khabeer Frederick Douglass Genevieve Mitchell Grafton Prison Jeremy Brustein John Crawford Jordan Davis Josephine Smith Kendrick Johnson Kiana Nicole Blakey Lorton Penitentary mass incarceration Michael Brown New York City Oberlin College Officer Darren Wilson Officer Dennis Hill Officer John Lundy People's Tribunal 2015 Portland OR Police Department Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome Prison Corruption Prison Violence Puncture the Silence Reverend Leah Lewis Rodney King Ron Davis Roy Bryant RTA Police Department Seattle Police Department sexual trauma Shemariah Arki Stop Mass Incarceration Network systemic injustice Tamir Rice Tanisha Anderson Tracy Martin Walter Scott Women's Reintegration Center Youngstown Penitentary Zora Neal Hurston
Bill Swain Remembers Brandon Jones

Bill Swain Remembers Brandon Jones

March 15, 2015 March 3, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Visual Accounts, Written Accounts Tags: Bill Swain Brandon Jones Carol Steiner Cleveland Police Department Memorial Poster Interviews 2017 Puncture the Silence Revolutionary Communist Party Tanya Brown
Letter Announcing An Arrest on Nov. 25, 2014

Letter Announcing An Arrest on Nov. 25, 2014

December 23, 2014 May 3, 2023
Categories: Art, Community Response, Written Accounts Tags: Darren Wilson Jeremy Brustein Protest Puncture the Silence
“The Silence Was Punctured” in Cleveland on November 25, 2014, a Puncture The Silence Letter

“The Silence Was Punctured” in Cleveland on November 25, 2014, a Puncture The Silence Letter

November 29, 2014 March 4, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Written Accounts Tags: Michael Brown Officer Darren Wilson police killing Protest Puncture the Silence
Bill Swain, Revolutionary Communist Party, Poster Remembering Tamir Rice

Bill Swain, Revolutionary Communist Party, Poster Remembering Tamir Rice

November 22, 2014 February 18, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Visual Accounts, Written Accounts Tags: Bill Swain Carol Steiner Cleveland Police Department Ferguson MO Michael Brown police killing Revolutionary Communist Party Samaria Rice Tamir Rice
Bill Swain Remembers Tanisha Anderson

Bill Swain Remembers Tanisha Anderson

November 13, 2014 February 18, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Visual Accounts, Written Accounts Tags: Bill Swain Carol Steiner Cleveland Police Department Memorial Poster Interviews 2017 mental health police killing Puncture the Silence Revolutionary Communist Party Tanisha Anderson
“October 22 Was a Breath of Fresh Air”–Puncture The Silence Eblast

“October 22 Was a Breath of Fresh Air”–Puncture The Silence Eblast

October 23, 2014 May 3, 2023
Categories: Art, Community Response, Written Accounts Tags: October 22 Coalition Against Police Brutality police killing Protest Puncture the Silence Stop Mass Incarceration Network
Essays on prison and parole board experiences

Essays on prison and parole board experiences

October 9, 2014 January 27, 2022
Categories: Art, Community Response, Research, Written Accounts Tags: Gary Mohr incarceration Judge Maureen O'Connor
Bill Swain Remembers Kendrick Brown

Bill Swain Remembers Kendrick Brown

September 2, 2014 February 6, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Visual Accounts, Written Accounts Tags: Bill Swain Carol Steiner Cleveland Police Department Kendrick Brown police killing Puncture the Silence Revolutionary Communist Party
Bill Swain Remembers Daniel Ficker

Bill Swain Remembers Daniel Ficker

July 4, 2011 February 4, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Visual Accounts, Written Accounts Tags: Bill Swain Carol Steiner Cleveland Police Department Daniel Ficker Memorial Poster Interviews 2017 Parma OH Puncture the Silence Revolutionary Communist Party

Bill Swain Remembers Aaron Steele

May 8, 2007 February 4, 2026
Categories: Community Response, Written Accounts Tags: Aaron Steele Bill Swain Carol Steiner Cleveland Police Department Memorial Poster Interviews 2017 police killing Puncture the Silence Revolutionary Communist Party weapons
Bill Swain Remembers Brandon McCloud

Bill Swain Remembers Brandon McCloud

September 1, 2005 February 4, 2026
Categories: Art, Community Response, Visual Accounts, Written Accounts Tags: Bill Swain Brandon McCloud Carol Steiner City of Cleveland Prosecutor Cleveland Police Department Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Memorial Poster Interviews 2017 police killing police profiling Puncture the Silence Revolutionary Communist Party systemic injustice
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