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Police

"Do Not Resist" and the Crisis of Police Militarization
From the New Yorker
Bureau of Justice Statistics: Law Enforcement
Data collections and surveys covering federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies and special topics in law enforcement.
Cleveland police tactics violated rights of citizens, Justice Department probe finds
From the Washington Post, 12/4/2014.
Current Law Gives Police Wide Latitude to Use Deadly Force
From the Washington Post.
Defunding the Police Will Actually Make Us Safer
Fatal Police Encounters in New York City
Some of the most notable deaths since 1990 involving New York Police Department officers. From the New York Times.
Here’s How Racial Bias Plays Out in Policing
Hundreds of Police Killings Are Uncounted in Federal Stats
From the Wall Street Journal.
Police Body Worn Cameras: A Policy Scorecard
Police Use of Force Project
A review of police forces across the country and their policies and practices related to the use of force.
Racial Bias and Disparities in Proactive Policing
We Should Still Defund the Police
What the data say about police brutality and racial bias — and which reforms might work

Courts

Eric Garner Grand Jury Probe Shows Similarities to Michael Brown Case
From the Christian Science Monitor.
How Does A Grand Jury Work?
From FindLaw.
How Not to Use a Grand Jury
By Jeffrey Toobin, from the New Yorker. (Thank you, Jim Shea and Grant Gonzalez.)
How the Ferguson Grand Jury Process Works
From the Washington Post.
It's Incredibly Rare for a Grand Jury to Do What Ferguson's Just Did
From FiveThirtyEight.com.
Looking for Accountability in Police-Involved Deaths of Blacks
What happened to officers involved in 11 recent high-profile cases that were caught on video
Mass. High Court Says Black Men May Have Legitimate Reason To Flee Police
By Zeninjor Enwemeka
New study by Prof. David Abrams and co-authors confirms racial bias in criminal sentencing
SC Has Indicted 3 Cops in 4 Months for Shooting Unarmed Black Men
From The Root.
These are the 2 major Supreme Court cases that protect cops who kill unarmed civilians
By Erin Fuchs
Why It's Impossible to Indict a Cop | The Nation
"It’s not just Ferguson—here’s how the system protects police."

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