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Folks, Your Tax Dollars At Work

Posted 12.30.2012 | Comedy

Make no mistake, finding an unknown package on your front doorstep is no laughing matter. Unless, of course, you paid money for it to be there. Then y...

Forget the Guns -- Put Law Enforcement in Control of the Bullets

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 02.26.2013 | Crime
Sarah O'Leary

For "responsible" gun owners, ammunition control by law enforcement should be a welcome compromise. The argument has always been that control laws only affect responsible gun owners.

Adrian Peterson on NFL Record, Arrest, Injury, Plans to Compete in Olympics, Expulsion From School, Tragic Deaths of Two Brothers

Graham Bensinger | Posted 02.26.2013 | Sports
Graham Bensinger

I recently sat down with the Vikings' Adrian Peterson at his Minnesota home. The interview is for a new episode of In Depth. The star running back discusses his difficult childhood, touching specifically on the tragic deaths of two of his brothers and the imprisonment of his father.

Alaska Student Arrested for Alleged School Shooting Threats

AlaskaDispatch.com | Posted 02.20.2013 | Crime
AlaskaDispatch.com

Following the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Connecticut on Dec. 14, Anchorage Police Chief Mark Mew said that the most important thing that...

Oakland Buyback Nets 300 Guns

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 02.17.2013 | San Francisco
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Photo Credit: JENNY BOLARIO/Youth Radio By: Denise Tejada Over 130 cars full of Oakland, Calif. residents lined up as early as 6 a.m. this past Sa...

The Police State Comes To Arkansas

Radley Balko | Posted 02.17.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

Unfortunately, not an exaggeration: "[Police are] going to be in SWAT gear and have AR-15s around their neck," Stovall said. "If you're out walking, ...

2 Police Officers Killed In Topeka; Gunman Still At Large

AP | Posted 02.15.2013 | Crime

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A man with a history of theft and weapons convictions gunned down two police officers investigating possible drug activity in a ...

Mayor Rahm: Just Another Brick In Chicago's Blue Wall

Radley Balko | Posted 02.12.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

You'd be hard-pressed to find a city whose police culture has a stronger devotion to the blue code of silence than Chicago. There were a couple more e...

Stop On Green

Radley Balko | Posted 02.11.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

According to the driver's Facebook page, he was turning right at a green light when this Virginia state trooper pulled out in front of him, turning le...

Why Are There No Good Data On Police Use Of Force?

Radley Balko | Posted 02.10.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch recently ran an editorial praising a new program by University of Missouri-St. Louis criminologist David Klinger that will...

A Sure Way to Improve Criminal Justice: Record Confessions

Geoffrey R. Stone | Posted 02.06.2013 | Politics
Geoffrey R. Stone

The time has come for all law enforcement organizations to support mandatory state laws that require the use of electronic recording systems during custodial interviews. This is a simple, sensible and effective way to improve our nation's system of criminal justice.

The Terror-Fighting Boondoggle

Radley Balko | Posted 02.06.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

A new report from Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) finds that--no surprise--there's lots of waste and excess in homeland security spending. An armored pers...

Policing the Streets and Policing The Times

Arianna Huffington | Posted 02.06.2013 | Crime
Arianna Huffington

In this week's Huffington, John Rudolf puts the spotlight on crime-ridden Camden, New Jersey, where instead of improving the police department, local leaders plan to replace it entirely. And Michelangelo Signorile looks back at an article he wrote 20 years ago about being gay at The New York Times, and how the paper rose to a new level of journalistic integrity by ending its silence on gay issues.

Scenes From Militarized America: Johnston, Rhode Island Edition

Radley Balko | Posted 02.04.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

(Credit: Providence Journal/Glenn Osmundson) Welcome to Johnston, Rhode Island, population 28,769 (as of 2010). The town hasn't seen a murder since...

Hero Cop Pursues Suspect After Being Shot In Chest, Promoted To Detective In Hospital

The Huffington Post | Ron Dicker | Posted 12.05.2012 | Impact

This story is part of an ongoing series, "American Heroes," which recognizes extraordinary actions beyond the call of duty by our military members, po...

Lodging in Collinsville

Radley Balko | Posted 02.03.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

The video below is from a video deposition with Collinsville, Illinois, police officer Michael Reichert. Reichert is the office who pulled over film...

Who Cares?

Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet | Posted 02.03.2013 | Good News
Rabbi Yitzchak Schochet

Officer Lawrence DePrimo has become a household name. There is so much about this story that tells a story of its own.

'Crime Of All Kinds Has Increased': Austerity Stories From New Jersey

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

Amid all the job losses that have taken place in recent years, the public sector has been one of the hardest hit areas. Between 2009 and 2012, state a...

Morning Links: More Guns, Less Crime in Virginia; Libertarianism and the Middle East; Intrade Pulls Out of the U.S.

Radley Balko | Posted 01.28.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

-- Study: Gun sales in Virginia up 73 percent since 2006. Gun violence is down 24 percent over the same period. -- Intrade cuts off U.S. customers af...

SCOTUS Inaction A Win For Cop Watchers

The Huffington Post | Radley Balko | Posted 11.29.2012 | Politics

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to review a decision by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals blocking the enforcement of an Illinois eaves...

Indiana State Police Chief On Pot: 'I Would Legalize It'

Posted 11.28.2012 | Politics

After spending 40-plus years trying to enforce marijuana laws, Indiana State Police Superintendent Paul Whitesell said Tuesday he'd like to see weed l...

Should Police Need A Warrant To Search Your Cell Phone?

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 01.27.2013 | Technology
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

By: Marcellus Campos and Denise Tejada This Thursday, a Senate Committee will consider limited changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act o...

Teaching Our Children to Tell and Talk Can Help Heal

Ava Thompson Greenwell | Posted 01.26.2013 | Black Voices
Ava Thompson Greenwell

When I spoke out against racial profiling critics said I was playing the race card. I believe I was speaking truth to power. Police interrogation is a common rite of passage for African Americans, males in particular.

Morning Links: UN vs. Legal Pot, Georgia Can't Fire Bad Cops, Puppycide in Colorado

Radley Balko | Posted 01.26.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

-- In Kentucky, a year in jail for not believing in God. -- The United Nations wants the Obama administration to boot the boot down on Colorado and W...

Police In Two Texas Cities To Get Dog Training

Radley Balko | Posted 01.23.2013 | Politics
Radley Balko

Back in April, Jessica Greene and I wrote a piece for HuffPost about the odd and troubling trend of police shooting dogs. We looked at a couple dozen ...