America’s Criminal Injustice System
Aug 17, 2016 In this age of stop-and-frisk, racial profiling, mandatory sentencing, the death penalty, life without parole and execution-by-cop, I—a private eye for defense lawyers—can't defend anybody.
‘Dark Justice’: A Looney Tunes Take on Racism
Mar 21, 2016 Funny or Die’s show about the only black officer in a small-town police department dives into treacherous waters and brings humor to the surface.
‘Threat-Score Software’: Will It Get You Shot by a Cop?
Feb 1, 2016 This law enforcement technology can use facts such as ZIP codes and frequency of address changes to assign a danger level to people an officer might engage A high threat score could increase the officer's anxiety and you know where that could lead.
Don’t Just Fire Officer James Frascatore — Arrest Him
Sep 17, 2015 New York City Police Officer James Frascatore has given new meaning to the Grand Slam of tennis.
Black People in Minneapolis Are 9 Times More Likely to Be Arrested for Minor Offenses
May 29, 2015 A damning ACLU report finds "severe," "pervasive" and "systematic" racial disparities in arrests by Minneapolis police.
Victim Mentality
May 16, 2015
In Selma, Memories of Bloody Sunday Spur Action Today
Mar 13, 2015 Fifty years have passed since Bloody Sunday, that seminal event in United States civil-rights history when African-Americans and their allies attempted to march from Selma to Montgomery, Ala., demanding the right to vote.
Report: Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson to Call It Quits
Mar 12, 2015 Thomas Jackson has held fast to his post as chief of the embattled Ferguson, Mo., Police Department despite a constant chorus of calls for his resignation following the Aug. 9, 2014, shooting of an unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, by Officer Darren Wilson. That's apparently about to change.
Florida Police Caught Using Photos of Black Men for Target Practice
Jan 18, 2015 You'll never guess how the North Miami Beach Police got found out using mug shots of black citizens to practice their shooting.
Racial Profiling
Dec 13, 2014
