Privacy Advocates Seek More Oversight Of Police Technology
“You don’t know when privacy will matter,” says Jon McCray Jones of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin. “You don’t know what...
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May 161 min read
79,000 Law Enforcement Officers Assaulted Last Year, 10-Year High
The rate of assaults on U.S. law enforcement reached a 10-year high in 2023, with more than 79,000 officer attacks reported. A new FBI...
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Crime and Justice News
May 152 min read
Chicago Police Use Of Excessive Force Bring Worries For Hosting DNC
The crowd control tactics of the Chicago Police Department — notorious for their botched response to protests following the murder of...
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Crime and Justice News
May 142 min read
1,000 Died In Decade From 'Non Lethal' Police Force, AP Finds
In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for...
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Crime and Justice News
May 142 min read
Dartmouth's Quick Call To Arrest Protesters Brings A Swift Fallout
As the police arrested student protesters at Dartmouth College this month, a 65-year-old professor ended up on the ground. Two student...
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Crime and Justice News
May 142 min read
National Police Week Opens With At Least Five Officers Shot
The start of National Police Week aligns with a troubling surge in police fatalities. At least five officers were shot, with one...
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Crime and Justice News
May 132 min read
Why Were Police So Slow Responding To Violence At UCLA?
Nearly two weeks after a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California Los Angeles, was attacked by counterprotesters,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 132 min read
Denver Will Not Pull Over Drivers For Low-Level Traffic Offenses
There's a new approach to how Denver will handle low-level traffic violations. Cities like Los Angeles and Philadelphia have told their...
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Crime and Justice News
May 112 min read
Experts Questions Deputy's Quick Killing Of Florida Airman
Roger Fortson opened the door of his Florida apartment with a gun and was immediately shot six times by a sheriff’s deputy responding on...
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Crime and Justice News
May 92 min read
NYC Watchdog Agency Checking Police Social Media Posts
New York City’s watchdog agency launched an investigation into allegations that the police department improperly used its official social...
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Crime and Justice News
May 91 min read
Florida Deputies Killed Black Airman In Raid On Wrong Unit
Deputies responding to a disturbance call at a Florida apartment complex burst into the wrong unit and fatally shot a Black U.S. Air...
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Crime and Justice News
May 92 min read
Maryland Police Watchdog System Off To A Slow Start
Three years after state lawmakers celebrated the passage of the Maryland Police Accountability Act, the rollout of the new police...
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Crime and Justice News
May 81 min read
Houston Chief Finner Abruptly Quits Amid Suspended-Case Probe
Chief Troy Finner retired Wednesday from the Houston Police Department in a late-night resignation given to Mayor John Whitmire amid a...
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Crime and Justice News
May 62 min read
Police Responses On Campuses Reflect Lessons From Floyd Turmoil
As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza that continue to ripple,...
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Crime and Justice News
May 62 min read
VA Prosecutor Dropping Charges Against 5 Cops In Black Man's Death
The Virginia prosecutor investigating the death of Irvo Otieno is seeking to withdraw charges against five law enforcement officers who...
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Crime and Justice News
May 31 min read
Half of NY Campus Protestors Had No School Connection, NYPD Says
More than a quarter of protesters arrested Tuesday at Columbia University and 60 percent of those arrested at the City College of New...
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Crime and Justice News
May 31 min read
4 Officers Killed Serving Warrants Highlight Police Risks
The risks posed as police officers serve warrants was highlighted on Monday when four law enforcement officers who were part of a U.S....
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 301 min read
Four Officers Killed, Four Injured Serving Charlotte Search Warrant
Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 292 min read
Police Increasing Ranks For First Time Since Pandemic
Police departments are reporting an increase in their ranks for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 killing of George...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 292 min read
900 Campus Protesters Arrested As Universities Call Police
At least 900 protesters have been arrested at pro-Palestinian demonstrations on college campuses in the last 10 days, the largest police...
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