Lucy Steigerwald
The NYPD Cops Who Went Binge-Drinking with an Alleged Rape Victim Will Keep Their Jobs
The cops' incredibly unprofessional behavior violated departmental rules, but apparently not enough for them to be pushed off the force.
What I Learned Writing About Bad Cops for a Year and a Half
I've been writing this Bad Cop Blotter column for more than 18 months, and the pre-Ferguson, post-Ferguson divide is palpable – if only in a media-giving-a-shit kind of a way.
US Feds Are Making It Harder for Local Cops to Seize Private Property
Attorney General Eric Holder is axing a programme called Equitable Sharing, dealing a brutal – if not fatal – blow to the system of formalised American police corruption that is civil asset forfeiture.
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.
What Killed Eric Garner, Racist Cops or Cigarette Taxes?
It's fine for conservatives to use Garner's tragic death to decry the "nanny state," but they also shouldn't ignore the racial disparities that run through the US justice system.
Californian Cops Stole a Suspects' Nude Photos as a 'Game'
US cops can be just as creepy as the dudes behind the Fappening?
The Milwaukee Police Officer Who Killed a Schizophrenic Man Got Fired and Nobody's Happy
US cops frequently kill the mentally ill without paying a real price.
Why Did a Black Man Get Gunned Down in Walmart for Carrying an Unloaded Air Rifle?
A month later, the death of John Crawford III at the hands of police still makes no damn sense.
Everything Wrong with Police Has Been On Display in Ferguson
A bad situation made worse by the cops' crazy response.
You Can Get Years in Prison For Bringing Legal Guns to the Wrong US State
Throwing people in jail for not knowing the ins and outs of every state's gun control laws keeps happening across the US.
Are Albuquerque’s Police the Worst in the US?
They've shot and killed 26 people in the past four years.
The Unknown Unknowns of the NSA
America's most secretive intelligence agency uses metadata to find targets for drone strikes.