06 May WITNESS’ “Profiling the Police” Project Wins Shorty Award
News and Events | WITNESSWITNESS’ “Profiling the Police” project won a 2019 Shorty Awards Audience Honor and was a Finalist in the Social activism category.
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27 Dec WITNESS Joins Over 100 Families and Organizations Calling to Repeal NY Police Secrecy Law 50-a
News and Events, Press | matisseWe joined Communities United for Police Reform (CPR) and over 100 organizations and family members of people killed by the police in New York to call for a full repeal of law 50-a.
14 Aug WITNESS to Co-Host Special Screening of HULU Documentary
News and Events | WITNESSCrime and Punishment tells the story of the NYPD12, a group of officers suing the department over instituting arrest and summons quotas that target black and brown communities.
09 Aug WITNESS talks to The Outline about racially insensitive app
News and Events, Press |Our U.S. Program Manager Jackie Zammuto spoke to the publication about how the intersection of policing and technology can be problematic.
18 Jun WITNESS and El Grito Launch “Profiling the Police”
News and Events |Our project investigates how video and open source data gathered by local groups can help corroborate incidents of abuse and help communities tell their own stories.