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5 Reasons You Should Never Agree to a Police Search (Even if You Have Nothing to Hide)

Scott Morgan | Posted 04.22.2012 | Politics
Scott Morgan

Are you 100 percent certain there's nothing illegal in your home or vehicle? You can never be too sure. A joint roach could stick to your shoe on the street and wind up on the floorboard. A careless acquaintance could have dropped a baggie behind the seat.

State Trooper Rescues Man From Fiery Truck Explosion

Posted 02.21.2012 | Good News

When Luis Cotto, 42, of Taunton, Mass., lost control of his tractor truck on a bridge early Sunday, the vehicle burst into flames. Fast-acting Stat...

Opening My Eyes To Poverty On A Greyhound Bus

Paul Stoller | Posted 04.22.2012 | Impact
Paul Stoller

When you take a Greyhound Bus it is difficult to close your eyes to the face of poverty in America.

Md. Teen Dies After Falling From Moving Car, Police Say No Charges To Be Filed Against Driver

AP | Posted 04.21.2012 | DC

TOWSON, Md. — The Associated Press has withdrawn its story about a Maryland teenager who died after falling out of a moving car because some pre...

Radley Balko

Why New England Town Wants $286,000 Police 'Tank'

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 02.17.2012 | Politics

"We're going to have our own tank." That's what Keene, N.H., Mayor Kendall Lane whispered to Councilman Mitch Greenwald during a December city coun...

Can D.C. Cops Foil Smartphone Robbers?

Georgiana Bloom | Posted 04.14.2012 | DC
Georgiana Bloom

Your chances of actually losing your life in the nation's capital have gone down. Murders are at an all-time low, according to D.C. crime statistics. But cellphone robberies are on the rise.

A Little Bit of Arizona in East Haven

El Chanclaso | Posted 03.30.2012 | Latino Voices
El Chanclaso

These four police officers failed in their duties to protect people, using their power and influence to terrorize Latinos instead.

No Fooling, National Day of Action for the Right to Exist: April 1st

Paul Boden | Posted 03.28.2012 | Impact
Paul Boden

We are building a movement to reclaim our communities for all members: not just those who set the rents. We must make clear the myriad of ways in which our community members are treated as though they are less than human.

100-Plus Miami-Dade Police Avoid Layoffs

Posted 01.25.2012 | Miami

Over a hundred Miami-Dade police officers who received pink slips on January 5 may avoid layoffs after all. To save their jobs they'll have to pay an ...

Mike Sacks

Occupy The Courts Clashes With Supreme Court Police

HuffingtonPost.com | Mike Sacks | Posted 01.21.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- The Occupy movement came to the Supreme Court on Friday to protest the Citizens United decision on its second anniversary. What began as...

Gunman Escapes After Shooting At Undercover Cop

sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com | Posted 01.19.2012 | San Francisco

A man who opened fire at a San Leandro police officer Wednesday during an undercover drug investigation evaded police after a lengthy, dangerous chase...

For-Profit Criminal Prosecutions

Andrea Lyon | Posted 03.14.2012 | Crime
Andrea Lyon

When there is publicity associated with a criminal prosecution, the ability for jurors, judges, and prosecutors and yes, sometimes even defense lawyers, to presume innocence becomes even more circumscribed.

Why Emanuel's Proposed Anti-Protester Ordinances Should Concern Everyone

Andy Thayer | Posted 05.16.2012 | Chicago
Andy Thayer

Even if you have no plans to protest May's G8 & NATO summits, if you want to oppose a school closing, a greedy employer or a clinic shut-down, your rights are in the cross-hairs.

The 10 Most Stressful Jobs In 2012

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 01.06.2012 | Business

Even with many returning to work from the holiday season feeling refreshed, the stress of the job is bound to return -- especially for certain types o...

Tanks on Main Street: The Militarization of Local Police

John W. Whitehead | Posted 03.05.2012 | Crime
John W. Whitehead

The American police force is not supposed to be a branch of the military, nor is it a private security force for the reigning political faction.

'Thank You for Your Service'

William Spear | Posted 02.29.2012 | Healthy Living
William Spear

How many of us have stopped to offer our thanks to others not in uniform but working below the radar and behind the scenes, dedicating their lives "in service" to a profession or cause?

In New Haven, an Occupy Encampment Stays Alive and Keeps Inequality on the Agenda

Nathan Robinson | Posted 02.29.2012 | Politics
Nathan Robinson

The city is not only one of the most Occupier-permissive in the country, but is one of the places where an occupation might do the most good.

WATCH: Violent Clashes Between Police And Protesters In 2011

The Huffington Post | Joshua Hersh | Posted 12.29.2011 | World

If there's ever been a year when civilians and police clashed as often and in as many different places across the globe, it's hard to recall. From Mos...

Andrea Stone

Homeland Security Budget Cuts Leaving Cities On Their Own

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 12.29.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- When the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis collapsed in 2007, a specially equipped urban search and rescue team based in the Twin Cities respo...

Urban Violence Is a National Crisis

Gloria Bonilla Santiago | Posted 02.27.2012 | Crime
Gloria Bonilla Santiago

Violence and crime are happening in schools in cities like Camden and other poor urban centers throughout the country. Our families have come together to object the violence in our city.

Joseph Braude And Morocco's 'Honored Dead'

Stephen Schwartz | Posted 12.22.2011 | Religion
Stephen Schwartz

The Honored Dead relates, with the quirky pace of a post-modern detective story, Braude's dedicated investigation of the murder of the poor and obscure Casablanca denizen Ibrahim Dey, by a Moroccan soldier, Al-Raddad Murtaziq.

Survey: Law Enforcement Overburdened by Failure of Mental Health Departments

DJ Jaffe | Posted 02.20.2012 | Crime
DJ Jaffe

A new nationwide survey of 2,406 senior law enforcement officials (75% of whom were officers longer than 20 years) documents police and sheriffs are b...

Catherine Pearson

Sleepy Cops: 4 In 10 May Have A Disorder, Study Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Catherine Pearson | Posted 12.20.2011 | Healthy Living

In 2008 a recording of an alarming, botched emergency call surfaced in Memphis, Tenn. A resident there dialed 911 saying someone was trying to break i...

Has the Occupy Movement Passed?

Chase Whiteside | Posted 02.19.2012 | Politics
Chase Whiteside

Shot in NYC, Oakland, and Cincinnati, this short explores the state of the #OWS protests now that local governments have removed permanent encampments, and asks what the future will be for this still-young nationwide movement.

Migrants' Rights Are Human Rights! Take Local Police Out of Immigration Enforcement

Bill Quigley | Posted 02.18.2012 | Politics
Bill Quigley

As we begin a new year, let's take a step forward toward recognizing the fundamental human rights of all people. The United States must change course.