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This was St. Louis the night a cop was acquitted of a black man’s murder

09.18.17

By Joshua Hersh
Pulse

Cops getting caught on video hasn’t led to more convictions

09.15.17

By Isabella McKinley Corbo
Pulse

Trump’s new executive orders on crime are meaningless, criminologists say

02.09.17

By Tess Owen

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