The San Francisco Police Department’s use of sexual assault DNA profiles to ID survivors as suspects was “absolutely wrong,” experts told USA TODAY.
Author: Tami Abdollah, USA TODAY
No-knock warrants: A growing legacy of controversy, revised laws, tragic deaths
Since March 2020, no-knock warrants have been banned or their use limited across the U.S., including Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and Minneapolis.
Biased tweets? Politically-gridlocked civil rights commission squabbles over what to share with public.
A Republican appointee on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights proposed that public information only be shared if it receives a majority vote.
60% of people awaiting trial can’t afford bail. A civil rights commission can’t agree on reform.
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights released a cash bail report but did not make a recommendation because its members couldn’t agree.
They were trusted to train law enforcement officers, but they were members of an anti-government militia group
65 people on an Oath Keepers sign-up list described themselves as trainers, showing how extremist ideologies have proliferated in police departments.
Philadelphia police seized their property. Most were never convicted of a crime. Most never got their stuff back.
A survey confirms arguments that civil asset forfeiture mostly ensnares law-abiding, low-income people of color, not large, criminal enterprises.
Philadelphia police seized their property. Most were never convicted of a crime. Most never got their stuff back.
A survey confirms arguments that civil asset forfeiture mostly ensnares law-abiding, low-income people of color, not large, criminal enterprises.
Analysis: ‘White America can keep kicking Derek Chauvin,’ but what does it mean for systemic change?
The question is whether Chauvin’s prison sentence changes a thing for Black men and people of color who are disproportionately killed by police.
This company’s permissive policies are behind high-profile police shootings of Black men in the US
Lexipol markets its policies as a way to protect local governments from frivolous lawsuits. It has attracted law enforcement agencies nationwide.
Derek Chauvin’s attorney says he shouldn’t go to prison for George Floyd’s murder
Derek Chauvin’s attorney says the ex-cop was the product of a “broken system” and shouldn’t go to prison. Prosecutors say he should get 30 years.