Police
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.
Police Union Boss Says Cop Justified in Killing 'Menacing' 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice
Ignorance of reality is no excuse
Houston Police Officer Charged With Shoplifting Ammo, Still Has a Job
Was only on the force two months before being caught allegedly stealing ammo, and won't be disciplined until the internal investigation's over.
Libertarian Lawyer Offers 'This One Trick' for Dealing with DUI Checkpoints
Police aren't happy about it.
San Antonio Gets Tough on (Butt) Crack
Strippers could be jailed for revealing "the crevice of their buttocks"
Go Directly to Jail—And Then Stay There: How the Misuse of Jails Is Fueling America's Overincarceration
People "are held in jail simply because they are too poor to pay what it costs to get out."
Man Stops Robbery with His Taser, Is Charged with Felony Possession of a Weapon
I hope he learned his lesson. About helping people. And protecting himself.
Concrete Consequences From Sex Work Stigma
Criminalization really isn't the root of the problem that sex workers face.
Missoula Police to Homeland Security: Help Us Protect Montana from the Hippie Menace
The Rainbow Family is an extremist threat now?
Warrants for Emails and Cell Phone Locations: Online Communications and Geolocation Protection Act
Bill protects privacy from unconstitutional search and seizure.
Busted Over $80 Worth of Pot, College Student Turns Informant, Then Turns Up Dead
This is the way everybody does it, says the local police chief.
How the Feds Bungled the Ali Saleh al-Marri Case
President Obama cannot undo the mess his predecessor created by his fixation on torture.
SWAT Team Raids Poker Game in Virginia, Because It Could've Gotten Robbed
Games of chance where the house
The Farce of Police Accountability in Big Cities: Baltimore Edition
A three-hour long city council committee hearing on police procedures demonstrates how elusive real police accountability is.
LAPD, Which Tracks Citizens Through Their Phones, Worries About You Doing the Same to Them
Cops don't like navigation app Waze because it shows where they are.
