Cops Clash with Protesters in America and Around the World
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The legal doctrine makes it considerably harder to hold cops accountable. Trump refused to address it.
The former vice president's comment during the ABC town hall was idiotic.
"If you're on that registry, you're bad."
Heavy-handed police raids are trampling on the basic rights of all Americans.
Confessions of a black bloc mole
Limits on probation length, a ban on chokeholds, and a plan to dismantle a state juvenile prison system
Police in the Miami-area have been proactively issuing $100 fines to people not wearing masks outside.
Trump is right that police unions support him more than Biden. That doesn't speak as well of the president as he thinks.
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Aggressive sloganeering doesn't necessarily lead to policy reforms.
Excessive traffic and pedestrian stops, especially in black communities, are dangerous and counterproductive.
"I don't feel good. Tell my mom I love her," the 13-year-old said immediately after being shot.
The home wellbeing visit resulted in Vanessa Peoples going to jail with a dislocated shoulder.
Peace will come only from leaving other people alone on the condition that they do the same for us.
That includes 1,114 armored personnel carriers.
With the right freedom of information and use policies, wearable cameras could still be a powerful weapon to increase transparency.
Drug prohibition turns police officers into enemies to be feared rather than allies to be welcomed.
Another example of how powerful the law enforcement lobby is
If you’re looking for accountability, we’ve got some bad news for you.
Roderick Walker told deputies that he didn't need an ID since he wasn't driving.
People who call 911 shouldn't get an ill-trained police officer, especially when they're dealing with a mental health emergency.
"When you're conditioned to believe that every person...poses a threat to your existence, you simply cannot be expected to build out meaningful relationships."
David and Andrea Peterson didn't even participate in the rally—they just watched it. The students don't care.
Isaiah Elliott also received a five-day suspension, but plans to transfer.
Americans are being forced to confront the downsides of powerful organized labor in an already miserable year.
They're a consistent force of organized resistance to calmer, safer, less aggressive policing.
This court-invented doctrine shields bad cops from civil liability.
Many alleged perpetrators, no actual victims.
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For the moment, the executive "memorandum" is long on rhetoric, but short on actual action. If it ever does lead to action, it could be yet another attack on federalism and separation of powers.
Another example of how police can respond poorly to drug and mental health calls
Reason asked writers who have been on the criminal justice beat for years to lay out serious proposals for reforms with a fighting chance of being implemented.
Excessive force is certainly an issue. So is overcriminalization.
Law enforcement lobby holds off bill that would decertify officers who are guilty of misconduct.
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