- Farewell, Madiba—"Nelson Mandela's human flaws, desires, and compromises—as much as his idealism and ability to forgive—helped to make him great."
- Fight the right-washing of Nelson Mandela's legacy—"Much of the American right supported apartheid, almost to the bitter end. Why we must remember that." Salon
- The Day Mandela Was Arrested, With A Little Help From the CIA
- Police arrest teen behind anti-snitching Twitter account
- Ex-Elmo performer known for his anti-Semitic Times Square rant tries to extort $2 million from Girl Scouts: prosecutors
- Mugger apologises to victim 30 years on after finding him on Facebook
- Italian mob boss eaten alive by pigs
- 13-year-old son of deputy investigated for so-called 'kill list'
- Man Moves Into Home While Family Is Away And Claims He Now Owns It
- Man arrested after he repeatedly aimed, fired unloaded Civil War-era cannon at New York neighbor's home
- This Bullying Social Experiment Is Incredibly Eye-Opening
- Houston cops cuff 13-year-old white girl, 2 black men visiting city for dance video shoot
- Man, 20, arrested in 26-year-old's shooting death—Black man kills white man for having a black girlfriend.
- Officers Are Told Race Can Be a Factor in Street Stops, but Not the Only One—"With a new law in effect that expands the types of suits that can be filed over profiling, the New York Police Department gave officers guidelines for stop and frisk." NYT
- On-duty officer sexually assaults 19-year-old during traffic stop, police say
- NM woman comes forward with illegal probing claims
- Cops Spray Woman's Vagina With Mace To "Punish" Her After Drug Arrest—A lawsuit ensues.
- Meet the Prison Profiteers. They're Worse than You Think.
- Arizona's privatized prison health care under fire after deaths
- "Lockup quotas" guarantee profits for the U.S. private prison industry
- Does the Attorney General Mean What He Says About Sentencing Reform?—"Eric Holder has spent a great deal of time and energy lately advocating for reforms to mandatory minimum sentences. So why is the federal government trying to stiff Clarvee Gomez in court?"
- Sotomayor's Dissent Highlights Concerns Over Elected Judges—Since "the early 1980s, judges have overridden the jury's decision and imposed the death penalty in 95 cases, while decreasing the sentence to life imprisonment without parole in just nine cases."
- Prison for a State Chemist Who Faked Drug Evidence—"Prosecutors say Ms. Dookhan declared drug samples positive that she had not bothered to test, tampered with evidence, forged signatures and lied about her credentials to enhance her standing in court as an expert witness. In all, her actions may have tainted more than 40,000 drug samples involving thousands of defendants." NYT
- Coroner slams handling of Kendrick Johnson case—"Authorities say Kendrick Johnson fell into the mat and suffocated while trying to retrieve a sneaker. His family suspects the 17-year-old was murdered and that someone has tried to cover up evidence in the case."
- Unarmed Man Is Charged With Wounding Bystanders Shot by Police Near Times Square—"The Manhattan district attorney's office says the man was responsible for the wounds two women suffered when the police shot at him." Absolving cops who actually did the shooting of responsibility? NYT
- We Knew New York Was Corrupt, But We Didn't Know It Was This Bad—"In a sweeping indictment of New York politics, a commission empaneled by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) to investigate official corruption in the state released its preliminary report, detailing abuses of power and endorsing major changes to campaign finance and anti-corruption laws."
- Bloomberg giving NYPD bodyguards jobs to 'keep their mouths shut'
- Judges Decline to Reverse Stop-and-Frisk Ruling, All but Ending Mayor's Fight NYT
- "Unreasonable Force" In Chicago Evidently Does Not Mean A Probably Drunk Cop Killing An Unarmed Guy Lying On the Ground By Shooting Him 16 Times
- Yale professor found dead in jail after being aggressive with cops
- TPD officer who shot dog files lawsuit seeking $10,000 from
- Man says police officer threatened to kill his dogs
- Family says it misses deathbed goodbye due to dispute with RWJ hospital security
- Spoils of war: Police getting leftover Iraq trucks
- How "Zero Tolerance" Policing Helped Bad Cops in Florida Create a Civil Rights Nightmare—And of course they're deflecting criticism.
- Ft. Worth Police Department Offers *Real* Apology For Its Assistance In The NHTSA's Blood/Saliva Sampling 'Survey'
- NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show WaPo
- Sweden spied on Russia for NSA: report
- Switzerland: Probe launched into foreign spying
- ABC brass nixed Barbara Walters' pick of Edward Snowden as year's most fascinating person—Nope, he's a baaad man.
- Obama says he will propose NSA reforms—He'll "be proposing some self-restraint on the NSA and to initiate some reforms that can give people more confidence."
- The IRS And SEC Want To Snoop Through Your Email Without A Warrant; Don't Let Them
- Tower Dumps in SC Could Give Your Cell Data to Police
