Tag: policing
Inside the Philippines Prison That Sparked Duterte’s Murderous Drug War
Twenty-three thousand dead. That’s the latest estimate—and maybe a low one—of people killed by ...
How Oklahoma’s Top Prosecutors Gang Up Against Reform
Conservative district attorneys often seem like they are at one-on-one political war with their ...
“When They See Us” Depicts Gaslighting as a Form of Police Abuse
Listen to me, Tron. I need you to do what the police want you ...
Massive Philly Cocaine Bust Is Yet Another Action With Collateral Damage
Customs officials in Philadelphia made an unexpected discovery on June 18 during a routine ...
Could Ending Asset Forfeiture Be a First Step Towards Reparations?
Coinciding with Juneteenth, a day honoring the emancipation of enslaved peoples, Congress held the ...
Sinister Motives, Moral Panic Behind Florida’s Persecution of Sex Workers
Bruce Colton, the chief elected prosecutor of Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee and St. Lucie ...
NYC Defenders: District Attorneys Breaking Their Promises to End Marijuana Prosecutions
On June 11, New York City public defenders released data demonstrating that district attorneys ...
Data Platform Scores California Police Departments a Resounding “F” for Racial Bias
Every person in prison is a policy failure,” is a common phrase in abolitionist ...
A Bloody Week Shows the Drug War’s Continuous Violent Ripple Effect
More than 40 people were shot in Chicago last weekend, seven fatally, in what ...
Drug War Photo-Op Policing Is a Betrayal of Law Enforcement’s Principles
It’s one of the defining images of modern policing. High-ranking officers lined up at ...
