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“A Police Officers Mouth Ain’t No Prayer Book”: Blacks And Whites Need To...
In September, I received an email that should have left me feeling vindicated. It was in response to the non-fatal shooting of Levar Jones, an unarmed African-American man, by Sean Groubert, a white...
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“A Collective Failure”: The Crisis Of Leadership And Confidence In Ferguson, Mo.
Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson on Aug. 9. The unarmed 18-year-old’s body laid in the street for more than four hours. Ever since that fateful Saturday...
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“A Badge Does Not Confer Credibility”: Bias Can Strain An Already Difficult...
Average people find it difficult to place themselves in the shoes of police officers who live everyday knowing their next call could be their last. So when faced with a shooting by a police officer in...
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“The Heart Of American Exceptionalism”: When The U.N. Committee Against...
As everyone waits to see if the actual torture report will ever be released, the uptick in American police shootings hasn’t gone unnoticed by the international community, either: The U.N. Committee...
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“The Ideology Of Policing”: After Ferguson, Can We Change How American Police...
The story of Michael Brown and Ferguson, Mo., is not over, even if the city is calmer today than it was just after the decision not to try officer Darren Wilson was announced. As we look for lessons...
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