What the Chesa Boudin Recall Means for America
Journalist Nancy Rommelmann reports from San Francisco on the ouster of a leading progressive district attorney.
Journalist Nancy Rommelmann reports from San Francisco on the ouster of a leading progressive district attorney.
What happened in Uvalde is part of a pattern, not an aberration.
Robb Elementary didn't need additional cops; it needed the cops on hand to actually do their jobs.
Police stopped him a block away from Kavanaugh's Chevy Chase home, where he allegedly admitted he was there to kill the justice.
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He’s been dismissive of fears of gang activity in the LASD and on the attack against critics and investigators. Voters have noticed.
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“Scared straight” juvenile policing programs have a history of not working. They’re not the solution to school shootings.
No hollow promise can replace our attachments to our children, spouses, friends, and our own lives.
"There were 19 officers in there," said a police spokesperson. "In fact, there were plenty of officers to do whatever needed to be done."
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Why did it take an hour for the police to stop alleged killer Salvador Ramos?
Don't conflate mass shootings with school shootings.
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The order restricts chokeholds and no-knock warrants at the federal level, but the White House has little power over the state and local departments where the majority of policing occurs.
Jerry Rogers Jr. complained that police hadn't solved a murder yet—and found himself in a jail cell.
Predicting violence is a lot harder than people claim in retrospect, and a wider net inevitably ensnares more innocent people.
A conservative judge expressed skepticism at the panel's conclusion before issuing a strong rebuke of prosecutorial immunity.
A plaintiff in the class-action lawsuit says he had to declare bankruptcy after Chicago dumped $20,000 of ticket debts on him.
Maria Falcon doesn't have a business license. So New York police officers detained her and confiscated all of her merchandise.
Anthony Novak's arrest and subsequent lawsuit set up a debate around overcriminalization and free speech.
A recent court decision has reinvigorated the debate around just how specific the accused has to be in asking to speak with an attorney.
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There is some confusion over what the response should be, but there is broad agreement that the officer acted inappropriately.
A judge's blistering dissent is a reminder that this issue does not have to be a partisan one.
French President Emmanuel Macron is authoritarian-light. Candidate Marine Le Pen is worse.
In Georgia, the difference between delta-8 and delta-9 THC is the difference between legal and illegal, but police are threatening store owners over both.
The controversial Columbia neuroscientist, Air Force vet, and author of Drug Use for Grown-Ups believes deeply in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
The maverick Columbia neuroscientist explains why America should embrace drug legalization for all.
The ordeal highlights how collective bargaining in the public sphere has stacked almost every factor against alleged victims of police misconduct.
After the tragic shooting of Amir Locke, Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey has made changes to the controversial practice. But are they enough?
That perplexing situation underlines the hazards of police tactics that aim to prevent violence but often have the opposite effect.
The ACLU of Northern California is suing to overturn the ordinance.
The previous standard barring such lawsuits made “little sense," wrote Justice Brett Kavanaugh for the majority.