In the wake of George Floyd’s murder by Minneapolis police on May 25, mass protests against racism and police brutality materialized in two thousand cities and towns across the United States—as well as in over sixty countries worldwide. While the latter were certainly displays of solidarity, they were also something more. The persistence of black protest against American police brutality has led, in turn, to the growing recognition of a problem with truly international dimensions. There is scarcely a country where a particular demographic—whether religious minorities, refugees, descendants of the enslaved, or the urban poor—is not disproportionately subjected to surveillance and state violence. What we have witnessed over the past two months, then, is a condemnation of police terror in all its international guises. In country after country, people have taken to the streets to proclaim: “What happened to George Floyd happens here, too!” On occasion, they have even pointed to the ways the United States is complicit in producing police terror outside its borders. In an attempt to explore the origins of these uprisings, we asked six writers residing in different countries to reflect on the state of police brutality there. Edna Bonhomme casts light on a history of state-abetted violence against African and Asian migrants in Germany that has yet to be reckoned with. Dalia Hatuqa reports on the recent killing of a disabled Palestinian man and the deadly collaboration between Israeli and American police forces. Manisha Sethi analyzes how the Indian police have systematically targeted Muslims and members of other minority groups, effectively serving as a standing army for the forces of Hindu fascism. Nara Roberta Silva looks back at the militarization of Brazil’s police under the 1964–85 dictatorship—a process that was not reversed under civilian rule. Gaby Del Valle writes about the cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration agents, which moves the United States’ borders ever more inward. And April Zhu examines the criminalization of poverty in Kenya, where dozens have been killed by the police for violating pandemic lockdown curfew laws. As xenophobia and nationalist revanchism grip the world, it is becoming clear how internal crackdowns—on migrants, minorities, and other “undesirable” populations—can drive displacement, even war. We hope these pieces allow readers to draw connections between apparently disparate regimes of policing. You can scroll down to read all of the dispatches here, or click the links below to view them separately. —Ratik Asokan & Jess Bergman