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Stand Against Lethal Tactics

KILL NORMAL

Fascism thrives in abstraction. We make the harm concrete.

Authoritarians count on euphemism. When we call murder "collateral damage," when we call cages "detention facilities," we make state violence invisible. The first act of resistance is naming things as they are. We don't sanitize. We don't hide behind language. We describe what happened in plain words, and we make denial embarrassing.

THE LANGUAGE WALL

What they say vs. what they mean.

"Officer-involved shooting"
A police officer killed someone
"Detention facility"
A cage built with tax money
"Use of force incident"
State violence against a person
"Non-compliant subject"
A human being who didn't obey fast enough
"Administrative segregation"
Solitary confinement
"Conducted an investigation"
Investigated themselves
"Enhanced interrogation"
Torture
"Collateral damage"
Killed bystanders
"Resisting arrest"
Did not surrender fast enough
"Wellness check"
Armed response to a mental health crisis
"De-escalation training"
Learning what should have been obvious
"Qualified immunity"
Legal permission to avoid accountability

THE METHOD

NAME

We document the names of those killed, officers involved, and witnesses. Anonymity is the tool of unaccountability.

DOCUMENT

We collect video footage, court records, medical reports, and eyewitness accounts. Evidence is concrete. It cannot be euphemized.

CONNECT

We show the patterns. One incident is tragedy. A thousand incidents are policy. Accountability requires visibility across the system.

THE RECORD

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Incidents Tracked
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Under Investigation
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Officers Named

See the System

Review the documented cases and understand the patterns of state violence.

View Cases Language Wall Reference