Policing
New Mexico Cops Are Facing Murder Charges For Shooting a Homeless Man in the Back
The district attorney decided to skip a grand jury and charge two officers with an open count of murder.
The FBI Says It Doesn’t Need a Warrant to Track Your Cell Phone in Public
The FBI recently started requiring agents to obtain a warrant before using Stingray tracking technology, but privacy advocates say exceptions to the rules leave plenty of room for abuse.
The 'Charlie' Hebdo' Attacks Showed When We Need Cops
We should salute cops when they do their jobs, but law enforcement heroism can't be used to delay police reform.
Why Can't Ferguson Grand Jurors Talk About the Darren Wilson Case?
A 1990 Supreme Court ruling suggests the grand juror suing Missouri for the right to speak out has a decent shot at victory.
Alabama Police Killed a 'Sovereign Citizen' Who Was Dropping Off a Stray Animal at a Shelter
On Tuesday, police in Dothan, Alabama, fatally shot a reported member of the loosely-defined "sovereign citizen" movement after he refused to show a government-issued ID to employees at an animal shelter.
New York Exploded in Protests for Eric Garner Last Night
People flooded the streets in response to the Staten Island grand jury's decision not to indict the cop who placed Garner in the choke hold the led to his death last July.
Is Ferguson-Style Unrest Heading to New York City?
The NYPD did some recon in Missouri last week ahead of its own grand jury decision on police violence, expected any day now.
We Talked to People Who Knew 12-Year-Old Tamir Rice About His Death at the Hands of Cleveland Cops
An alleged eyewitness, Rice's art teacher, and a former Cleveland cop weigh in.
Why Darren Wilson Will Be Just Fine
Transparently awful cops have enjoyed successful careers after being forced out of police work. Why not this one, who wasn't even indicted, much less convicted?
How It Felt to Be Inside the Ferguson Media Circus
As a local reporter in St. Louis during the protests over Michael Brown's death, I watched as the international press parachuted in. I'm glad they came.
Why Are US Cops Terrifying Children with 'Active Shooter' Drills?
Cops reportedly brandished handguns and even an AR-15 rifle during the exercise, which may have done more harm than good by traumatising a bunch of kids.
What Does It Take to Be a Doctor on a SWAT Team?
I took a SWAT tactical medicine training course, and found out just how far America's fetish for militarized policing has crept.