Al Jazeera follows the Albuquerque Police Department’s (APD) 40-year history of police misconduct and department corruption. Recent events are the Department of Justice findings against the APD, victims’ stories (including that of Kenneth Ellis III represented by Shannon Kennedy and Joseph Kennedy), and police officers who spoke out and were retaliated against. This article focuses on the APD, but provides a lens for a larger understanding of how class and race issues are intertwined with history of police misconduct. Read the full article here: Albuquerque PD: a case study of police brutality.
