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Police Misconduct
Ex-Cop Avoids Conviction in Breonna Taylor’s Killing Once Again The federal civil-rights case against Brett Hankison ended in a mistrial.
By Bindu Bansinath
A Train Hit a Police Car With a Woman Handcuffed Inside She survived, though her attorney wonders why Colorado officers left their SUV parked directly on the tracks.
By Claire Lampen
‘We Don’t Know How Many Women Are Out There Like That’ Anna Borkowski accused three men of rape. Why did prosecutors stop her?
By Roxanna Asgarian
Minneapolis Police Had a Pattern of Racial Discrimination, Report Finds MPD reportedly used covert social-media accounts to surveil Black community leaders.
By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
The Cover-up Machine Activists in Aurora, Colorado, wanted justice for Elijah McClain. Instead, they found themselves facing decades in prison.
By Claire Lampen
A New Book for the ‘Abolition Curious’ “There’s only so much longer we as a society will tolerate police killing three people per day.”
By Mary Retta
forgotten new york
Oct. 4, 2021
The Forgotten City Hall Riot In 1992, thousands of drunken cops raged against the mayor of New York — leaving an indelible mark on the city’s likely next mayor.
By Laura Nahmias
It’s Not on the Public to Protect Themselves From Police After officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced for raping and murdering Sarah Everard, London police have some safety suggestions for civilians.
By Claire Lampen
Justice Department Launches Probe of Minneapolis Police Practices Merrick Garland announced a probe into whether the department has engaged in a pattern of “unlawful policing” a day after the Derek Chauvin verdict.
By Nia Prater
the system
Sept. 27, 2020
The Law Is Not Made for Breonna Taylor And its capacity to deliver justice is functionally null.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
george floyd protests
June 11, 2020
Chicago Police Caught Sleeping in U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s Office During Protests Thirteen police officers, including three supervisors, slept and ate in Bobby Rush’s office for up to four hours as property damage occurred nearby.
By Matt Stieb
LAPD Is Falsely Labeling People As Gang Members. It’s Part of a Bigger Crisis. LAPD officers’ falsely labeling people as gang members reveals a bigger problem: It doesn’t take much to get yourself added to a gang database.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Why Are So Many ‘Bad Apple’ Police Officers Bad in the Same Way? The new Sandra Bland footage casts light on the debate over whether police misconduct is an isolated or systemic problem.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
police misconduct
Oct. 24, 2015
FBI Chief Links Crime Wave to Police Scrutiny He becomes the highest-profile law enforcement official to push the connection, though no data supports the theory.
By Chas Danner
Chicago Cops Staged a Photograph Where a Black Man Was Posed As a Hunted Animal One cop is already in jail and the other was fired over the image. Mayor Rahm Emanuel says “good riddance.”
By Chas Danner
