A Galveston SWAT Team Wrecked an Innocent Family's Home. Then They Kept It From the City.
Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages.
Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages.
Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal.
"My intention is to ensure that all Americans from the wealthiest millionaire to the poorest homeless person can exercise these rights without fear of consequence from our government," said Jeff Gray.
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Out of 19 suspects arrested on terrorism charges, at least nine are accused of nothing more serious than trespassing.
There are ways to reduce abusive behavior while still protecting public safety.
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"Active bystandership" training aims to overcome the pressures that discourage police officers from intervening when their colleagues use excessive force.
"Comprehensive and accurate records are critical if patterns and causes of harm are going to be identified and corrected," said an attorney representing Louisiana inmates.
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"I have never felt threatened by a single person in this town until meeting those officers and the social worker."
The five police officers involved in the deadly encounter have been charged with Nichols' murder.
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Priscilla Villarreal's case will be heard again tomorrow at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. She has attracted some unlikely supporters.
Body camera footage shows precisely why some people don’t trust police to respond appropriately to nonviolent incidents.
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Any unjustified killing by the government demands public attention. But fatal shootings by police used to be much more common.
A North Carolina detective may have inhaled a significant amount during a drug bust.
Justice Richard Bernstein said Pete Martel's hiring as clerk was unacceptable because "I'm intensely pro-law enforcement."
Intelligence-gathering “fusion centers” repeatedly abuse civil liberties without making us safer.
The governor and attorney general say they’ll appeal to the state Supreme Court.
A surveillance state is no less tyrannical when the snoops really believe it's for your own protection.
Criminal justice advocates are pushing to pass legislation to tighten rules for juvenile interrogations, but the NYPD is not on board.
Overbearing CDC guidance, pointless calls to the police, and more.
The year’s highlights in buck passing feature petulant politicians, brazen bureaucrats, careless cops, loony lawyers, and junky journalists.
As free speech becomes an increasingly important part of the culture war, people won't stop misinterpreting—and outright violating—the First Amendment.
Texas law allows police to withhold records of suspects who were never convicted. Police abuse it to hide records from families, reporters, and lawyers investigating deaths in custody.
Somehow deaths have climbed even though the prison population has dropped.
Credit the leaking of body camera footage to the press for helping force the matter.
Healthy cities are a boon not just for those who live in them, but for our entire society.
San Antonio's city manager said the case illustrated how hard it is to fire employees, but it also shows how hard it is for them to stay fired.
Another officer claims to have been laid out just by being close to the drug. That’s not how it works.
A study credits "an overall lower police search rate," the result of new priorities and legal constraints.
An appeals court rejected a qualified immunity defense.
Now the officer is trying to keep his identity secret under a state law intended to protect crime victims.