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December 10, 2015
Steven Cohen
New York is safer now that the police don’t harass people of color (as much).
December 10, 2015
Caren Morrison
How the Justice System Fails Us After Police Shootings
"... 1,058 people have been killed by police this year to date alone, and most of the time, no legal charges follow."
December 9, 2015
Steven Cohen
Rahm Emanuel has reached the public apology stage of the Laquan McDonald controversy.
December 7, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Justice Department is launching a civil rights probe into the Chicago police department. Finally.
December 4, 2015
Eve Ewing
Rahm Emanuel’s Next Scandal? Chicago’s Public Housing
As the mayor reels from the Laquan McDonald controversy, he must deal with a housing authority with heavy pockets and empty promises.
December 2, 2015
Steven Cohen
The Next Fight for Racial Justice: Police Union Reform
Deep in the weeds of union contract agreements lie provisions that protect cops from oversight.
December 2, 2015
Steven Cohen
For years, white supremacists in the Dothan, Alabama, police department allegedly planted drugs and guns on black people.
December 1, 2015
Steven Cohen
Garry McCarthy is out as police superintendent as the covering of asses continues in Chicago.
November 23, 2015
Jamil Smith
Donald Trump’s Recipe for More Tamir Rices
One year after a black Cleveland preteen was killed by a cop, the GOP front-runner is fostering a culture of racial suspicion.
November 20, 2015
Jamil Smith
We're about to see how Laquan McDonald died.
November 19, 2015
Jamil Smith
"RoboCop" just got convicted of police brutality.
November 19, 2015
Steven Cohen
Statistically speaking, the Ferguson Effect is bogus. No one who believes in the Ferguson Effect will care.
November 17, 2015
PodcastIntersection
Intersection Episode 9: Tamir Rice Has Been Dead for a Year
Host Jamil Smith looks back at the police killing of a 12-year-old boy in his hometown, Cleveland.
July 23, 2015
Joseph Pomianowski
Police Have Too Much Power Over Motorists
Sandra Bland's violent arrest shows why the law must change
May 18, 2015
Jamil Smith
Data-Driven Policing
Communities don’t need to be friends with cops. They need transparency.
May 1, 2015
Danny Vinik
An 18-Year-Old Baltimore Rioter Faces a Higher Bail Than the Cop Accused of Murdering Freddie Gray
April 30, 2015
Stacia L. Brown
Looking While Black
When eye contact with police is considered a crime
April 8, 2015
Jeet Heer
The Killing of Walter Scott Sheds Light on the Problem of Police Lying
March 14, 2015
Jamil Smith
Language Police
The NYPD can’t delete brutality from its history.
March 4, 2015
Jamil Smith
You, Too, Can Prevent Police Brutality
The DOJ's Ferguson probe shows why we need to get proactive

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