David Brooks Suddenly Cares About Privacy When Cops Wear Cameras
Videotaping the police? A grave incursion on our privacy. Scooping up data on hundreds of millions? Bo-ring!
Videotaping the police? A grave incursion on our privacy. Scooping up data on hundreds of millions? Bo-ring!
Lawsuit over use of Taser on arrested, submissive man.
Reserve Deputy Robert Bates said he thought he was holding a Taser, not a handgun, when he fired at Harris.
Radley Balko wonders how important criminal justice reform and civil liberties will be in this election cycle.
After surrendering, he's punched 37 times and kicked 17 times.
Michael Slager had possession of Walter Scott's driver's license and car when he decided to chase him anyway.
Family says he's "a good person" who simply "lacked the self-esteem" not to stalk and sexually assault vulnerable women.
Feidin Santana was exercising a constitutional right that police often violate.
Video seems to show the officer picking up an object and dropping it near the body.
Minority representation by city leaders more closely matches citizenry.
An internal investigation cleared the cop. He resigned and was eventually charged with felony assault by state investigators.
The patrolman claimed he "felt threatened" when the man grabbed his Taser.
His attorney says it wasn't fair to fire him to set 'example' about not turning on body cameras.
Internal checkpoints drive peaceful citizens to assert their rights and share the results
The police can break into your home unlawfully and shoot you dead, and nobody is at fault for that except you.
Toothless local boards inspire a stronger proposal. The bill also includes a prohibition on profiling and a new training commission.
Incident was caught on video so a judge dropped charges of fleeing police and resisting arrest that were filed against the man.
It's time to limit lawful interactions between police and residents.
It's time to rein in this abusive state agency.
Peter Delio was the subject of complaints before but the police department says they weren't sustained, even when they cost the city money.
Doctors didn't believe Brock was followed by Obama on Twitter or had a banking job. Both are true.
It couldn't happen to a nicer guy
Body-worn cameras encourage both police and citizens to behave better
But does it matter what the excuse is for keeping him in jail six weeks if it was wrong?
And why does a state liquor agency hire cops to beat up kids?
He admitted to selling the oxys for $80 to a police informant in 2007.
39-year-old Jason Harrison was shot and killed by cops for wielding a small screwdriver.
Officer Sean O'Brien shot Eugene Sims once in the back, paralyzing him. Sims wasn't convicted of anything related to the incident.
Somebody tried to have a police shooting incident deleted entirely.
Ruben Villalpando's family, which has seen the video, says he was unarmed and gave police no reason to shoot him.
Interference as an excuse for censorship.
The rigged process that exonerated the cop who shot Michael Brown highlights the need for independent prosecutors.
Congressman wants to make shaking down the citizens a federal crime.
Tony Robinson was reportedly alone and unarmed when shot by a cop looking for him over an alleged battery.
You know who else has a judicial system that is hard to fight and extracts money from citizens?
Witnesses say Ernesto Canepa was unarmed when he was shot by police in Santa Ana, Calif., media reports suggest he was a robbery suspect.
Calvon Reid dies in Cocunut Creek, Florida, after being Tased multiple times. 911 called when he asked someone for a ride to the hospital.
The deputy says he called the Humane Society but the Society denies it; a vet says the pony was healthy when the deputy killed him.
Former San Diego cop's legal fees covered by the city, won't have to register as a sex offender either.
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