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When a life is lost in a controversial police encounter, there is a mourning ritual favored by activists. The name of the deceased is added to a grim litany and [...]

To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone or Android . Col. Paul Humphrey moved into the Louisville Metro Police Department's training [...]

How many black cops does it take to commit a racist hate crime? The latest correct answer is 'five'. That's the number of policemen in Memphis who have been fired [...]

I. INTRODUCTION Whether across front pages and television screens, or in conversations and confrontations, concerns about law enforcement's use of force are at the forefront of national consciousness. Anxieties about [...]

"DEFUND THE POLICE" is a brilliant idea—in theory. It is an understandable, emotional reaction to the dramatic events of black people being killed by police; emotions that were felt by […]

LAST MONTH a judge in Mangaluru, in the southern state of Karnataka, did something increasingly unusual in an Indian court. Not only did he grant bail to 21 Muslim men [...]

Are there bad cops who do bad things? Of course. There are an estimated 800.000 law enforcement officers in America, and in any community that size, some will go bad [...]

A lie landed Ricky Jackson, 58, on death row at age 18. For the past 39 years, the particulars of his life have been dictated by the Ohio Department of [...]

Calls to abolish or defund the police have exposed questions about the morality of our crime-fighting model. The evidence does not support mere tweaks to the way police are trained [...]

The police are relying on more aggressive tactics in their effort to fight crime. A common complaint regarding these tactics is that innocent persons are sometimes subjected to unlawful arrest. At common law, there was a right to resist an illegal arrest. The modern trend, however, has been to eliminate the right to resist. Abrogation of the common law right is based on several factors, including the development of modern criminal procedure, the ability to seek redress via other means, and the belief that violence should not be encouraged. This article examines the history and current status of the right to resist an unlawful arrest. The authors argue that attacks on the common law right are based on a misunderstanding of the original justifications for the right and that there remains a great need for the right, particularly as new police tactics increase the probability of arbitrary assertions of authority.

Police brutalities are causing activists to push for the establishment of a civilian review boards. However, such boards are said to fail because of lack of resources and finances. Complains from various communities are increasing regarding police misconduct.

Byline: Michael Ip Baltimore--Rioting gave way to peaceful celebrations on May 1 after the city's chief prosecutor charged six police officers with murder and manslaughter, among other crimes, in the [...]

The Chicago Police Department, despite new leadership, body-camera videos, and a federal investigation, still struggles with public trust. At the Chicago-based digital rights nonprofit Lucy Parsons Labs, data scientists have [...]

Of violent crime and brutal police RIOTS, barricades and police killings are all too common in Jamaica. But they are normally associated with the capital, Kingston, and rarely trouble the [...]

In spite of the shocking brutality in Genoa, says Nicholas Farrell, Italian policemen tend to be reasonable and flexible fellows Predappio THE Italian police have not had a very encouraging [...]