Viewfinder: Protesting Police Brutality in Paris
People take part in a demonstration called by the families of the victims of alleged police brutality in…
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Police Brutality
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Hate Crimes Are Way Up—and the FBI Has No Way of Tracking Them Properly
There is considerable anxiety about the potential for violence after a bitter national election. The data kept on…
Police Brutality Lowers a Community’s Likelihood to Call 911
A new study is the first to show that communities don’t just feel less trust in police after…
Bodies on the Streets
A body in the street can provoke a state of emergency, but not always. In Charlotte, it took…
Keith Lamont Scott and the Crime of Fleeing While Black
A new state Supreme Court decision may signal a path forward for Charlotte’s enraged protesters. By Jared Keller…
DNA Dragnet: When Stop-and-Frisk Turns Into Stop-and-Spit
Police in Florida and other states are building up private DNA databases, in part by collecting voluntary samples…
The Camera Lies—Even When Cops Wear It
New research suggests recordings of violent incidents don’t help to clarify whether a police officer’s use of force…
We Need Data to Re-Build Trust in Our Police Departments
Transparency will make it much easier to build better relations between officers and the communities they’re meant to…
Meet the Chemist Behind Many Popular—and Faulty—Police Drug Kits
Decades after L.J. Scott Jr. developed a test for cocaine, his invention played a role in hundreds of…
Where Do the Presidential Candidates Stand on Police Shootings?
The candidates have very different plans for action. By Francie Diep Activists protest in Times Square in response…