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  1. crowd surge
    What We Know About Seoul’s Halloween Crowd CrushAt least 154 people, many of them women in their 20s, were killed.
    By Bindu Bansinath
  2. power
    Minneapolis Police Had a Pattern of Racial Discrimination, Report FindsMPD reportedly used covert social-media accounts to surveil Black community leaders.
    By Olivia Truffaut-Wong
  3. crime
    A Murder Solved in DMsWhen Daisy De La O was killed, friends looked to social media for the man they suspected had done it. They found him.
    By Jennifer Swann
  4. power
    What We Know About the Death of Lauren Smith-FieldsThe family of a 23-year-old Black woman plans to sue the city of Bridgeport for failing to properly investigate her death.
    By Danielle Cohen
  5. gotta catch em all
    Police Officers Fired for Catching Pokémon Instead of RobbersIf it helps, they were trying to get a Snorlax.
    By Mia Mercado
  6. power
    Stop Assuming This About Missing People of ColorInsensitive stereotypes preclude storytelling that makes successful search efforts possible, explain the founders of the Black and Missing Foundation.
    By Natalie Wilson and Derrica Wilson
  7. crime
    It’s Not on the Public to Protect Themselves From PoliceAfter officer Wayne Couzens was sentenced for raping and murdering Sarah Everard, London police have some safety suggestions for civilians.
    By Claire Lampen
  8. power
    Maybe Cops Shouldn’t Handle Domestic Violence CallsGabby Petito needed help. Instead, police dismissed her.
    By Melissa Jeltsen
  9. book excerpt
    The Specter of False Rape AccusationsThey are objectively rare, so why do they carry their cultural charge?
    By Amia Srinivasan
  10. crime
    A Cop Sent Himself a Woman’s Nudes While Detaining HerFormer Minnesota state trooper Albert Kuehne pleaded guilty to the theft this week.
    By Claire Lampen
  11. oh?
    Teen Arrested for … Giving Away Money?Rapper Metro Marrs showered his classmates with $10,000 during his graduation. Police accused him of inciting a riot.
    By Claire Lampen
  12. reckoning with a reckoning
    Stop Hustling Black DeathSamaria Rice is the mother of Tamir, not a “mother of the movement.”
    By Imani Perry
  13. power
    Cops Handled the Sarah Everard Vigil Just Fine, Investigators SayFootage shows officers hurling protesters to the ground. An independent review insists the use of force was “measured and proportionate.”
    By Claire Lampen
  14. crime
    Police Handcuffed and Pepper-Sprayed a 9-Year-Old GirlGraphic body-cam footage shows her screaming for her dad as officers from the Rochester Police Department force her into a squad car.
    By Claire Lampen
  15. lawsuits
    A Former Chief Has Accused the NYPD of Rampant Gender DiscriminationA new lawsuit alleges that the department systematically excludes women from top positions.
    By Amanda Arnold
  16. crime
    Everything We Know About the Killing of George FloydNewly released body cam footage suggests the officers involved adopted an aggressive stance from the outset.
    By Hannah Gold
  17. police
    Secret Service Agents Accosted Two Black Mothers With a RifleThe women say they were pulled from their car and handcuffed while their young children looked on.
    By Hannah Gold
  18. nypd
    Disturbing Footage Shows NYPD Shoving Woman Into Unmarked VanSeveral officers grabbed a teenager off the street in the middle of a protest, then sped away.
    By Hannah Gold
  19. the bigger picture
    On the Front Lines of the Portland ProtestsAs protesters face down Trump’s heavily armed “secret police,” photographer JD Barnes has been capturing the chaos.
    By Claire Lampen
  20. power
    What the Hell Is Happening in Portland?Witnesses say heavily armed police officers have been dragging protesters into unmarked vans.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  21. protests
    This Is How the NYPD Treated Black Lives Matter ProtestersOver 60 videos show officers punching, tackling, and beating Black Lives Matter protesters, often seemingly at random.
    By Hannah Gold
  22. power
    What Exactly Does It Mean to Defund the Police?A comprehensive guide.
    By Amanda Arnold
  23. breonna taylor
    The Officers Who Killed Breonna Taylor Still Haven’t Been ArrestedThe three cops who shot Taylor eight times in her own home haven’t even lost their jobs.
    By Hannah Gold
  24. crime
    Gunman Plows Car Through Seattle Protest, Shooting DemonstratorThe victim, a 27-year-old black man, is reportedly in stable condition.
    By Hannah Gold
  25. protest
    Scenes from Police Brutality Protests Around the WorldIn cities across the globe, people gathered in solidarity with U.S. protesters demanding an end to racist law enforcement.
    By Hannah Gold
  26. protests
    A Weekend of Widespread Police AggressionViral footage shows officers shooting rubber bullets and pepper-spraying protesters.
    By Claire Lampen
  27. protest
    Protests Erupt over George Floyd’s Death in Police CustodyHundreds of people took to the streets; police used tear gas and rubber bullets to disperse the crowd.
    By Hannah Gold
  28. power
    This Is What ‘Stop and Frisk’ Is Really Like“The experience of being stopped and frisked just for being transgender was so traumatic for me. I was afraid of walking down the street.”
    By Anna Silman
  29. awww
    Man Calls Police After Savage Attack by … Baby Squirrel?The assault ended when the squirrel, “apparently exhausted by its exertions, lay down abruptly and fell asleep.”
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  30. power
    An Off-Duty Police Officer Tased an 11-Year-Old Girl for Stealing Food“We are extremely concerned when force is used by one of our officers on a child of this age.”
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  31. race
    A Black Yale Student Had the Cops Called on Her for Taking a Nap in Her Dorm “I’m not going to justify my existence here,” said Lolade Siyonbola.
    By Melania Hidalgo
  32. drama
    Scottish Police Have 45-Minute Standoff With Stuffed AnimalMultiple units responded to a call of a tiger in a cowshed.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  33. seriously?
    Female Police Captain Suspended for Saying Man Has ‘White Male Privilege’“I was racially and sexistly slurred by Captain Carri Weber” the officer wrote in his complaint.
    By Madeleine Aggeler
  34. Attorney Says Dashcam Video of Cavity Search on Black Woman Is ‘Rape by a Cop’Lawyer Sam Cammack says the vaginal probing went on for 11 minutes.
    By Lisa Ryan
  35. Walmart Will No Longer Sell ‘Bulletproof: Black Lives Matter’ ShirtsAfter a request from the country’s biggest police organization.
    By Lisa Ryan
  36. Gropers Must Attack Several Victims Before NYPD Officers Make Arrests: ReportA new report shines a light on this alleged policy.
    By Lisa Ryan
  37. Body Cameras Lead to Astounding Drop in Police Complaints“I cannot think of any [other] single intervention in the history of policing that dramatically changed the way that officers behave.”
    By Drake Baer
  38. Predictive Policing Isn’t an Exact Science, and That’s the ProblemCan algorithms predict murder?
    By Drake Baer
  39. police
    The Charles Kinsey Shooting Shows Police Still Have a Mental-Illness ProblemCops need better training and protocols when someone isn’t in a position to immediately, effortlessly comply.
    By Jesse Singal
  40. If You Want Less Police Violence, Hire More Female CopsBetween culture, biology, and psychology, men are more aggressive. Especially when doing police work.
    By Drake Baer
  41. The Dallas Police Force Is Evidence That ‘De-escalation’ Policing WorksSeriously, there’s good news about American policing.
    By Drake Baer
  42. victim-blaming
    Lily Allen Felt ‘Victim Shamed’ by PoliceAllen says she was blamed after speaking up about her harrowing ordeal with a stalker.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  43. cat detectives
    Police Force Considers Using Cats to Solve Crime at Request of 5-Year-OldFinally, an end to feline job discrimination.
    By Jessica Roy
  44. the brain
    What Tasers Do to the BrainA study hints at some serious implications for when suspects should be read their Miranda rights.
    By Tanya Basu
  45. memorials
    Sandra Bland Will Have a Street Named in Her HonorUniversity Drive becomes Sandra Bland Parkway.
    By Dayna Evans
  46. love and war
    Money Alone Won’t Solve the Rape-Kit BacklogA new report suggests that more guidelines are needed to address inconsistent rape-kit-testing policies.
    By Erica Schwiegershausen
  47. crime and punishment
    The Tiny Police Department in Southern Oregon That Plans to End Campus RapeAnd it’s now telling Washington what’s up. 
    By Katie Van Syckle
  48. New Study Links Stop-and-Frisk With AnxietyAnd more police stops meant worse mental health. 
    By Melissa Dahl
  49. q&a
    Meet the Teenage Sisters With an App to Prevent Police BrutalityIma and Asha Christensen made really good use of their summer vacation.
    By Allison P. Davis
  50. kajieme powell
    It’s Really Difficult to Prevent ‘Suicide by Cop’When police protocol collides with suicidal behavior.
    By Jesse Singal
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