Police and Law Enforcement

Lying in Wait Lying in Wait

On the eve of mass protests, police tell tales that turn out not to be true.

Apr 1, 2004 / Feature / David Graeber

Taking Liberties Taking Liberties

On February 3 a law enforcement official working with the Joint Terrorism Task Force in Des Moines served a subpoena on Drake University seeking records on its student chapter of...

Feb 12, 2004 / David Cole

Baghdad Beat Baghdad Beat

There's a wonderful children's story by Roald Dahl titled Fantastic Mr. Fox. Mr. Fox is a wily fellow whose record of chicken theft has driven three local farmers to the point of...

Jan 8, 2004 / Column / Patricia J. Williams

A Warning for Miami A Warning for Miami

For information on the Viveiros case: www.friendsofcamilo.org.

Nov 13, 2003 / Michael Blanding

The Drug War Goes Up in Smoke The Drug War Goes Up in Smoke

A budget crisis and a prison boom make the states a vanguard for drug reform.

Jul 31, 2003 / Feature / Sasha Abramsky

Lost Innocents Lost Innocents

Every day, DNA testing overturns another man's rape or murder conviction.

Jun 26, 2003 / Column / Katha Pollitt

Buyer Beware Buyer Beware

Speaking at a conference this winter on Internet crime, eBay.com's director of law enforcement and compliance, Joseph Sullivan, offered law-enforcement officials extensive access...

Jun 20, 2003 / Feature / Jonah Engle

The Public Is the Enemy The Public Is the Enemy

On March 22, a few hundred peaceful antiwar protesters in Seattle who had gathered around the Federal Building suddenly found themselves being swept down streets by officers in...

Apr 24, 2003 / Silja J.A. Talvi

Driving While Immigrant Driving While Immigrant

Emboldened by the "success" of its preventive war in Iraq, the Bush Administration appears to be expanding its preventive law-enforcement strategy at home.

Apr 24, 2003 / David Cole

Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter Concerning Pee-Wee, Townshend and Ritter

The worse the state treats kids, the more the state's prosecutors chase after inoffensive "perverts" in the private sector who have committed the so-called crime of getting sex...

Jan 30, 2003 / Column / Alexander Cockburn

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