The Dark Side of DNA Evidence The Dark Side of DNA Evidence
Collecting DNA upon arrest can identify the guilty and exonerate the innocent. But it also amounts to an expanding racial dragnet.
Mar 27, 2013 / Jason Silverstein
After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior After Dorner: How the LAPD Has Covered Up Its Bad Behavior
The LAPD is supposed to have cleaned up its act under the tenure of Police Chief Charlie Beck. But his record is rife with denials and whitewashes.
Mar 26, 2013 / Uzma Kolsy
Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent Kimani Gray: Guilty Until Proven Innocent
News stories that followed the NYPD’s killing of a 16-year-old Brooklyn boy show how we criminalize people based on race and geography.
Mar 20, 2013 / Column / Patricia J. Williams
AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas AUDIO: New York’s Police Union Worked With the NYPD to Set Arrest and Summons Quotas
The department’s emphasis on numbers and the union's cooperation has led to millions of suspicion-less stop-and-frisks.
Mar 19, 2013 / Ross Tuttle
NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Has Created a Climate of Fear NYPD Surveillance of Muslims Has Created a Climate of Fear
A new report by civil liberties groups reveals self-censorship and decreased participation in community groups as a result of police hounding.
Mar 18, 2013 / Petra Bartosiewicz
Did the NYPD Entrap Ahmed Ferhani? Did the NYPD Entrap Ahmed Ferhani?
The government says he is a terrorist. But his conversations with undercover police tell a different story.
Mar 5, 2013 / Feature / John Knefel
Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago Racism, Torture and Impunity in Chicago
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is continuing the city’s tradition of refusing to apologize for the torture of scores of black men under police commander Jon Burge.
Feb 20, 2013 / Flint Taylor
Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home? Alabama Hostage Rescue: Using the Military at Home?
A slippery slope that ought to scare us all.
Feb 5, 2013 / Bob Dreyfuss
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Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO] Dangerous Rush to Legislate on Surveillance and Mental Health? Dean Spade [VIDEO]
Involuntary mental health care and police profiling will not make the United States safer.
Dec 28, 2012 / Laura Flanders
Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough Dean Spade: Why the Law Is Not Enough
Our civil rights discourse must address the ways our institutions systemically oppress certain communities.
Dec 20, 2012 / Laura Flanders