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Bronx Parents and Community Members Protest Harsh Disciplinary Procedures

Dinu Ahmed | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: New York City Department of Education, Arrests, Education, Bronx, Incarceration, Discipline, School to Prison, School Safety, South Bronx, Education News
Dinu Ahmed

The Bronx-based groups argue that harsh and punitive disciplinary measures that remove children from the classroom for minor incidents only exacerbate the problem of school pushout, and differentially impact youth of color.

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Voina, Russia's Prize-Winning Anarchist Art Collective, Spawns an All-Female Anti-Putin Punk Group

ARTINFO | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Russia, Arrests, Vladimir Putin, Innovation Art Prize, Moscow-Russia, Pussy Riot, Artinfo, Arts News
ARTINFO

Voina, the infamous Russian art collective known for making art out of vandalism and other pranks, remains best-known for a very male image: a 65-foot...

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Arlington County Police: We Don't Use A Quota System

The Huffington Post | Rachel Tepper | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Virginia News, DC News, Quota, Arrests, Police, Arlington Quota, Traffic Tickets, Quota System, Dui, Arlington County Police, Arlington County, DC News

WASHINGTON -- What's going on in Arlington County? On Monday, WUSA-TV reported that it had obtained an Arlington County Police Department memo detaili...

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Bronx Youth of Color Most Vulnerable to School Arrests and Summonses

Dinu Ahmed | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: School Discipline, Arrests, Education, Nypd, School Suspensions, Schools, Students, Racial Profiling, South Bronx, Education News
Dinu Ahmed

Since the NYPD was awarded control over school safety in 1998, serious questions have been raised regarding the abilities of NYPD School Safety Agents to distinguish minor school disciplinary issues from criminal behavior.

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More Than 30 Arrested While Protesting Contentious Legislation

AP | Posted 03.03.2012

Read More: Virginia, Abortion, Arrests, Video, Virginia Protesters, Virginia Protesters Arrested, Protests, Contraception, Birth Control, Anti-Abortion Legislation Protesters, Protesters, Virginia Anti-Abortion Legislation, Anti-Abortion Legislation, Politics News

RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 30 activists have been arrested for refusing to leave the Virginia Capitol steps during a protest of anti-abortion legislat...

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Race, Arrest and Incarceration in New York City

Alan Singer | Posted 02.23.2012

Read More: Arrests, Incarceration Rates, Racism, De Toqueville, Prison Population, Nypd Racial Profiling, Racial Profiling, Minority Arrests, New York News
Alan Singer

In 40 years of teaching in the New York metropolitan area I have never had a Black student who did not have a story to tell.

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Egyptian Blogger Sentenced by Military Rulers Amid Accusations of Human Rights "Cronyism"

Courtney C. Radsch | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Egypt, Arrests, #jan25, #NoSCAF, Military, Scaf, Activism, Bloggers, Press Freedom, Digital Activism, Cyberactivism, Mikhail Nabil, Alaa Abdel Fattah, Middle East, Human Rights, World News
Courtney C. Radsch

Blogger Maikel Nabil was sentenced to two years in prison yesterday, a one-year reduction from his three-year sentence handed down on Apr. 11 by a military tribunal in closed session.

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U.S.-Mexico Border Arrests Continue To Drop

AP | By ALICIA A. CALDWELL | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: Immigration Reform, Arrests, Video, Undocumented Immigrants, U.S.-Mexico Border, Mexican Border, Mexico, Immigration, US-Mexico Border, Arrest, Latino Voices News

ALICIA A. CALDWELL, The Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Arrests of undocumented immigrants along the U.S. border with Mexico are at the lowest level...

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All 13 Arrested Alabama Immigration Protesters Released

AP | BOB JOHNSON | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Immigration Reform, Arrests, Alabama, DREAM Act, Immigration, Alabama Immigration Law, Immigration Law, Arrest, Video, Latino Voices News

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — All 13 people arrested during a protest of Alabama's tough immigration law have been released from jail. Ten were released o...

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Jason Cherkis

Mayor Quan's Legal Adviser Quits Over Her Handling Of Occupy Oakland Camp

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 11.14.2011

Read More: Scott Olsen, Arrests, Twitter, Jean Quan, Oakland Mayor Jean Quan, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Dan Siegel, Occupy Oakland, Legal, Riot Gear, Tear Gas, Oakland Police Department, San Francisco News

WASHINGTON -- As a platoon of Oakland Police Department officers began clearing out Occupy Oakland's encampment for a second time at Frank Ogawa Plaza...

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Arin Greenwood

Hemp Store Employees And Customer Arrested In D.C. Police Raid

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Occupy D.C., Arrests, Video, Hemp, Capitol Hemp, Mpd, Occupydc, Police, Marijuana, Protests, Adams Morgan, Adam Eidinger, Occupy Dc, DC News

WASHINGTON -- D.C. police officers in bulletproof vests raided Capitol Hemp's Chinatown and Adams Morgan locations Wednesday night, arresting six empl...

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Occupy Chicago: Tent City Raid Leads to 175 Arrests

Mark Cassello | Posted 12.17.2011

Read More: Arrests, Occupy Chicago, Chicago Board of Trade, Occupation, Demonstrators, Occupy Wall Street, Chicago Police Department, Congress Plaza, Protestors, Grant Park, Encampment, Chicago News
Mark Cassello

Demanding their constitutional right to free assembly, the crowd of about 150 non-violent demonstrators waited patiently for the slow moving police procession to reach them.

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7 'Stop The Machine' Protesters Arrested On Capitol Hill

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Dc, Arrests, Capitol Hill, Occupydc, Police, Wells Fargo, Occupy Wall Street, Protest, Stop the Machine, Occupy Dc, D.C., Video, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Seven "Stop the Machine" protesters were arrested Thursday morning on Capitol Hill. The protest -- similar to but separate from the ong...

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Sen. Webb To Mayor Gray: Investigate Expired Registration Arrests

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

Read More: DC News, Arrests, Dc, Vincent Gray, Police, Senator Jim Webb, Fox News, Cars, Jim Webb, Aaa, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Jim Webb (D-Va.) sent a letter to D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray on Thursday, asking Gray to investigate reports that the city is jai...

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Protesters Arrested At Paul Ryan Event

Paige Lavender | Posted 11.07.2011

Read More: Arrests, Paul Ryan Luncheon, Video, Wisconsin, Jobs, Paul Ryan Protest Arrests, Whitnall Park Rotary, Unemployment, Rep. Paul Ryan, Protest, 112th Congress, Paul Ryan Protests, Patch, Paul Ryan, Wisconsin Protests, Politics News

A Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) luncheon on Tuesday was disrupted by demonstrators, including several who were arrested while protesting the Wisconsin congressma...

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Defense Department Employee Arrested On Bribery Charge

AP | By GREG BLUESTEIN | Posted 10.25.2011

Read More: U.S. Department of Defense, Politics News, Arrests, Fire-Rescue International Conference, Bribe, Department of Defense, Private Contractors, Miltary Contractor, Afghanistan, Desi Deandre Wade, Private Contractors Afghanistan, Bribery, U.S. Attorney Sally Quillian Yates, Afghanistan War, World News, Politics News

ATLANTA -- A high-ranking Department of Defense employee was charged Thursday with taking a bribe at an international conference in Atlanta to steer l...

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Lizzie Schiffman

Immigrant Rights Groups To Illinois GOP: Tell 'Tough Sheriff' To Take A Hike

HuffingtonPost.com | Lizzie Schiffman | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Arrests, Republican Picnic, Illinois Republicans, Illegal Immigration, Joe Arpaio, Kendall County, Mexico, Immigration, Human Trafficking, Drug Smuggling, Politics News, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio Arrests, Illinois Republican Party, America's Toughest Sheriff, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Sheriff, Video, Chicago News

A coalition of Illinois religious, labor- and immigrant-advocacy groups issued a statement Wednesday condemning this weekend’s Kendall County Republ...

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Mr. Obama: XL + Tar Sands = Bad Political Equation

Keith Harrington | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Tar Sands, Arrests, White House, Civil Disobedience, Climate Change, Keystone XL Pipeline, President Obama, Alberta Tar Sands, Tar Sands Pipeline, Green News
Keith Harrington

Why must we go to such dramatic lengths to stop Obama from making the most destructive decision for the climate that any president could ever make? The answer is bad political calculus.

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WATCH: Should Feeding The Homeless Be Illegal?

Posted 09.08.2011

Read More: Orlando, Arrests, Sarcasm, Interviews, Video, Homelessness, Wftv, Orlando Police Department, Orlando Florida, Police, Satire, Homeless, Protests, Food Not Bombs, Urlesque, Protesters, Comedy News

Several volunteers have been arrested in Orlando, Florida after a recent ruling prohibited activist group Food Not Bombs from performing their regular...

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15 Arrested In Gambling Ring Crackdown

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Gambling, Arrests, NY Crime, Nypd, Gambling Ring Busted, Crime, Gambling Ring, Poker, New York Crime, New York News

NEW YORK — A city police detective, two firefighters and a funeral arranger nicknamed "The Undertaker" were involved in an illegal gambling ring...

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PHOTO: Worst Wedding Reception Ever?

Posted 08.02.2011

Read More: Wedding Reception, Arrests, Kilts, Wedding Receptions, Funny News, Police, Brawls, Skidmarks, Wedding Fight, Groom and Bride Fight, Wedding Reception Fight, Scottish Wedding Fight, Urlesque, Scottish Wedding, Bride and Groom Fight, Comedy News

It's Summer, which means it's wedding season again. If you're looking around for some last-minute ideas to make your day special, we here at HuffPost ...

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Saki Knafo

Critics Of Joe Arpaio, "America's Toughest Sheriff," Call Arrest Stings A Publicity Stunt

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 07.26.2011

Read More: Arrests, Arizona Arrests, Illegal Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Joe Arpaio, Joe Arpaio Arrests, Mexico, America's Toughest Sheriff, Immigration, Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Arizona, Sheriff, Drug Smuggling, Human Trafficking, Politics News

Joe Arpaio, the sheriff of Arizona's Maricopa County, calls himself "America's Toughest Sheriff." More likely, he is its most self-promotional. Arpaio...

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LAPD Stops Arresting Kids on Their Way to School

Eric Sapp | Posted 06.19.2011

Read More: Aclu, Arrests, Education, Community Organizing, Curfew, Daytime Curfew, Racial Profiling, Lapd, Lapd Chief Charlie Beck, Public Counsel, Gara LaMarche, Justice, Community Rights Campaign, Dumb Criminals, Los Angeles News
Eric Sapp

Imagine that you're running late to school. You hear the late bell ring just as you're approaching campus, but you're met by a squad of police officers, who detain you and give you a daytime curfew ticket.

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Bloomberg's Reefer Madness Costs $75 Million a Year

Jesse Levine | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cost, Arrests, Police, Marijuana, $75 Million Dollars, Bloomberg, Pot, Stop and Frisk, New York City, Criminal Record, New York News
Jesse Levine

Since 1996 New York City has spent from half a billion to over a billion dollars arresting people for less than an ounce of marijuana.

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NYPD Stopped More Than 600,000 People In 2010

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Arrests, New York Crime, New York City Police Department, Stop and Frisks, Nypd, Ny News, New York News

NEW YORK — New statistics show that New York Police Department officers made 601,055 street stops of potential suspects last year. It was the f...

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