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California Police Stop Black, Latino Drivers More Than Whites
California police officers stopped Black and Latino drivers and pedestrians at much higher rates than white people in 2023, repeating a...
Crime and Justice News
Jan 62 min read
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DOJ Says OK, OK City Police Violate Rights In Behavior Disability Cases
The state of Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City Police Department violated federal laws, unnecessarily institutionalized adults with...
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Jan 61 min read
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Oklahoma AG Drops Assault Charge Against Police Officer
Oklahoma’s attorney general dismissed an assault charge against a police officer who slammed a 71-year-old man to the ground, fracturing...
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Dec 31, 20242 min read
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DOJ Policing Cases Go Beyond Use Of Force To Sex, Homeless Issues
In Worcester, Mass., police officers enforcing anti-prostitution ordinances coerced women to touch their genitals and perform sex acts. In...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 27, 20242 min read
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L.A. County Deputies Suspended After Transgender Man Beaten
At least eight Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies have been relieved of duty amid a federal investigation into the beating of a...
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Dec 26, 20242 min read
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Will DOJ Complete More Police Reforms Before Trump Arrives?
Elected after global protests over police brutality, President Biden promised broad reform to U.S. policing. He pledged to increase use...
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Dec 26, 20242 min read
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Top NYPD Uniformed Officer Quits Amid Sex Misconduct Charges
Jeffrey Maddrey, New York City’s top uniformed police officer, abruptly resigned Friday night amid allegations of sexual misconduct,...
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Dec 23, 20242 min read
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Shon Barnes Leaving Madison To Become Seattle Police Chief
Madison, Wisc., Police Chief Shon Barnes was named chief of police in Seattle on Friday, five days after he was thrust into the national...
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Dec 20, 20242 min read
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Public Contact With Police Declines, Racial Disparities Continue
Almost 50 million people reported contact with police in 2022, the lowest total since 2008. Still, an analysis by the Prison Policy...
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Dec 20, 20243 min read
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Ex-Police Chief Sentenced To 25 Years For Sex Trafficking Girl, 17
Larry Clay Jr., a former West Virginia police chief, was sentenced Thursday to 25 years in federal prison for sex-trafficking a...
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Dec 20, 20242 min read
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Most Deaths When Police Use 'Less-Lethal' Force Are Called Accidents
The autopsy report on Jen Dold's brother called his death an accident. Their mother had called 911 for help getting Alex Dold, 29, to the...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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Trump Expected To Drop Biden Order On Police Reform Issues
On the campaign trail, Donald Trump painted a dire picture of a violence-torn nation where residents lived in fear. He told Detroit...
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Dec 18, 20242 min read
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New Orleans, DOJ Seek To End Police Oversight Despite Criticism
The city of New Orleans and the U.S. Justice Department are pushing to end a decade of police oversight that was ordered in response to a...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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NJ Police 'Courtesy Cards' Help Produce 'Two-Tiered' Justice System
The credit-card size documents may be known as police courtesy cards, gold cards or family cards. They are distributed by law enforcement...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 18, 20242 min read
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DOJ Says Mount Vernon, NY, Police Ordered Illegal Strip Searches
A suburban New York police department routinely violated residents’ civil rights, including making illegal arrests and using unnecessary...
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Dec 16, 20242 min read
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Louisville, DOJ Agree On Plan To Address Police Misconduct
The city of Louisville and the Justice Department reached an agreement to address police misconduct after the fatal shooting of Breonna...
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Dec 13, 20242 min read
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DOJ Find Civil Rights Violations By Police In Worcester, MA
Police in Worcester, MA, use excessive force and engage in “outrageous” sexual contact with women while undercover, a two-year civil...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 10, 20241 min read
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Nearly Half Of Police Agencies Have Co-Responder Programs
More police agencies across the U.S. are adopting alternative responses to calls involving mental health crises. Co-responder teams...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20243 min read
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NJ Troopers Issued 81% Fewer Tickets After Report Assailed Bias
In July 2023, New Jersey troopers who patrol the state’s busiest highways and remote rural roads began writing far fewer traffic...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20242 min read
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Indianapolis Officers Acquitted In Death Of Man They Cuffed, Tased
Two Indianapolis police officers were acquitted of involuntary manslaughter charges in the 2022 death of Herman Whitfield III, after he...
Crime and Justice News
Dec 9, 20242 min read
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