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Unable to Celebrate “RonnieMan” Johnson’s 29th Birthday, His Family Remembers the Life Taken by Chicago Police
They are holding a toy drive to honor his love of children.
A Dubious Arrest, a Compromised Prosecutor, a Tainted Plea: How One Murder Case Exposes the System
There are cascading, and enduring, effects in a bad conviction.
Lawmakers Demand Transparency and Restrictions on FBI Spying Powers
The statute's expiration could curtail powerful forms of surveillance.
Jeff Sessions Wants to Crack Down on Legal Weed — Will Congress Let Him?
Limits on federal pot prosecution just got a brief extension, but medical marijuana may still be at risk.
Jeff Sessions’s Constant Lying Is Being Used to Help the Criminal Defense of the White Cop Who Murdered Walter Scott
Slager and Sessions are two peas in a pod.
When Communities Say No One Should Stay in Jail Just Because They’re Poor
Community bail funds offer a solution.
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Authoritarian Funnies: Kettling
After Georgia Tech Police-Perpetrated Shooting of Non-Binary Student, Atlanta Police Crack Down on Student Dissent
Activists say the goal is to chill dissent not only at Georgia Tech but at campuses across the U.S.
We’ve Got to Break This Mindset That Policing Is the Only Tool
Alex Vitale discusses his book “The End of Policing.”
The FBI Is Once Again Profiling Black Activists Because of Their Beliefs and Their Race
Nusrat Choudhury discusses the FBI's “Black identity extremist” designation.