Policing
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.
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 '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.
Will We Ever Find Out What Happened During the Eric Garner Grand Jury Proceedings?
The New York Civil Liberties Union and the Legal Aid Society are demanding that the Staten Island district attorney release details on how the grand jury decided not to indict NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo for Eric Garner's death.
The NYPD Is Taking a Holiday from Arresting People
This past week saw New York City cops shift from symbolic protest—turning their backs on the mayor—to actually packing it up and not doing their jobs.
New York City Is on Edge After Saturday's Police 'Assassination'
Local cops, already known not to be huge fans of NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, are now openly disrespecting him after two of their own were executed by a lone gunman in Brooklyn.
I Went to a Pro-NYPD Rally Friday Night and Shit Got Ugly
On a cold Friday night in New York, about 50 people gathered to show their support for Gotham's finest, but it wasn't long before counter-protesters angry about police brutality arrived.
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.
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.
The NYPD Admits a Rookie Cop Killed a 'Total Innocent' Last Night
Another day, another disaster for everybody's favourite police force.
Is New York’s Latest Graffiti Crackdown Backfiring?
Crime rates are low and the new mayor is an outspoken progressive, so why is the NYPD going after graffiti artists like it's 1994?