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Did Police Corruption Derail the Long Island Serial Killer Investigation?
Billy Jensen and Alexis Linkletter's new investigative podcast 'Unraveled: Long Island Serial Killer' looks at the case of disgraced police chief James Burke â and asks what the Suffolk County Police Department may have been hiding
John Oliver Examines Damage Done by Over-the-Top Police Raids on âLast Week Tonightâ
Segment opens with a delightful, if unrelated, tangent on the short-lived TV musical, Cop Rock
Rochester Police Wonât Face Charges in Arrest Tied to Death of Daniel Prude
A grand jury declined to indict cops who detained and knelt on Prude, who died seven days after the incident
How Are Activists Managing Dissension Within the âDefund the Policeâ Movement?
There are varying perspectives and ideas on what "defund the police" means
Can a New, Open-Source Police Brutality Database Help to Hold Police Departments Accountable?
âItâs a problem that police departments across this country sometimes canât even tell you how many people they shot and killed the prior year and that we donât know how pervasive [their] use of force is,â Lynda Garcia, director of the policing program at The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, tells TIME. âPoliceâŚ
Police Investigation Underway After 9-Year-Old Girl Pepper Sprayed During Arrest in Rochester, New York
The Rochester Police Department (RPD) is investigating the actions of several officers after a 9-year-old girl was restrained and pepper-sprayed during an arrest on Jan. 29. Around 150 people peacefully took to the cityâs streets on Monday night to protest the incident, which has garnered national attention after bodycam footage of the arrest was releasedâŚ
âA Fireable Offense.â Law Enforcement Agencies Grapple With Police Officersâ Involvement in U.S. Capitol Riots
A New Hampshire police chief; a Philadelphia detective; two Seattle Police Department officers who traveled cross-country, to name just a few. In the aftermath of the historic insurrection that took place in Washington D.C. last week, which left five peopleâincluding a Capitol police officerâdead, police departments across the U.S. have begun reckoning with the likelihoodâŚ
No Charges Filed Against Kenosha Police Officer Who Shot Jacob Blake
A Wisconsin DA has declined to file charges against officer Rusten Sheskey, who shot seven times Jacob Blake during an August 2020 incident
As His Family Continues to Demand Answers, Federal Government Joins Investigation Into Fatal Shooting of Casey Goodson
The federal government is joining an investigation into the shooting of Casey Goodson Jr., a Black man who was killed by a Sheriffâs Deputy in Columbus, Ohio on Dec. 4. The U.S. Attorney in Ohio, the FBI, the Justice Departmentâs Civil Rights Division and the Columbus Police Department will work together to investigate the latestâŚ
Society Is Paying the Price for Americaâs Outdated Police Training Methods
Independent police academies graduate thousands of officers a year, but there's no oversight of their programs and no national standard for what a good cop shouldâor should notâbe taught
As âDefund the Policeâ Splits the Democratic Caucus, Criminal Justice Activists Are Already Wary of Biden Administration
For many Americans, one of the more pressing domestic issues a Biden-Harris administration needs to tackle upon their inauguration in January is that of criminal justice and police reform. A hot-button issue during much of the presidential campaign, calls for action at the federal level have been at the front of public consciousness since theâŚ
Minneapolis Residents Sue City Over Alleged Police Department Rollbacks
The lawsuit counters the widespread calls to defund police departments and take officers off the streets