If Freddie Gray's Knife Was Legal, Does That Mean His Arrest Wasn't?
Did police reasonably think he was carrying a switchblade?
Did police reasonably think he was carrying a switchblade?
The war on drugs now features roadside sexual assaults.
Expect an outcome focused on processes and procedures, not consequences.
Why did Texas troopers think probing the anuses and vaginas of motorists was reasonable?
Law professors worry that fear of riots could compromise justice.
How was he supposed to know?
A fatal injury in police custody highlights Baltimore's history of bogus busts.
Wrists are barely even slapped.
The police's privilege and self-protectiveness is on rich display in the whole sordid saga.
At USA Today Glenn Reynolds explains some of the problems with federal control of local police.
Charm City activists react to the Freddie Gray indictments.
Perhaps her white privilege is showing and she should take her ideological fellow travelers' advice on it
Union wants independent prosecutor, cites relationships with lawyers associated with the defense, as well as husband's seat on the city council
He had his hands up but couldn't get off the couch, because he had his hands up.
New rules in Los Angeles give officers opportunity to review evidence in advance.
State's attorney announced charges this morning.
The special rights that police have written for themselves embolden abusers.
No matter what happened to Freddie Gray government can't afford to afford police the privileges it does.
A bill passed by the state House requires warrants for body cavity searches of motorists.
Anonymous sources talk after police send their investigative findings to prosecutors.
Could new-found attention to police violence be causing an actual political shift?
Kweisi Mfume had boasted the CBC put its 'stamp' on the bill, the largest crime bill in U.S. history, which provided new cops and prisons.
The city has been on a slow burn for years.
The group was short on specific grievances, longer on general frustration with the status quo.
Arresting someone in America should never look like this.
Behold how intractable tribalism can make a problem
Current and former politicians prefer cutting real estate deals to doing the less sexy work of basic civic governance
Camden Yards, long a symbol of downtown-development delusion, stretches a metaphor to the breaking point
Chicago cop found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter because judge said off-duty shooting was reckless and he should've faced a murder charge.
Too many law enforcement agencies.
Job training, school reform, anything but limiting police powers and privileges.
The potential presidential candidate isn't very good on civil liberties.
Cops still haven't explained how he died in their custody, but insist they did nothing criminal.
We needn't endorse the means of desperate people to acknowledge their ends are worth fighting for.
"To address the growing violence and unrest in Baltimore City"
How much does a lack of police accountability and transparency contribute to the anger that helps turn protests violent?
Violence gives cops the justification they need
Contrary to the authorities' claims
The insane array of petty reasons cops have to try to stop us lead once again to shooting of unarmed man.
Woman was reportedly intoxicated and resisting.
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