Tag: policing
One Year on, Oregon Drug Decriminalization Is Boosting Harm Reduction and Housing
February 1 marks the one-year anniversary since Measure 110 took effect in Oregon, decriminalizing ...
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg Rapidly Backpedals on Radical Reforms
Alvin Bragg, a former state and federal prosecutor, won the competitive 2021 Manhattan district ...
Doubling Down on Fentanyl Myths, West Virginia Bill Would Punish “Exposing” Cops
On January 18, West Virginia legislators advanced a bill that would make “exposing” law ...
SF Mayor London Breed Plans More Drug Arrests to “Take Back Our Tenderloin”
Declaring that “We need to take back our Tenderloin,” a hip, mixed-income neighborhood in ...
The NYPD Operates With Near-Impunity, Finds NYCLU Report
The New York City Police Department ignored the disciplinary recommendations of its oversight board ...
After GOP Sweep, Virginia’s AG-Elect Takes Aim at Reform Prosecutors
The impact of the Republican sweep in Virginia on November 2 won’t be limited ...
A Bad Election Night for Bids to Transform Criminal-Legal Systems
The future of criminal justice was on the ballot across the United States on ...
Experts Dismiss “Gimmick” of UK Cops’ Anti-Cocaine Spray
Police in the UK have come up with a new way of trying to ...
“Why Is Our Costly Global Drug War Failing?” Senators Ask State Department
Top Democratic senators filed a new spending bill report that calls out the federal ...
We Social Workers Should Remember Our Values and Stop Policing
In response to the murders of Black people by police, we have seen sweeping ...
