Sonali Kolhatkar / IMIJan 20, 2023
There is much data suggesting that more police funding means more violence and death. And yet, police departments remain flush with cash. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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As advocates and academics question the impact of flights over neighborhoods, police departments lack persuasive evidence of crime-fighting effectiveness. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )
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DON THOMPSON / The Associated PressMar 10, 2019
The panel overseeing the nation's first attempt to track such complaints against police wants to encourage more people to come forward. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
DON THOMPSON / The Associated PressMar 5, 2019
California's attorney general finds that the officers reasonably believed the unarmed black man had a gun as he approached them. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Paul Von Blum / TruthdigFeb 8, 2019
The author examines 'Sundown towns'—all-white communities that kept out minorities with laws, threats and violence—in the context of Trump era racism and #BlackLivesMatter. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )
By Kavitha Surana / ProPublicaJun 8, 2018
A Pennsylvania judge heard uncontested evidence that ICE agents violated constitutional rights during an arrest last year, but that wasn’t enough to stop deportation proceedings. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigDec 30, 2017
Florida, with some of the nation's deadliest roads, is one of the last states to not fully ban texting while driving, but it will soon consider a bill that would. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
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Kali Holloway / AlterNetNov 30, 2017
The attorney general's defense is now being used by lawyers for South Carolina Police Officer Michael Slager, who killed the unarmed Walter Scott. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )
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