Tag: police and reform

ICE recruitment offer to NYPD backfires

An ICE recruitment ad attempted to use fears over Mamdani’s win in the NYC mayoral race to get NYPD officers…

Couple Sues NYPD Over Security Camera Watching Their Bedroom

The suit is the first of its kind to take on the NYPD surveillance machine, accusing the cops of violating…

Listen: Episode 2: A Death in the Dark (War on Drugs)

War on Drugs: How the pre-planned no-knock raid — a violent, volatile tactic that became a common tool of the…

Cops on Ketamine?

Ketamine is used to treat depression in certain patients and, but the largely unregulated mental health treatment still faces hurdles.

5 police officers shot in Pennsylvania. Near me.

Living in a small town, I never thought there would be a mass shooting anywhere around here. Yesterday, there were…

Trump’s Deployment of the National Guard to Fight Crime Blurs Legal Distinction Between Police and the Military

President Trump has deployed the National Guard to fight crime when they have no law enforcement training and cannot legally…

Chaos on New York’s Streets, Brought to You by the NYPD

The NYPD Officers seem to run reds whenever they feel like it — and only they could say whether it’s…

Trump Decried Crime in America, Then Gutted Funding for Gun Violence Prevention

Gun violence is America’s most deadly public health crisis. The U.S. Department of Justice terminated 373 grants—a large share were…

It’s been 5 years since the George Floyd murder. What changed?

The George Floyd murder that ignited protests all over the world happened 5 years ago. Has anything changed?

5 years after George Floyd’s murder: How the media narrative has changed around the killing and the protests that followed

From the outset, the incident became a battle of narratives. The local police initially reported George Floyd was experiencing “distress”…

The DEA Is Abandoning Body Cameras.

An internal email obtained by ProPublica said the DEA made the change to be “consistent” with a Trump executive order.…

Bail Laws: Lawmakers Close to Texas Republicans’ Goal of Keeping Defendants in Jail

After struggling for years to gain enough bipartisan support to tighten the state’s bail laws, Texas Republicans appear closer than…