Will the New York City Council Curb Stop-and-Frisk Abuses? Will the New York City Council Curb Stop-and-Frisk Abuses?
Council members demanded answers from Mayor Bloomberg's representative just one day after a video released by The Nation documented an abusive stop.
Oct 12, 2012 / Ross Tuttle and Quinn Rose Schneider
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Stopped-and-Frisked: ‘For Being a F**king Mutt’ [VIDEO] Stopped-and-Frisked: ‘For Being a F**king Mutt’ [VIDEO]
A recording of a stop-and-frisk in action shows the racist reality of a prevalent police practice in New York City.
Oct 8, 2012 / Ross Tuttle and Quinn Rose Schneider
More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary More Than 180 Arrested on Occupy Wall Street’s First Anniversary
According to the mainstream media, Occupy is dead. So why are the police taking so many into custody?
Sep 18, 2012 / Allison Kilkenny
Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans Locked Up Without a Key in New Orleans
Seven years after Katrina, poor people accused of crimes are being denied their right to counsel and left to languish behind bars.
Aug 22, 2012 / Feature / Karen Houppert
Behind the Bureau: On the FBI Behind the Bureau: On the FBI
Tim Weiner’s Enemies is not so much a history of the FBI as a compendium of interesting historical material.
Aug 22, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Beverly Gage
Racial Profiling on Trial in Arizona (Video) Racial Profiling on Trial in Arizona (Video)
Arizona’s Sheriff Joe Arpaio is facing a class action suit that accuses him of racism in law enforcement. Is Arpaio the only problem? Another problem is the federal governmen...
Aug 7, 2012 / Laura Flanders
How About Also Taking the Guns From the Cops? How About Also Taking the Guns From the Cops?
The hit BBC show Luther, not to mention real London police, are important reminders that you don't need a gun to be a good cop.
Aug 1, 2012 / Books & the Arts / Cord Jefferson
From Aurora to Anaheim, Guns Are Going Off Everywhere From Aurora to Anaheim, Guns Are Going Off Everywhere
Who is being killed by firearms, and in what numbers?
Jul 30, 2012 / Stephan Salisbury
Marchers Demand Justice for Ramarley Graham Marchers Demand Justice for Ramarley Graham
“We want a movement,” says the mother of the teen who was killed by cops.
Jul 26, 2012 / Lucy McKeon
Chicago’s Dark Legacy of Police Torture Chicago’s Dark Legacy of Police Torture
Illinois has shuttered a commission formed to examine the cases of prisoners who say they were abused under Chicago’s former Police Commander Jon Burge years ago. But a truth...
Jul 19, 2012 / Liliana Segura