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Crime and Justice News
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Man Awarded Nearly $270K for False Cocaine Arrest in Florida
The Leon County, Fl., Sheriff's Office has been ordered to pay nearly $270,000 to a man who was wrongfully arrested for possession of a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 14, 20221 min read
DOJ, Springfield, Ma., Police Reach Police Reform Settlement
The Department of Justice said the Springfield, Ma., Police Department entered into a "court enforceable consent decree" to mandate...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 14, 20222 min read
U.S. Policing Units Improve Policies After Floyd Protest Complaints
The American Civil Liberties Union of D.C. and the Justice Department settled four civil lawsuits brought by Black Lives Matter D.C. and...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 14, 20221 min read
Video Shows Patrick Lyoya Shot In Head At Michigan Traffic Stop
A Black man face-down on the ground was fatally shot in the back of the head by a Michigan police officer, the violent climax of a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 11, 20221 min read
Buffalo Must Reinstate Officers Who Injured Man, 75, In Floyd Protest
An arbitrator ruled that two Buffalo officers did not break use-of-force guidelines during a 2020 protest for pushing Martin Gugino to...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 11, 20222 min read
Kansas Officer Changed Report Before Death of Black Teen
A community task force reviewing the death of a Black teenager in Kansas who was restrained for more than 30 minutes at a juvenile...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 10, 20222 min read
Pamela Smith Quits As Chief of U.S. Park Police, Criticized by IG
Pamela Smith, who was named chief of the U.S. Park Police in February of last year, retired Friday after 24 years in the department. No...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 8, 20221 min read
Crime A Top Issue in June Los Angeles Mayoral Election
With Los Angeles residents preparing to elect a new mayor in June, Democratic front-runners are debating public safety and policing. The...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 8, 20221 min read
Phila. Police Lift 1-Year Residency Rule To Recruit More Officers
Philadelphia suspended lifted a rule that requires police recruits to have lived in the city for at least a year before applying, reports...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 8, 20222 min read
Biden, Law Enforcement Far From Agreement on Policing Exec Order
The Biden White House is struggling to reshape an executive order on police accountability three months after a leaked draft drew sharp...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Where Are U.S. COVID Relief Funds Going? In CA, Police Get Large Sums
Big cities in California spent large portions of their federal COVID-19 relief money on police departments, a review of public records...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20222 min read
No Charges Filed in Police Killing of Amir Locke in Minneapolis
Minnesota prosecutors declined to file charges Wednesday against a Minneapolis police SWAT team officer who fatally shot Amir Locke while...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20222 min read
Colorado City Where Elijah McCain Died Fires Its Police Chief
Aurora., Co., the Denver suburb where police officers and paramedics have been charged in the death of a Black man in 2019, ousted its...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 7, 20221 min read
Fewer Police On Roads Contribute to 17% Rise in Pedestrian Deaths
The number of U.S. pedestrians killed in motor-vehicle crashes increased 17 percent in the first half of 2021, according to a nonprofit...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 6, 20222 min read
Experts: Place-Based Strategies Are Effective, Central to Police Reform
By Cynthia Lum, Christopher Koper, David Weisburd, Robin Engel, John Eck, Anthony Braga, John MacDonald, Rod Brunson, and Michael Smith A...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 6, 20221 min read
D.C. Mayor Hopes to Make Women 30 Percent of City's Police Force
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says she “never supported defunding the police” and wants to expand the city’s police force to...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 5, 20222 min read
Challenge For Cities: Reduce Police Role With Homeless in Subways
Days before New York City Mayor Eric Adams issued a plan in February to deal with homeless people sheltering on the subway, three police...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 5, 20221 min read
Dallas Police Change Policy After Two Mass Shootings In Two Weeks
Dallas police officers were at a concert over the weekend, but left before a shooting that led to one death and at least 16 people...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20221 min read
Georgia To Pay $4.8M To Family of Black Man Killed by State Trooper
The state of Georgia will pay $4.8 million to the family of a 60-year-old Black man who was fatally shot by a state trooper in 2020...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 4, 20222 min read
In Defeat For 'Defund Police,' D.C. Mayor Seeks 347 More Officers
Two years ago, the Washington, D.C., Council trimmed the police budget, heeding calls for a smaller force amid demonstrations over social...
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