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Bad Cop Blotter

Stop SWAT Raids

Introducing Bad Cop Blotter, a new column where dangerous, arrogant, and stupid police behavior gets shamed, and good officers—on occasion—get praised. This week, we're looking at horrifically botched SWAT raids and more than one case of cops shooting mentally ill homeless men. Full story

Weediquette

Getting Chased by the Cops

In Philadelphia, the cops group all young men into very few categories. Either you are black, Hispanic, possibly black or Hispanic, or you are a college student. College students present no threat whatsoever and are thereby good to go in any circumstance of infringement, save for… Full story

The Cops Destroyed My Friend's Business Because He Made a Porn Site for the Wrong Guy

My friend Adam was, until recently, making a living as a self-employed web designer in South Carolina. In February, he was hired to make a porn site, and then, a month ago, Adam's home was raided by the police, and all of his computer equipment was seized, forcing him to close hi… Full story

Comics

Aromatherapy Cops

"That's Rob Kilrape! The most vicious criminal in the city!" Full story

Can MDMA Cure PTSD?

Trials Are Set to Begin in Vancouver

Last year, a study showed that MDMA works like a therapeutic catalyst. Patients’ scores when measuring common PTSD symptoms such as anxiety, paranoia, nightmares and depression, consistently dropped by over 75 percent. A new study in Vancouver is set to begin, though not without… Full story

Mexicalia

The Messenger Angels of Ciudad Juárez

For the past three years, a group of teenagers calling themselves the Messenger Angels have been taking to the streets of Ciudad Juárez covered in silver paint and glitter, wearing thick white robes and huge feathered wings, and holding hand-painted signs that address the cops, t… Full story

The Underachievers Talk About Stop-and-Frisk and Kimani Gray

The Underachievers have managed to rise up out of their Brooklyn neighborhood of Flatbush. But it wasn't long ago that they were getting stopped and frisked by the cops, just like the other hundreds of thousands of black and Latino male New Yorkers. I talked with them about the N… Full story

Neither Big nor Easy

Someone Stole My Students’ Music Writing

Last Tuesday, my car was robbed. I don't care about my old laptop or anything else that was in there, only the pages and pages of handwritten essays my young students had penned about Katy Perry, local New Orleans musicians, and themselves. They didn't deserve that. Full story

How Cops Became Soldiers: A Chat With Radley Balko

Balko, an investigative reporter and expert on police militarization, opens up on cops going ham. Full story

Will Anonymous Retaliate for Christopher Dorner's Probable Death?

With all signs pointing to Christopher Dorner being dead after his killing spree wrapped up inside of a burning cabin, Anonymous has been stirring a pot of skepticism online as dissent against the LAPD grows. Full story