Nadia Prupis: More Police Departments Using Drones
Anti-war groups call for increased scrutiny over use of drones as law enforcement tools. Police departments in the U.S. are increasingly considering the use of drones as a law enforcement … Continue reading
No Jail Time For Elite Real Estate Broker Who Shoplifted $1,600 In Clothes
“It’s okay, I never have to deal with the consequences of my actions!” The daughter of a wealthy tech CEO who owns a mansion in Southampton will avoid jail after … Continue reading
A Cop’s Take on Ferguson
As I watch the events in Ferguson Missouri, I can’t help but think about my own time in law enforcement and just how much I’ve changed since I wore the … Continue reading
Video: Police Beat Homeless Man, Attempt to Steal Witness Phones
There are dozens of videos on YouTube of police harassing, beating, and even killing unarmed citizens. Are American police out of control? Here, half a dozen cops are beating a … Continue reading
Video: Michael Brown’s Body
A video released August 11 by the channel Law Abiding Citizen News contains disturbing images from August 9 surrounding the death of Mike Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. Law Abiding Citizen … Continue reading
David M. Perry: Ferguson and the cult of compliance
When the police won’t take no for an answer… The protests in Ferguson, Missouri, set off by a policeman’s shooting of an unarmed black teen last week, appear to be … Continue reading
Chase Madar: The Over-Policing of America
If all you’ve got is a hammer, then everything starts to look like a nail. And if police and prosecutors are your only tool, sooner or later everything and everyone … Continue reading
John Samuel Tieman: Economic Justice and the St. Louis Riots
St. Louis is seething. A profound, inexplicable seething. A young man, Michael Brown, his hands in the air. Then eight shots. Graphic photographs of his body lying for hours on … Continue reading
Woman Beaten by Police Officer
LOS ANGELES (KABC) — The family of a woman captured on video being tackled and punched by a California Highway Patrol officer has spoken out for the first time. “He … Continue reading
Ferguson Police Officer Justin Cosma Hog-Tied And Injured A Young Child, Lawsuit Alleges
According to a lawsuit filed in 2012 in Missouri federal court, Justin Cosma and another officer, Richard Carter, approached a 12-year-old boy who was checking the mailbox at the end … Continue reading →