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There’s growing evidence that former officers with troubling histories of abuse can easily find second careers in private security.

By a 6-3 vote, the conservative justices decided that there is no need for the state to provide a preliminary hearing in civil forfeiture cases.

TikTok, AI, iPad and Black Twitter

Social media posts about Oct. 7 got him fired, arrested, and thrown in jail. Now, Meir Baruchin faces a fight to return to a school that wants him gone.

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Hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars have been spent on what was sold as a revolution in transparency and accountability. Instead, police departments routinely refuse to release footage — even when officers kill.

Analysis of BlueLeaks trove also shows police received training on domestic ‘Muslim extremists’ from pro-Israel groups

Rethinking Israel, Jewish identity and antisemitism

Racial disparities even starker than at the height of former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s “stop and frisk” era.

Cop City, beyond contributing to over-policing, will require clear-cutting 381 acres of forest land.