Criminal Justice

Nordic police and prisons are so wildly different than American ones that it's fair to say they are not even the same kind of institutions.

Late in the evening on June 5, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette removed two stories from its website that were shared earlier in the day on the paper's social media platform.

Police unions have become increasingly rightwing as a backlash to the Obama administration and Black Lives Matter — and that's bad news for the cities they police.

Two dozen experts explain why.

I remember how tumultuous 1968 felt. Cops in riot gear and flaming storefronts are nothing new — but this time around, things feel even more dire.

The image of the elderly man bleeding on the pavement is disturbing, but what's even more troubling is that none of the police officers appear to be helping him. One officer makes a move to apparently assist the man, but another cop pulls him away in one of the most callous things ever captured on video.

As national protesters call for defunding police, a movement for anti-racist "people's budgets" is spreading from LA to Nashville to Grand Rapids.

Manuel Ellis of Tacoma, Washington died in part as a result of how he was restrained, according to the medical examiner, who concluded that his death was a homicide.

"Can we come up with a situation where there are fewer killings, and fewer collateral consequences?"

Recent years have seen unprecedented racial and environmental justice protests — and an unprecedented state response.

I want white people to stop killing us. I also want white people to stop watching us get killed.

Ellison took over case on Sunday.

People who've watched and participated in the Black Lives Matter movement say that this time feels different. And the prevalence of these small protests is one of many reasons why.

The sheer amount of protest activity can make it hard to see and make choices about how you can support and participate. Here are some resources.

Often ranked as one of the deadliest cities in America, Camden, New Jersey, ended 2017 with its lowest homicide rate since the 1980s.

Elected officials need to do more than throw good reform dollars at bad agencies.

Caught on tape by a whistleblower cop, the officers said they witnessed or took part in alarming acts of police misconduct, from framing and beating residents to collaborating with drug dealers, all as part of a culture of impunity within the department's narcotics unit.

The turn of phrase has always been a convenient lie for those seeking power through force. In reality, the shooting starts first and the chaos follows.

In newly found footage, George Floyd urged young people to reject gun violence and crime.

Protests against police violence are calling for reform. Here are eight concrete ideas.

Cities like New York, Los Angeles and Minneapolis keep piling money on police departments.

A backlash to riots could make police brutality even worse.

The attorney general has long held an expansive view of presidential power. With multiple crises converging in the run-up to the 2020 election, he is busy putting his theories to work.

In the US, the police are the answer for everything. To an overdose, a noisy party, a counterfeit bill in a shop. They are the first and often the last resort for any complaint, no matter how petty. There's no end to the responsibilities with which we have charged them, and no end, seemingly, to the tolerance they enjoy from the state.

Racism permeated the culture of the department. But there are ways to change that culture that other cities can copy.

"Those who came for justice went home," writes singer-songwriter Ryan Culwell, who witnessed Saturday's peaceful rally devolve into violent altercations.

TV perfected the cop show, metastasized it and then franchised it into ubiquity. How does that affect the way audiences think about police?

Disproportionate use of force can turn a peaceful protest violent, research shows.

Connecting the world online feels essential in moments of history. Is it a package deal with all of the horribles?

Six years after nationwide protests against police violence captured the country's attention, the recent killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd have put the issue of police violence back into national focus. Many are left asking what if anything, has really changed?

The legendary San Antonio Spurs coach is past done with Donald Trump's inability to rise to this moment.

The short film "3 Brothers" splices the police brutality scene in "Do the Right Thing" with footage of the deaths of George Floyd and Eric Garner.

Protesting during a pandemic is a risk. But so is the status quo of police violence.

A weekend of violence forces a new perspective on his peaceful protest. Imagine if he first knelt today. And try to imagine what happens next

Foreign leaders are also reacting to the turmoil in the United States.

From New York to Los Angeles, police officers escalated the national unrest.

Officials in Minneapolis promised a stronger response to protests over the death of George Floyd as police and demonstrators across the nation continue to clash.

Killer Mike responds to protests over the death of George Floyd, saying he wants to see the "system that sets up for systematic racism burnt to the ground."

"We can rebuild a building. But we cannot give this man back to his family."

As protests spread and become increasingly violent, demonstrators say a murder charge against the police officer accused of killing George Floyd isn't enough.

Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been arrested four days after George Floyd's fatal arrest that sparked protests, rioting and outcry across the city and nation, and Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced he has been charged with murder and manslaughter, with the charges scheduled to be released shortly.

Nationwide, there's a growing use of GPS monitoring for people charged with crimes. But the practice is largely unregulated, leaving many with huge personal and financial costs.

"I've never seen anything like this."

A police precinct was burning in Minneapolis as protests over the death of George Floyd raged on for a third straight day.

Computer algorithms that scan everything from terror watch lists to eviction records spit out flawed tenant screening reports. And almost nobody is watching.

A routine police stop of a Brooklyn man turned into a Kafkaesque nightmare when cops insisted he wasn't who he said he was — even after he showed them his driver's license — and shipped him off to a psych ward for not knowing his name, a new lawsuit claims.

Why a Nova Scotia community is still searching for the killer of a beloved farmer 30 years later.

The agency is pursuing contracts with private detention providers to circumvent state and local efforts to curtail and regulate immigrant detention.

When Nikki Addimando shot her abusive partner, she thought she had enough proof it was self-defense. Why did the prosecution only see a cold-blooded killer?

His name was George Floyd. He can be seen on a video Darnella Frazier posted to Facebook, shouting "Please, please, please I can't breathe," as a Minneapolis police officer held him down for minutes.

A sting operation. An early-morning shootout. And a trail of evidence pointing to insane antics by elected lawmen.

A video has gone viral of a white woman calling the cops on a black man who simply asked her to leash her dog. The woman was in an area in New York City's Central Park known as the Ramble, where rules require that dogs be leashed.

Singapore's Supreme Court sentenced a man to death via Zoom video chat on Friday, according to a report from the Strait Times. It's believed to be the second time that a death sentence has been handed down this year over the video service, which has seen a dramatic increase in use since the global coronavirus pandemic began earlier this year.

Opposition to stay-at-home orders is the latest example of a history of powerful sheriffs, which stretches back to the end of slavery and the settling of the frontier.

A first-time researcher published a new mathematical study on number theory. The twist? He's also serving a 25-year murder sentence behind bars.

He has delivered revelatory reporting on some of the defining stories of our time. But a close examination reveals the weaknesses in what may be called an era of resistance journalism.

This is an All-American story about two kids from the east side of Baltimore.

At 22, he single-handedly put a stop to the worst cyberattack the world had ever seen. Then he was arrested by the FBI. This is his untold story.

It embeds into official U.S. policy a shockingly extremist view of law enforcement as the enemy of the American people.

The US high court's continual refinement of an obscure legal doctrine has made it harder to hold police accountable when accused of using excessive force.