She Killed Herself. He Was Charged With Her Murder.
The felony murder rule continues to criminalize people for killing people they didn't actually kill.
The felony murder rule continues to criminalize people for killing people they didn't actually kill.
The Supreme Court still refuses to weigh in on the issue.
The law is an important step, but ending police harassment of sex workers requires decriminalizing the trade entirely.
Civil liberties groups oppose the law, saying it will impede First Amendment–protected activity and protect bad cops.
Like it or not, the Thomas Court is here.
After community outrage and the mayor saying he wasn't told about Timothy Loehmann's policing background, the officer withdrew his application.
Reforms promised after Black Lives Matter protests in 2020 are not being followed by Los Angeles police.
Randy Cox was arrested on gun possession charges. Hours later, he was paralyzed from the chest down.
Such victims are often told they have no right to sue.
Justice Breyer and others argue that gun regulations deserve special judicial deference because Second Amendment rights create risks to life. But the same is true of many other constitutional rights.
A 6–3 ruling undermines attempts to hold police accountable for misconduct.
The ruling authorizing the award is at odds with other federal court decisions holding that law-enforcement exercises of the "police power" are exempt from takings liability.
A new directive could impose a hefty financial burden on state taxpayers and reduce community trust toward police.
"The only thing stopping a hallway of dedicated officers from entering Room 111 and 112 was the on-scene commander who decided to place the lives of officers before the lives of children."
U.S. taxpayers have been paying for training that encourages aggressive policing.
A recent pair of cases spotlights the sorry state of affairs.
They shot and killed a man they were trying to evict. Doesn’t the public have the right to know who they are?
William Fambrough supported the "wrong" mayoral candidate, so East Cleveland law enforcement destroyed his van and hit him with petty prosecutions.
Officers attempted to cover up a man’s deadly beating by saying he died in a crash. How many other similar incidents have there been?
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis thinks drag shows represent "child endangerment."
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.
Los Angeles Sheriff's Department
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.
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