Tag: police
Who gets to talk about how police need to change?
A FAIR study of NYT coverage from George Floyd to Tyre Nichols
DC police officer arrested for DUI after crashing into Virginia State...
The incident currently remains under investigation.
New Jersey police chief charged with drunk driving and fleeing after...
Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce has also been placed on restricted duty.
Police presence on school grounds poses potential risks to kids
As school communities continue to wrestle with whether to have police on school grounds, I believe the most important thing to consider is not what people believe, but what the evidence shows.
Family files wrongful death lawsuit after fatal officer-involved crash
The lawsuit accuses the city of negligently allowing Knoxville Police Officer Cody Klingmann to drive a patrol car because they “should have known that he was an unsafe driver.”
In a California desert, sheriff’s deputies settle schoolyard disputes. Black teens...
Deputies in California’s Antelope Valley are disproportionately citing Black teens, often for minor infractions, like getting in fights or smoking.
How the police stand to benefit from abolition
Although extending compassion to police officers might seem like a heavy lift, it is necessary if we want movement work to succeed.
How to prevent crime without relying on police
We must—going to the root again—deal fully with the front end of crime as a societal, and mostly preventable, malaise.
Right-wing cop-bashing didn’t start with Trump
In fact, the right wing, and the Republicans who serve as their electoral vehicle, have shown hostility toward federal law enforcement agencies for decades.
Former police detective convicted on bribery and drug charges
Collare faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison for federal program bribery, 15 years in prison for bribery by a federal official, 20 years in prison for distribution of heroin and five years in prison for false statements.
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The Hard Hat Riot: A forgotten flashpoint in America’s culture wars
The Hard Hat Riot had immediate political consequences—a seminal moment in America’s culture wars.
The compulsion to intervene
Americans profess to care about the sacrifices of those who serve the nation in uniform. Why don’t we care enough to keep them from harm in the first place?
The debt ceiling debacle is NOT a ‘partisan standoff’
Did Republicans alone manufactured this looming disaster?
Like tobacco and Big Oil, secret docs show chemical companies knew PFAS dangers
"The industry used several strategies that have been shown common to tobacco, pharmaceutical, and other industries to influence science and regulation—most notably, suppressing unfavorable research and distorting public discourse."
When will US join global call to end Ukraine War?
There are many peace initiatives to end the war in Ukraine being pursued by leaders and countries around the world as the United States clings to its dogged determination to prolong the war at great cost in Ukrainian lives and at the risk of nuclear war.