Police Abuse
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In Light of the Philando Castile Shooting, Should You Tell That Cop You Have a Gun?
Ten states and D.C. say you must.
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Chicago Police Indictments Show Importance of Making Videos Public
Would anybody have been held accountable for Laquan McDonald’s death if we hadn't seen the shooting?
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The Coward's Veto: Dyke Marches, Trump, Muslims, and Cop Shootings
Feelings aren't facts, and shouldn't be treated a such.
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Philando Castile's Mother to Get $3 Million From City That Hired Cop Who Killed Him
Do settlement amounts reflect police culpability in deaths?
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Reason Wins 5 Southern California Journalism Awards
Everything from best political/government reporting to best satire, plus 5 silver medals and 9 bronzes
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Brickbat: A Proportionate Response
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Cops Try to Shoot a Dog, Kill a Teenager Instead
Sheriff's deputies in LA kill a teen who was trying to restrain a dog they said charged at them "aggressively."
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Brickbat: Stop Resisting
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What You Didn’t See in That Shocking Evergreen Segment: Michael Moynihan Dishes in The Fifth Column
Podcast also argues over the Philando Castile verdict and Otto Warmbier’s critics
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Philando Castile's 'Audacity To Smoke Marijuana' in Front of Child Doomed Him, Says Cop Who Killed Him
Welcome to one of the darkest corners of your War on Drugs, ladies and gentlemen.
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Should the Cop Who Killed Philando Castile Face Federal Charges?
Although SCOTUS says otherwise, trying Jeronimo Yanez again for the same shooting would effectively be double jeopardy.
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Two Phony Excuses for Shooting Philando Castile
Jeronimo Yanez's defenders falsely portray Castile as a disobedient stoner.
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Milwaukee Jury Acquits Ex-Cop in Police Shooting Case
The cop was fired when charges in an unrelated sexual assault case were filed against him.
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Pennsylvania's Top Court Says Police Videos Are Public, But Lawmakers Are Already Removing Access
This win for government transparency appears to have an expiration date.
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NRA-TV Host: Cop Who Killed Philando Castile 'Screwed Up Big Time'
"Yanez walking away from this case a free and clear man is just wrong," says Colion Noir.
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Philando Castile Video Shows a Cop Who Panicked and Killed an Innocent Man
Officer Jeronimo Yanez's claim that he saw Castile drawing a gun is utterly implausible.
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The NRA Shuns a Second Amendment Martyr
Philando Castile died because he exercised his right to bear arms.
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Students Harassed in Futile Schoolwide Drug Raid File Civil Rights Lawsuit
The suit accuses officers of violating the teens' Fourth and 14th Amendment rights.
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Man Free After Serving 25 Years for Murder Linked to Switched Bullets
The Detroit Crime Lab, shut down in 2008 for negligence, switched test bullets with autopsy bullets in order to convict Desmond Ricks.
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Brickbat: When Push Comes to Shove