Deputy arrested for negligence after Parkland shooting inaction
“The FDLE investigation shows former deputy Peterson did absolutely nothing to mitigate the MSD shooting that killed 17 children, teachers and staff and injured 17 others."
View ArticleWasted funds, destroyed property: How sheriffs undermined their successors...
Alabama sheriffs who lost reelection in 2018 personally pocketed funds and deleted public records, an investigation by AL.com and ProPublica found. It’s a longstanding tradition that sheriffs aren’t...
View Article72 Philadelphia cops placed on administrative leave for racist social media...
The Philadelphia police commissioner announced Wednesday that 72 officers have been placed on desk duty as an investigation into racist and bigoted social media comments continues to unfold. At least...
View ArticleHow this database is tracking and exposing officers’ bigoted Facebook posts
It’s found more than 5,000 racist, sexist, and Islamophobic Facebook posts and comments by law enforcement.
View ArticleSecond St. Louis cop pleads guilty after beating undercover detective during...
Boone and Myers remain under indictment on federal charges related to the assault and subsequent cover-up.
View ArticlePolice don’t do a good job tracking hate crimes. A new report calls on...
A day after the FBI released its latest hate crime numbers, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights detailed the many problems with those statistics and what should be done to fix them.
View ArticlePolice officer charged with murder after fatally shooting handcuffed man
We must put a stop to systemic police brutality and the needless killings of Black people. We cannot afford to fail in this goal because lives are at stake.”
View ArticleCop-hating vandals or Pro-democracy activists?
Depends whose police are being protested.
View ArticleFormer correctional officers sentenced after assaulting handcuffed inmate
"Through the Kentucky Public Corruption Civil Rights Task Force, FBI Louisville will continue to aggressively investigate any public official that abuses those they have been sworn to protect."
View Article‘The conversation is the protest’ — how Black Lives Matter forced us to...
Momentum organizer Nicole Carty discusses how the movement built consensus on racial justice and the strategy needed to make the goal of defunding police a reality.
View ArticlePolice, prisons, and the Pentagon
It’s long past time to defund America’s wars, both abroad and at home.
View ArticleThe NYPD is withholding evidence from investigations into police abuse
The NYPD has regularly failed to turn over key records and videos to police abuse investigators at New York’s Civilian Complaint Review Board.
View ArticlePolice say seizing property without trial helps keep crime down. A new study...
Civil asset forfeiture laws, which allow police to seize property without trial, are frequently justified as tools to seize millions from kingpins. A new study reveals the median amount taken is as low...
View ArticleThe Capitol insurrection and white supremacist infiltration of U.S. Police
Domestic terrorism from far-right groups is a significant threat to America’s safety and security.
View ArticlePolice and bounty hunters sued after raiding wrong home
“If bail bondsman are allowed to do what our local police department can not do—and that is to enter a house without a warrant…from what I’m being told, it could be any house.”
View ArticleFormer police detective convicted on bribery and drug charges
Collare faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for federal program bribery, 15 years in prison for bribery by a federal official, 20 years in prison for distribution of heroin and five years in...
View ArticleRight-wing cop-bashing didn’t start with Trump
In fact, the right wing, and the Republicans who serve as their electoral vehicle, have shown hostility toward federal law enforcement agencies for decades.
View ArticleHow to prevent crime without relying on police
We must—going to the root again—deal fully with the front end of crime as a societal, and mostly preventable, malaise.
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