In 2021, we compiled a brief history of Vermont cops lying. We have updated this article to include documented instances of Vermont State Troopers, County Sheriffs, and local police lying to residents, oversight boards, and politicians.
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Over the last year, the Rake Vermont has scoured newspaper archives to catalogue every instance in which Vermont police used their position of power to lie to the public, steal from neighbors, assault and rape both strangers and family alike, and discriminate and harass marginalized residents because of their identity.
I’d like to offer my perspective as a way of asking you to reconsider social media and chat thread posts about seeing ICE vehicles without a clear understanding of how harmful these words (especially when unvetted and unconfirmed) are to vulnerable folks in our community.
Dozens of Vermonters rallied and raised a ruckus this morning to protest the planned expansion of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Williston. “Today we are sounding the alarm on ICE,” said April Fisher, one of the speakers at the protest.
A year and a half ago, The Rake published “Please Shop Your Local Hellhole,” in which we highlighted local business owners, property owners, and their advocates constantly decrying business loss with sensationalist public safety concerns while also wanting your shopping dollars.
On Monday, June 24th, the Burlington City Council unanimously voted to increase the Burlington Police Department’s budget by $2.47 million. They funded 10 additional armed
Welcome to the fourth of our four-part series on the tenure of Miro Weinberger.
Welcome to the third of our four-part series on the tenure of Miro Weinberger.
Welcome to the second of our four-part series on the tenure of Miro Weinberger.
Organizers in the movement against Cop City — the proposed police training center in Atlanta that is estimated to cost $100 million, clear cut large swaths of forest, and disrupt Black communities surrounding it — are in the midst of a nationwide tour, speaking in more than seventy cities to educate the public and encourage participation in a demonstration planned for November 10-13 in Atlanta.
A new documentary made by a local filmmaker has ambitious aims. Bookended with words from Assata Shakur and Angela Davis, “Abolition & Revolution” attempts to ground the present political crises with their roots in history, not just to better understand our present context but to learn how to change it.
What does a massive deforestation and land development project by police in Atlanta have to do with Burlington, Vermont, more than a thousand miles away? Follow the money.
Our timeline of 26 different incidents of violence, incompetence, or malfeasance since 2019 should show why activists have good reason to conclude that the mayor, council, and various police chiefs can never hold police accountable.
As Town Meeting Day approaches, more public figures and organizations are intervening in the public debate over one item in particular on Burlington’s ballot: the community control of police charter change.
Members of AFSCME Local 1674, which represents Howard Center employees, voted overwhelmingly in support of the Community Control of Police charter change, according to a
On Tuesday evening, January 24, dozens of local activists and organizers met at the Fletcher Free Library in Burlington to condemn the push for more funding of police and prisons from the state and the city of Burlington. They highlighted non-carceral strategies to create safer, healthier communities with less violence.
The $90 million project, popularly known as “Cop City,” is set to be the largest police training facility in the country, replete with firing ranges, helipad, explosives facilities and an entire mock city for advanced training.
Data strongly suggests that while Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George uses progressive language, her office is often in lockstep with local police departments, from arrests to incarceration and restorative justice.
Burlington’s interim Chief of Police Murad has joined ex-NYPD Chief Bill Bratton’s new venture, the Public Safety Research Center (PSRC), as a member of its advisory board. The PSRC has only one listed sponsor, ShotSpotter, a controversial gunfire locator service.
Before Interim Burlington Police Chief Jon Murad began his career as a police officer in the NYPD (a career that deserves more scrutiny), he tried