- Columbia police chief's post sets off Facebook frenzy—"We have arrested all of the violent offenders in Five points. Thank you for sharing your views and giving us reasonable suspicion to believe you might be a criminal, we will work on finding you."
- How the Houston Cop Who Killed an Unarmed, Disabled Man Was Found Innocent
- 22 Year Old With Down Syndrome Beaten By The Police For "Bulge In Pants" That Was His Colostomy Bag
- Man Shot, Killed After Arguing With Patrolman Over Double Parking
- Flipping Off Police Officers Constitutional, Federal Court Affirms—"A police officer can't pull you over and arrest you just because you gave him the finger, a federal appeals court declared Thursday."
- Woman Forced To Strip And Serve Jail Time For Overdue Ticket
- Woman allegedly forced to strip naked while Philadelphia cop pleasured himself
- Arkansas cop tasers woman who refuses to show him her breasts: lawsuit
- Florida cop fired after he sexually harassed a rape victim while investigating her assault—"Deputy Paul Martin was fired for 'horrendous conduct,' according to the Pinellas County Sheriff." Salon
- Ex-Cleveland Police officer Wayne Scott guilty of rape
- Dallas officer caught on video shooting mentally ill man is fired, could face charges
- TPD detective caught on camera allegedly taking money—"He confirmed he borrowed 23 dollars from the container and intended to pay it back on payday." Borrowed.
- Charges filed against Skokie officer in videotaped jail cell incident
- California police use of body cameras cuts violence and complaints—"Body cameras worn by police in Rialto, California have resulted in better policing – and now other forces may follow suit."
- Armed robbery charges dropped against a man who proves innocence with surveillance video
- Innocent Man Freed After 35 Years Has An Incredible Outlook On Life
- County borrowing $10 million to pay pair wrongfully convicted of rape—"Two men spent 17 years in prison for crime they didn't commit."
- Man Cleared In Rape Case Arrested For Not Registering As Sex Offender
- Man pretends to be police officer in front of police officer
- Long Island Man Accused Of Impersonating Police Officer In Traffic Stop
- Indianapolis woman suspected of impersonating Greenwood police officer
- Walker Man Arrested Tuesday After Impersonating an Officer on I-12
- Caller Impersonating Police Officer Threatens Victims With Arrest
- Retired Philly cop, 79, arrested for impersonating officer
- Police Impersonator Held At Officer's Funeral
- "Kid Cop" Sentenced to Jail
- Perhaps the Saddest Profit Motive Ever—"In Pennsylvania, there are two companies called PA Child Care LLC and Western PA Child Care. You might think that these companies offer services and supports to kids to help them become productive adults. You’d be wrong. These companies offered kickbacks to two Luzerne County, PA judges in exchange for these judges contracting with the company and sentencing 6,500 teenagers to spend time in two for-profit youth prisons these companies run."
- In Florida, agreement to reduce student arrests
- The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Nationwide Problem for Equal Rights—"Advocates point to data showing that excessive disciplinary policies disproportionately target black, low-income and disabled students."
- Family: Louisiana Police stun father as son died in house fire—Might have ended up burning to death himself if he had gone in.
- Father's lesson is deadly for 19-year-old son Tyler Comstock as he is shot and killed by police—Called 911 on his own son who stole his truck.
- Police probe website targeting crime witnesses—"Philadelphia police and prosecutors are investigating an anonymous Instagram account with thousands of followers that for months has been identifying witnesses in violent crimes across the city - aiming, in its creator's words, to 'expose rats.'"
- D.C. businessman faces two years in jail for unregistered ammunition, brass casing—Smells like a shakedown.
- Texas man arrested for overdue library book
- Mother Responds to Controversy After Son Dresses as Klansman for Halloween
- In The First Six Months Of 2013 Los Angeles Police Dogs Only Bit Blacks and Latinos
- Alabama Man Pleaded Guilty To Hiring 'KKK' To Hang Neighbor 'Like An Animal'
- Jay Z: 'Why am I being demonized' over alleged racial profiling at Barneys?
- Concord, N.H., police link racist graffiti to writing on gun permit
- Hate crime charges dropped against black teens accused of beating white Brooklyn couple
- Minister sentenced to 2 years for setting fire—"... in a phony hate crime attack that included racist graffiti he painted to deceive police."
- Red Lobster customer has handwriting expert study receipt—It's looking like she scrawled "nigger" to herself.
- Sanford bans guns for neighborhood watch after Trayvon Martin shooting
- Family of slain Detroit woman seeks answers about incident—"The family of Renisha McBride, 19, said she went for help after a car accident around 2:30 a.m. Saturday. She died of a gunshot wound to the head after knocking on the door of a home...."
- Florida Sheriff Who 'Nullified' Concealed Gun Arrest is Acquitted, Reinstated
- Kofi Annan: Stop 'war on drugs'—"Kofi Annan and Fernando Cordoso say the war on drugs is devastating communities worldwide and call on nations to decriminalize drugs and adopt humane policies."
- Man Dies In Jail Cell After Misdemeanor Pot Offense—Died of a food allergy which was allegedly ignored.
- Student injured by K-9 officer—In "a simulated raid... to help 'educate the Clay County fifth-graders on drug awareness.'"
- Florida Cops Made Millions Dealing Cocaine: The Latest Asset Forfeiture Outrage
- Traffic stop gone horribly wrong for Lordsburg man—Gets stiffed with colonoscopy bill after being wrongly suspected of carrying drugs. Butt wait... there's more!
- Is it time for the U.S. to legalize marijuana?—County by county, state by state, it's happening.
- Maine: Portland voters strongly endorse pot legalization
- Colorado Will Use Pot-Taxes To Fund Its Schools—Toke weed; kids read.
- Alcohol Is Really Pissed Off at Marijuana Right Now—"The marijuana industry is convincing Americans its substance is safer than alcohol, and booze lobbyists don't like it."
- US court blocks NYPD stop-and-frisk ruling and removes judge from case—"Federal court says Shira Scheindlin showed appearance of bias when she ruled that stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional."
- Web creator Sir Tim Berners-Lee criticises spy agencies—"The British computer scientist who created the world wide web has said encryption cracking by UK and US spy agencies is 'appalling and foolish.'"
- Why Saying 'We Knew This' Or 'Everybody Spies' In Response To NSA Revelations Is Wrong
- NSA and GCHQ mass surveillance is violation of European law, report finds—"Authors of study warn of 'systematic breach of people's fundamental rights' and call for EU parliament to take action."
- Forget the Backdoor: The Government Now Wants Keys to the Internet—"If the Department of Justice gets its way in court, secure email could become a thing of the past."
- C.I.A. Is Said to Pay AT&T for Call Data—"The disclosure shows that agencies beyond the N.S.A. exploit call metadata with programs regulated by an inconsistent patchwork of legal standards, procedures and oversight." NYT