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Discriminatory discipline: Feds and Mississippi school district reach agreement on changes

The Center for Public Integrity | Posted 03.25.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Security, Meridian Micropolitan Area, Education, National Security, Law and Crime, Police, Meridian, Mississippi, School Discipline, Mississippi Blues Trail, Black Voices News
The Center for Public Integrity

By Susan FerrissThe Center for Public IntegrityA Mississippi school district under scrutiny for excessive punishment of black students has reached a...

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Unfairly Treated: Gun Owners and People With Mental Health Concerns

Paul Heroux | Posted 03.22.2013 | Crime
Read More: Mental Illness, Gun Violence, Mental Health, Police, Crime, Violence, Police Training, Criminology, Mental Illness Stigma, Guns, Illegal Guns, Crime News
Paul Heroux

Ever since the awful shootings in Newtown, Conn., two groups have been treated unfairly. The first group is the law-abiding gun owners. The second gro...

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Ugly Facebook Post From The Police Union In Columbia, Missouri

Radley Balko | Posted 03.20.2013 | Politics
Read More: Police Unions, Police, The Agitator, Police Racism, Politics News

UPDATE: 3:50 p.m. -- A spokesperson from the Columbia Police Officers' Association wrote to say that the post was satire, rather than a suggestion. T...

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'Some Police Officers Can't Even Tie Their Shoes'

HuffPost Live | Posted 03.18.2013 | HuffPost Live 321
Read More: HuffPost Live, Fugitives, Duane Dog Chapman, Dog the Bounty Hunter, Alyona Minkovski, Beth Chapman, Police, Dog and Beth: On the Hunt, Live Video, Cmt, HuffPost Live 321 News

Notorious bounty hunter Duane "Dog" Chapman and his wife, Beth, are back with a new TV series, "Dog and Beth: On the Hunt." On Monday, the couple sat ...

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A View of the Drug War: Stop Blaming Police and Start Emphasizing Personal Responsibility

John Bruhns | Posted 05.15.2013 | Crime
Read More: Parole, Drug Addiction, Law Enforcement, Drug Treatment, Drug War, Police, Illegal Drugs, Legalizing Drugs, Drug-Decriminalization, The War on Drugs, Crime News
John Bruhns

Law enforcement is not blame for the actions of law-breaking addicts who are not receptive to drug treatment. You can only fault law enforcement for their inaction in protecting the public from this element.

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Florida v. Harris: Turning Police Dogs Into Search Warrants on a Leash

John W. Whitehead | Posted 04.27.2013 | Crime
Read More: Supreme Court, Illegal Search and Seizure, Florence v. Board of Chosen Freeholders, Kentucky v. King, Drug War, Florida v. Harris, Fourth Amendment, Police State, Police, Strip Search, Drug-Sniffing Dogs, Crime News
John W. Whitehead

"The unspoken power dynamics in a police/civilian encounter will generally favor the police, unless the civilian is a local sports hero, the mayor, or...

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New Hopes From Rabat

Joseph Braude | Posted 05.05.2013 | World
Read More: Truth and Reconciliation Commission, Arab Spring, Court Martial, Arab, Civilian Court, Morocco, Police, Amnesty International, Reform, Military Court, Human Rights, World News
Joseph Braude

By effectively designating the homicide a matter of "state security," the army only stoked conspiracy theories that further fueled distrust of the government. Shining a light on the truth of the matter would have been better for the family, and better for the kingdom itself.

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'Historic' Lack Of Transparency, Accountability In Police Oversight

Civil Beat | Posted 02.28.2013 | Crime
Read More: Police Brutality, Police, Police Misconduct, Police Commission, Crime News

On a Wednesday just before Christmas, Chief Louis Kealoha addressed the Honolulu Police Commission. ...

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Police Union 'Outguns' Students

Honolulu Civil Beat | Posted 02.27.2013 | Crime
Read More: Hawaii, Honolulu, Police, Crime News

Even before Hawaii Circuit Court Judge John Lim unequivocally championed the public interest in police disciplinary actions and ruled against the Stat...

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WIPE OUT: Honolulu Police's Battle To Keep Misconduct Allegations Secret

www.civilbeat.com | Posted 04.29.2013 | Politics
Read More: Hawaii, Hawaii Police, Freedom on Information, Police, Public Records Law, Politics News

On March 29, 1994, nearly 500 police officers staged a show of force at the state courthouse in downtown Honolulu the likes of which hadn't been seen ...

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2 California Police Officers Shot And Killed

AP | MARTHA MENDOZA | Posted 04.28.2013 | San Francisco
Read More: Kevin Vogel, UC Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, Hilary Bryant, Police Officers Killed, Crime, Police, Phil Womak, Loren Butch Baker, Jeremy Goulet, Santa Cruz Shooting, Santa Cruz Police, Elizabeth Butler, San Francisco News

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Two police detectives were shot and killed while investigating a sexual assault complaint, and a suspect was also fatally s...

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What The Public Isn't Being Told About Police Misconduct

Honolulu Civil Beat | Posted 02.26.2013 | Crime
Read More: Hawaii, Honolulu, Police, Police Misconduct, Crime News

In 1997, Honolulu police officer Russell Won went to federal prison for his involvement in beating an inmate at the Pearl City police station....

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How Not to Police a Society

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 04.28.2013 | Crime
Read More: Militarization of Police, Police Militarization, Police, Police in Schools, School Safety, School Security, Crime News
Tom Engelhardt

It was, in a sense, so expectable, so leave-no-child-behind. I'm talking about the arming of American schools. Think of it as the next step in the militarization of this country, which follows all-too-logically from developments since September 11, 2001.

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Raid Of The Day: Isaac Singletary

Radley Balko | Posted 04.21.2013 | Politics
Read More: Narcotics Cops, Police, Police Killing, Florida, Drug War, Drugs, Raid of the Day, Police Shooting, The Agitator, Cops, Politics News

Known around the neighborhood as "Pops," 80-year-old Isaac Singletary moved into his high-crime Jacksonville, Florida neighborhood in 1987 to care...

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Bless the Children, Not the Sinner

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 04.16.2013 | Politics
Read More: Social Media, Police, Crime, Jeremiah Mckay Dead, Michael Crain, Politics News
Brian Levin, J.D.

To equate the killer in California with the best our civil rights leaders stand for is to stain the cause we continue to strive for.

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That Is Why They Call Them Heroes

Brian Levin, J.D. | Posted 04.15.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: California, Crime, Police, Chris Dorner, San Bernardino, Michael Crain Dead, Los Angeles News
Brian Levin, J.D.

America's laws lie at the heart of all the freedoms we enjoy and often take for granted, and more than anyone, it is the police who valiantly protect the citizens, institutions and processes of our exceptional vibrant democracy from the cancer of chaos and unrepentant violence.

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Raid Of The Day: Sorry, Mr. Mayor

Radley Balko | Posted 04.14.2013 | Politics
Read More: Crack Raid, Police Raids, Police, Drug Raid, Drug War, Police Militarization, Raid of the Day, The Agitator, Crack, Politics News

On the night of June 3, 1992, the Venice, Illinois SWAT team conducted a raid on a suspected crack house. Part of the team used a battering ram to...

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There Is Nothing More to Say About This Story Except Just to Tell It

Tanya M. Acker | Posted 02.07.2013 | Los Angeles
Read More: Social Justice, LA Restaurants, Police, Los Angeles, Culture, Los Angeles Police Department, Stolen Car, Lapd, Los Angeles News
Tanya M. Acker

I was in the middle of dinner with a friend recently when he realized he'd left his wallet in the car and went to the valet to retrieve it. He returne...

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Raid(s) Of The Day: The Capital Area Drug Task Force Edition

Radley Balko | Posted 04.10.2013 | Politics
Read More: Drug Raids, Narcotics Task Forces, Drug War, Police, Police Militarization, Raid of the Day, Byrne Grants, The Agitator, Politics News

In 2003, Time magazine ran an article on a federally-funded anti-narcotics unit in Texas called the Capital Area Drug Task Force. Made up of cops ...

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Raid Of The Day: Annie Rae Dixon

Radley Balko | Posted 04.06.2013 | Politics
Read More: Drug Raids, Drugs, War on Drugs, Police Militarization, Raid of the Day, Police, Swat Teams, Drug Raid, The Agitator, Politics News

In January 1992, a Gregg County, Texas narcotics team conducted a 2 am raid on the home of 84-year-old Annie Rae Dixon. According to police, an in...

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Raid Of The Day: Andrew Leonard

Radley Balko | Posted 04.01.2013 | Politics
Read More: Drug Prohibition, Baltimore, Police, Police Raid, Drug War, Drugs, Police Militarization, Raid of the Day, No-Knock Drug Raid, No-Knock Raid, The Agitator, Politics News

February 25, 2009: After taking down his door with a battering ram during a no-knock raid, police in Baltimore ransacked the home of 33-year-old ...

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No, Mr. Vice President, Today's Cops Are Not "Outgunned"

Radley Balko | Posted 01.29.2013 | Politics
Read More: Biden, Shootings, Crime, Police, Assault Weapons, Gun Control, Guns, Cops, The Agitator, Politics News

I suppose it's no surprise that Vice President Joe Biden was put in charge of President Obama's gun control initiative. Biden has always been an innov...

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Here's The Drill: Inside A School Lockdown

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 03.27.2013 | San Francisco
Read More: Oakland, Columbine, Safety, Education, Shooter, Lockdowns, School Security, Connecticut, San Francisco, Police, Students, Teachers, Shooting, Newtown, San Francisco News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Photo Credit: BRETT MYERS/Youth Radio Twenty-one first graders pile into a bathroom during a lockdown drill. By: Robyn Gee As recently as a year ag...

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We Must Reduce the Number of Crime Victims in Detroit

Gary A. Brown | Posted 03.30.2013 | Detroit
Read More: Detroit Crime, Police, Crime, Detroit Police Department, Homicide Rates, Government, Homicide, Gary Brown, Detroit, City Council, City of Detroit, Detroit Safety, Detroit Crime Rate, Detroit City Council, Public Safety, Detroit Police, Detroit News
Gary A. Brown

I am concerned that there are not sufficient strategies in place to reduce the number of crime victims in Detroit and change the perception that Detroit is not a safe city. In my view, there are 10 strategies to achieve the goal.

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A Police Woman Reveals What Made Her (Finally) Break Down

OWN | Posted 01.25.2013 | OWN
Read More: The Police, Dallas Police Department, Policewoman, Cop Shows, Police Women, Police Officer, Police, Police Woman, Violence, Yvette Gonzales, Police Women of Dallas, Domestic Violence, Woman Police Officer, OWN News

Yvette Gonzales works as a police officer in Dallas, where her daily challenges at work are recorded for the OWN Network's "Police Women of Dallas." A...

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