Police Pre-Crime Algorithm Uses Social Media Posts Against You in Real-Time
Melissa Melton & Aaron Dykes Activist Post We have finally reached the moment where Orwell’s nightmare in 1984 meets the movie Minority Report. We’re living…
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Thieves Yell “Police” Before Invading Home, Shooting and Robbing Resident
Activist Post Opportunistic thieves now seem to recognize that they can take advantage of people’s perception of authority in police and the prevalence of violent…
Flashback: Court Rules You CAN Be ‘Too Smart’ to Be a Cop
Melissa Melton Activist Post Can a person actually be “too smart” to be a cop in America? A federal court’s decision back in 2000 suggests…
Bathing Man Grabbed By Testicles and Beaten; SWAT Lied to Get Raid
Amanda Warren Activist Post Chad Chadwick, a Texas man with a clean record, is still trying to live down the multiple nightmares unleashed upon him…
Supreme Court: Cops Can Pull People Over for Wrong Reason
Amanda Warren Activist Post In 2009, Nicholas Heien of North Carolina was pulled over for having one broken brake light. Having one working brake light…
A Father’s Activism Changed the Law: Cops in WI No Longer Allowed to Investigate Themselves
Lily Dane Activist Post Long before the Ferguson situation occurred, another young man named Michael Bell, Jr. was shot and killed by a police officer….
Texas Officer Pulls Down and Tases 76 Year Old Man Over Legal Plates
Amanda Warren Activist Post In another example of indiscriminate use of tasers for minor infractions, a Victoria, Texas officer is under scrutiny for beating and…
Time Lapse Video Shows Massive Protests Against Police Brutality
Nick Bernabe Activist Post The whole country, and the world, stood up to police brutality and institutionalized racism yesterday. This short time lapse video puts…
Peacekeeper: Free Smartphone App Creates Community Response Service
Activist Post The state of police work in the U.S. continues to be called into question. Due to major budget cutbacks amid a worsening economy,…
Kentucky Residents Report “Emergency Alert” Messages and Low-Flying Military Helicopters
Lily Dane Activist Post On Tuesday, thousands of Kentucky residents received an alarming “Civil Emergency” alert on their cell phones. The message was sent by…
The Root of Police Militarization
By Ben Swann Ben Swann takes a look at the root of police militarization and why even if military equipment is removed from police departments…
Protests Across America: Will Obama Step Down?
Dees Illustration Brandon Turbeville Activist Post After the eruption of large-scale protests which subsequently devolved into chaotic riots in the streets of Ferguson, Missouri in…
The ”Thin Blue Line” Serves No Purpose
Brandon Smith Activist Post Like many people, I grew up watching numerous television shows and mainstream movies depicting a world in which the common police…
Exploring the impact of TASERs in the UK
Activist Post Social Scientists at the University of Exeter have called for a greater comparative analysis of the impact of TASERs used in law enforcement….