Law enforcement and prosecutors have seized millions from people they’ve arrested. That might be coming to an end.
Sarasota deputies violated best practices and ethical standards for sting operations.
The former HUD Secretary is still terrible on guns, but at least he recognizes some of the costs of actually enforcing gun laws.
"There is absolutely no excuse for this incident," said Police Chief Edwin Kraus.
Mayor Betsy Price: "The gun is irrelevant. She was in her own home caring for an 8-year-old nephew. [Jefferson] was a victim."
The neighbor later said, "If I had never dialed the police department, she'd still be alive."
You know, to "fight human trafficking."
America's justice system should leave more room for mercy.
Jury rejects attempt to claim she feared for her life and acted in self-defense.
Would that outcome have been the same for those of us who aren't in law enforcement?
Now she's on trial for murder, and she's claiming self-defense.
Another example of the school-to-prison pipeline, which mislabels kids as criminals.
But with one huge exception—a massive spike in reported sexual assaults—the 2018 survey found only statistically insignificant increases.
America may be safer than ever, but residents of the Land of the Free seem set on raising their children in a climate of fear.
What’s at stake in Kansas v. Glover.
Western Illinois University clamps down on student speech.
An attempt by the district attorney to drop charges against nonviolent protesters was overruled.
The police union's attempt to punish the city for dismissing Daniel Pantaleo is instead showing the problem of overpolicing,
An outcome that's all too rare. Former police officer Matthew Johns attacked a suspect in September 2016, leaving the teen unconscious and with a severe concussion.
Powerful unions and state-mandated secrecy made it a fight to know about misconduct.
“Modern immunity practice—essentially 'heads government wins, tails plaintiffs lose'—leaves many victims violated but not vindicated."
The ruling once again shows the legal disgrace that is qualified immunity.
Governing puts together a database of cities and towns addicted to money from fines and forfeitures.
An internal disciplinary hearing found him guilty of recklessly causing physical injury.
A drug bust gone wrong in a Pittsburgh suburb leaves the suspect dead, an agent injured, and kids and shoppers terrified.
Larry Johnson's pet pigs have run afoul of Minneapolis' ban on city swine.
Quiet fishing expeditions are being used to sort through potential suspects.
Prosecutors are looking into a framed KKK document found at a house belonging to Charles Anderson, a Michigan police officer of over 20 years.
Remember concerns about militarized policing? It’s still a big threat to civil liberties and to relations between Americans and law enforcement.
In a speech to police, Barr called for citizens to shut up and do what officers tell them to.
Only three states require police to obtain a warrant before requesting private user data from companies.
The felony murder rule allows police to charge someone with a killing if they were an accomplice in a related crime.
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