Florida Legislation Would Ban Civilian Police Oversight Boards
Florida Republicans and police unions insist that toothless civilian oversight boards are still more scrutiny than police deserve.
Florida Republicans and police unions insist that toothless civilian oversight boards are still more scrutiny than police deserve.
It's a frightening reminder of how far the government will go to get their way—and to warn tech companies against platforming speech it doesn't like.
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Johnny Jackson had just had surgery for his prostate cancer when three officers arrested him with "brutal force" over his expired vehicle registration.
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Law enforcement officials appear to have tarred ad hoc bands of protesters as members of an organized criminal movement.
His mom is rejecting the prosecutors' absurdly strict probation rules.
An error-prone investigation in search of a fugitive led police to Amy Hadley's house.
Andrew Mitchell, who was acquitted on state murder charges in April, plead guilty this month to abducting and detaining two sex worker victims.
Abortion issues come before two other state Supreme Courts—in Arizona and Wyoming—this week as well.
The Court has been asked to intervene in cases involving abortion pills and criminal prosecution of abortion doctors.
The Alabama State Bureau of Investigation is now looking into the incident as well.
Only 536 people live in this Ohio town that issues 1,800 speeding tickets per month.
A new biography by Judith Hicks Stiehm ignores Janet Reno's many failures as attorney general.
"Marsy's Law guarantees to no victim—police officer or otherwise—the categorical right to withhold his or her name from disclosure," the Florida Supreme Court ruled.
Moral panic plus government power is an inescapably potent combination.
From March 2021 to July 2023, 74 people were killed and nearly 200 were injured in vehicle chases occurring in counties affected by Operation Lone Star.
No amount of encampment sweeps and pressure-washing sidewalks is going to solve the problem of thousands of people living on the streets.
Lawmakers from Maryland and Virginia fought over which state should house the new site rather than whether the bureau even needs so many agents.
That prosecutors in the Hoosier State successfully denied people this due process is a reflection of how abusive civil forfeiture can be.
In an apparent case of retaliation by humiliation, Jerry Rogers Jr. was arrested for speaking out about a stalled murder investigation.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently showed off the autonomous security robot the city is piloting.
Tayvin Galanakis was arrested last year on suspicion of intoxication, even after a Breathalyzer showed he was sober.
With subplots about bite mark evidence and asset forfeiture, it's a parade of shady cop practices.
We need less intrusive law enforcement, not the treatment of crime as a lark.
Trials are incredibly valuable fact-finding tools—particularly when the defendants are public employees.
A new podcast asks whether federal agents are catching bad guys or creating them.
For five decades, drugs have been winning the war on drugs.
Among the indicted are a Southern Poverty Law Center attorney acting as a legal observer and three people who run a bail fund.
Alabamans have no right "to conspire with others in Alabama to try to have abortions performed out of state," argues Attorney General Steve Marshall.
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When a bystander offered to give the officers flotation devices and a small boat, they refused.
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Carlos Pena's livelihood has been crippled. It remains to be seen if he'll have any right to compensation.
New York politicians got out of the way for once, and something beautiful happened.