Topic: Police
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Why Are Champaign-Urbana's Jaywalking Arrests Almost All Black?
Between 2007 and 2011, about 90 percent of those arrested were African American. How did this happen?
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Maps
A Problematic Map of Stop-and-Frisk
Its flaws cloud rather than clarify the recent debate over NYPD tactics.
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Using Data Streams to Catch Criminals
A new NYPD system allows police to quickly collect data from cameras, crime reports, and 911 calls. What's the impact on our privacy?
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How Much Should a Bankrupt City Pay Its Retired Police Officers?
A former chief in Stockton, California, is making $204,000 a year. This is unsustainable, and it needs to stop.
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Inside the Weird World of Tracking Gangs on Social Media
With gang members openly posting about their plans to commit violent acts on Facebook and YouTube, police departments nationwide find increased challenges and unique advantages.
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D.C. Police Policy on Cameras Should Earn No Praise
Don't get too excited about a seemingly reasonable new policy on citizens photographing police officers. The city was forced to do it, and they're not happy about it.
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Survey of the Day: Police Officers Admit They Downplay Crimes
A survey of retired New York City police officers shows a "rotten barrel," according to the study authors.
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Democracy in America
This Week in Bans: Massachusetts City Plagued by Horrible Saxophonist
Salem has had it up to here with inept jazz musicians. Also outlawed recently: noisy electronica in Santa Cruz, payday lenders in Iowa and the entire vice squad of Salt Lake City.
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Even In Low-Crime Portland, Police Want Cameras
Despite pockets of crime, critics say the cameras are taking police power too far.
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Police Overreach of the Day: A 6-Year-Old Is Handcuffed in Georgia
A kindergartener was arrested after she threw a tantrum in the principal's office.
