Police are certainly not lacking for a nearly endless variety of petty reasons to harass and force money from you when you bother them by documenting their behavior.
An overlooked alternative: no enforcement
Something to keep an eye on as body camera programs are implemented.
Attorney argues the state trained the officer to do what he did, so was not entitled to seek to convict him for it.
Unclear whether the only officer involved in the chase who was criminally charged was among those fired
Let's hope the police don't bring out their guns this time.
Will face trial on six charges.
Blame shifting and a lack of political accountability perpetuate problems with police, education, and even water.
No record of a vote exists.
New bill would require conviction before police could take ownership of property.
New website collects use of force polices from 100 major police departments.
At tonight's Democratic debate, the Vermont senator says if "a police officer breaks the law...that officer must be held accountable."
Only one other answer, from Chris Christie.
Post-Freddie Gray unrest, state task force offers modest proposals which are summarily rebuffed.
The 4th Circuit rules that police should tase people only when they pose "an immediate safety risk."
Police reform advocates say video shows cop shooting man while he's lying on the ground
A viral outrage story from last month wasn't all it claimed, but the truth is still disturbing.
Families could end up with just pennies on the dollar.
Despite unsubstantiated claims that police planted evidence on black men, credible accusations of systemic racism and police malfeasance remain.
The grand jury did not buy Brian Encinia's justification for escalating the traffic stop.
Does your failure to yield make you look gay?
Mayor Rahm Emanuel doesn't see a problem.
Minors are psychologically susceptible to being coerced into false confessions and yet frequently interrogated without parents or lawyers around.
Poll also shows people think the 'war on police' is actually real.
Can this Netflix docuseries right the wrongs perpetrated by a corrupt criminal justice system?
The same groups that give big-city Democrats political power make it nearly impossible to reform bad practices.
And the lessons they offer other towns.
Will liberals denounce union bosses?
To include equipping all cops with Tasers
Appeals court agrees to hear challenge in March.
Give an officer a Taser, and he or she will find reasons to use it.
How to dodge responsibility, whether you're a cop or the president
Why do the police get away with crimes ordinary citizens would go to jail for?
Legislative panel created after Freddie Gray death looking at potential reforms.
'It would be unreasonable if the law required an officer to wait and see if a gun was real'
Police in Bal Harbour never made an arrest.
Fridoon Rawshan Nehad was shot once in the chest by a cop who said he had no doubt Nehad, found with a pen, was going to stab him.
Her family's lawyer suggests false imprisonment and assault.
Investigation reveals that every one of these police shootings was deemed lawful.
Family says they haven't been part of the process, special prosecutor says he wants them to be.
The crime for which Noel Aguilar had been apprehended? Riding a bike wearing headphones. Petty law enforcement claims another life.
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