Police
A New Model for a Police Shooting Database?
Researchers in St. Louis broaden analysis of police force beyond just fatalities.
US Police Have Killed 1,000 People (And Counting) This Year
The Guardian and other sites are collecting the data on deadly force that the government won't.
Sex-Trafficking Rescue Op in Virginia Netted Fewer 'Pimps' Than Initially Advertised But More Prostitution and Drug Arrests
The biggest outcome of this costly and time-consuming FBI mission seems to be the arrest of 30 adults on old-fashioned vice charges.
Sex-Trafficking Discussion in Portland Tonight
The war on prostitution is the new war on drugs. Learn more!
'Body Cameras for Thee—but Not When You're With Me'
Bureaucracy turns Department of Justice into hilarious hypocrites
Woman Arrested for Sexual Abuse After Twerking on Stranger in D.C. Store
As a proponent of gender-blind law, I understand why D.C. police must take the incident seriously. And yet...
Institute for Justice Maps States That Still Love to Steal Your Stuff
Despite some reforms, civil asset forfeiture revenues continue to grow.
University of Missouri Cops Tell Students to Report 'Hurtful Speech' to the Police
Mizzou admins, cops shouldn't censors hate speech.
What Donald Trump Gets Wrong About the Border
El Paso Rep. Beto O'Rourke explains what the GOP frontrunner misses about Mexican immigrants (and everything else).
Legion of Armed, Upset Citizens Has a 'Surprise' Planned for Quentin Tarantino
Response to criticism of police misconduct is to give more reasons to be afraid.
Cops Arrest 11-Year-Old Kid for Nude Photos, Claim It's For His Own Good
Someone think of the child (predators)
Louisiana Police Kill Six-Year-Old at End of Car Chase
Were chasing his father, who rammed into a police car.
Alleged Victim in 'War on Cops' Was a Suicide
Charles Joseph Gliniewicz died by his own hand.
Sex Crimes Common From U.S. Police, Finds Year-Long AP Investigation
Nearly 1,000 officers were fired for sex crimes or sexual misconduct from 2009 through 2014, and a third of the incidents involved children.
Why Did San Francisco's Last Gun Shop Close Its Doors?
High Bridge Arms gun shop refused to handover customer information to police.
Las Vegas Cops Pay Out After Unconstitutional Prostitution Stop
City pays more than $80,000 to woman detained and searched in The Cosmopolitan casino.
Anarchists! Militias! The War on Cops! Halloween! It's All Connected, Sheeple!
The dubious tale of the "Halloween Revolt"
Police Prosecutions Have Increased, but Convictions Have Not
Meanwhile, shootings by police show no sign of slowing.
Baltimore Police Start Wearing Body Cameras (UPDATE: City Releases Camera Policy)
"You can't claim to be transparent and then say those orders are a secret. It's beyond ridiculous."
The Strange Police Killing of Corey Jones
What should have been a peaceful encounter with an officer ended in man's death.
Michigan Police Will Find It a Little Bit Harder to Seize and Keep People's Stuff
Governor approves modest reforms to asset forfeiture laws.
Don't Let Headlines Mislead You: Murders, Assaults of Police Officers Actually Below Average
There is no evidence that police are being targeted more than they've been in the past.
How Hate Speech Laws Work In Practice
An instructive example out of Kenya (and a few from our own backyard).
NYPD Continues to Confuse Itself with the CIA
Refuses to divulge information about X-ray van surveillance
The People We Trust to 'Save' Women From Prostitution Keep Paying Them for Sex—and Worse
How can cops be trusted to enforce prostitution laws fairly when they can't keep their dicks in their pants?
High-Profile Police Killings Left Out of FBI Stats
Eric Garner's death (nor any from New York) not among homicide stats.
Hundreds Arrested in FBI-Sponsored Prostitution Sting
Operation Cross Country is billed as a way to rescue sex-trafficked children but it's essentially a federally funded vice sting.
Police Body Cameras Reduce Violence, Says Yet Another Study
Watched cops are polite cops, and citizens too.
Councilman Tasered in Texas over Crime of—Actually There Wasn't Even a Crime.
Occurred in same town where Sandra Bland was arrested for no good reason.
Modest Police Forfeiture Reform in Michigan Makes It to Governor's Desk
Increases burden of proof, requires more transparency
We Live in a World Where Experts Say the Shooting of Tamir Rice Was 'Reasonable'
The cop's life is the only one that matters, even if the threat is nonexistent.
Want Citizens' Private Electronic Data in California? Get a Warrant, Officer.
Governor signs bill requiring court orders for accessing things like texts and tracking location data.
Police Mag Calls Marilyn Mosby 'The Wolf That Lurks'
No love for the prosecutor in the Freddie Gray case
Cops Use Undercover 'Repent' Signholder to Catch Drivers Using Their Cellphones
Say it's not entrapment if someone takes a picture.
