Schools Treat Mild Misbehavior Like Capital Crime. It Has to Stop.
Won't someone please think of the children?
Police
Tulsa Cops May Have Falsified Training Records for Volunteer Deputy Involved in Fatal Shooting
Perhaps the department thought managing the Sheriff's re-election campaign was training enough?
Rand Paul, Institute for Justice Push Senate for Forfeiture Reform
Committee hearing focuses on FAIR Act proposal.
What's Worse for This Teen's Health: Smoking an E-Cig, or Getting Tackled, Arrested, and Charged?
Watch the video and decide for yourself.
Driver's License Suspensions, Ruining the Disadvantaged's Lives
Taking away people's ability to travel by car over fines and fees is unreasonably destructive.
David Brooks Suddenly Cares About Privacy When Cops Wear Cameras
Videotaping the police? A grave incursion on our privacy. Scooping up data on hundreds of millions? Bo-ring!
More Come Forward to Accuse North Charleston Police and Michael Slager of Abuse
Lawsuit over use of Taser on arrested, submissive man.
From 'I Can't Breathe' to 'Fuck Your Breath': Tulsa Deputies Show Stunning Lack of Empathy in New Video of Eric Harris Shooting
Reserve Deputy Robert Bates said he thought he was holding a Taser, not a handgun, when he fired at Harris.
Great News: New Mexico's Asset Forfeiture Reform Bill Signed by Governor
Actual criminal conviction will be required to take citizens' property.
Fleeing from Deputies Lands Southern California Man Vicious Beatdown Caught on Camera
After surrendering, he's punched 37 times and kicked 17 times.
Ohio State Trooper Will Go to Federal Prison for Repeat Sexual Misconduct During Traffic Stops
Family says he's "a good person" who simply "lacked the self-esteem" not to stalk and sexually assault vulnerable women.
Future of New Mexico's Overwhelmingly Supported Asset Forfeiture Reform Uncertain
If governor doesn't sign bill this week, it is dead.
Indiana Nurse Charged With Felony 'Resisting Arrest' for Driving to Safer Area for Traffic Stop
DelRea Good said she felt afraid to stop in a dark and isolated place, and that's not unwarranted.
Richmond Cops Say Man They Shot Pointed Gun at Them; Cops Saw Him Making a 'Hand to Hand' Drug Deal
How much violence is limiting people's freedom to buy and sell drugs worth?
FratPAC Lobbying to Hold Campus Rapists Criminally Accountable
But shifting rape investigations from campus to cops riles many.
Rapper Akilah Brock Claims Baseless NYPD Drug Stop Led to Eight-Day Psych Ward Confinement
Doctors didn't believe Brock was followed by Obama on Twitter or had a banking job. Both are true.
Watched Cops Are Polite Cops: San Diego Edition
Body-worn cameras encourage both police and citizens to behave better
New Mexico's Legislature Reforms Asset Forfeiture to Require Actual Guilt
Bill also shifts money seized to general fund and away from law enforcement.
Surprise: Cops Write More Tickets When Their Employers Get a Big Cut of the Cash
When it pays to crack down on Mickey Mouse offenses
NYPD Found Altering Wikipedia Entries about Controversial Police Behavior, Incidents
Somebody tried to have a police shooting incident deleted entirely.
Texas Legislator Proposes Criminalizing Filming Police Up Close
Interference as an excuse for censorship.
Darren Wilson's Friendly Trial
The rigged process that exonerated the cop who shot Michael Brown highlights the need for independent prosecutors.
Here's What the Senate's Massive Sex-Trafficking Bill Would Actually Do
The legislation addresses much more than preventing and punishing traffickers.
DOJ Report Makes a Strong Case That Darren Wilson Shot Michael Brown in Self-Defense
The feds find that the witnesses who made Wilson look the worst were the worst witnesses.
Could a Federal Law to Stop Police Revenue-Seeking Actually Work?
Congressman wants to make shaking down the citizens a federal crime.
How the DOJ Contributed to the Awful Ferguson Police Culture It Condemns
You know who else has a judicial system that is hard to fight and extracts money from citizens?
Philly Aims to Disabuse Young Photographer of 'High-Minded Ideas' About Having Constitutional Rights
ACLU says Philadelphia police routinely harass and arrest people like Coulter Loeb for photographing them.
Parking in 'Designated Area of High Prostitution Activity' Could Get Your Car Impounded in Spokane, Washington
What the plan lacks in likelihood to yield results, it makes up for in ensuring police harassment.
This Man Was Found Innocent, But the Cops Kept His $30,000 Anyway
Civil asset forfeiture strikes again.
Darren Wilson's Pre-Prosecution Report: It's Good to be a Police Officer
An important part of the Darren Wilson pre-prosecution investigation is not what it found, but that it happened at all.
64 Face Jail After Elaborate Sting Aimed at 'Ending Demand' For Prostitution in Houston
At least 270 arrested in Houston prostitution stings since start of 2014
The President's Police Reform Dream Journal
A task force on upgrading policing tactics calls for more guidelines, more training, more spending, but lacks introspection on the state of our laws.
Fatal Police Shooting of Homeless Man in Downtown LA Caught on Tape
Posted to Facebook, where the police commission president saw it. An officer is heard yelling drop the gun but it's unclear if the man had one.
The Historic Roots of Homan Square, Chicago's CIA-Style Black Site
The Chicago Police Department didn't need the War on Terror to teach it to violate civil rights.
Police Suddenly Care About Citizen Privacy When Body Cameras Enter the Picture
Missouri legislator wants to keep police recordings secret.
Testing Houston Rape Kit Backlog Yields 850 DNA Matches
Look, anti-rape policies that actually yield results!
The Chicago Police Department Has a 'Black Site'
People detained for hours without being charged or being able to contact lawyers.
