How Your Family Tree Could Catch a Killer
By Raffi Khatchadourian The New Yorker On Thanksgiving morning, 1987, Rick Bart, a homicide detective in Snohomish County, Washington, got word that a pheasant hunter had discovered a body in […]
Tag Archives: Law Enforcement
How Big Tech Created a Data ‘Treasure Trove’ for Police
By Matt O’Brien & Michael Liedtke Associated Press When U.S. law enforcement officials need to cast a wide net for information, they’re increasingly turning to the vast digital ponds of […]
U.S. Army has Hidden or Downplayed Loss of Firearms for Years
By Kristin M. Hall, James Laporta & Justin Pritchard Associated Press The U.S. Army has hidden or downplayed the extent to which its firearms disappear, significantly understating losses and thefts […]
Where Surveillance Cameras Work but the Justice System Doesn’t
By Madeleine Wattenbarger Rest of Worlds On the evening of October 9, 2013, 50-year-old elementary school teacher Laura Ramírez was run over by a car and killed on Avenida Dr. […]
Blue Lives Matter and the Permanence of Racism
By India Thusi Cornell Law Review Online It was fifteen years after the second millennium, and civil unrest rocked our nation’s cities following the police shootings of several unarmed Black […]
Racial Tensions in America’s ‘Sundown Towns’
By Tim Sullivan & Noreen Nasir Associated Press Ask around this time-battered Midwestern town, with its empty storefronts, dusty antique shops and businesses that have migrated toward the interstate, and […]
Privacy is Power
By Carissa Véliz Aeon Imagine having a master key for your life. A key or password that gives access to the front door to your home, your bedroom, your diary, […]
The Little Cards That Tell Police ‘Let’s Forget This Ever Happened’
By Katie Way Vice Mike, a white man in his 50s, was in a bad spot: He was stuck idling in traffic on New York City’s Riverside Drive, running late […]
This City Stopped Sending Police to Every 911 Call
By Christie Thompson The Marshall Project On a rainy June day, the manager of a Motel 6 outside Olympia decided one guest had to leave. The woman had been smoking […]
Arming Icebreakers
By Andreas Kuersten RealClearDefense Icebreakers ply polar waters, smashing open sea lanes with their heavily armored bows. Yet in addition to being equipped to do battle with the elements, should […]
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