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Salon.com
August 8, 2000
Anthony York |
Do not pass Go Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention?   |
Salon.com
August 15, 2000
Anthony York |
Protest diary Police tactics get bellicose and protesters shrill on the first day of demonstrations in Los Angeles. |
Salon.com
August 16, 2000
Anthony York |
Calm before the storm? Tuesday's protests were mostly peaceful, but Wednesday's action against police brutality could get ugly. |
Salon.com
September 29, 2000
Sarah Ferguson |
Keeping an eye on protesters International authorities are sharing information -- not all of it accurate -- about anti-globalization activists... |
Salon.com
July 30, 2000
Anthony York |
GOP-looza So far, the convention protests resemble a rock show with particularly tight security more than they do the riots in Seattle. |
Salon.com
August 3, 2000
Anthony York |
There's a riot goin' on ... Not! The protests at the Republican convention. One reporter, 200 police cars, a trapped Gummi Bear and finally: A protester! |
Salon.com
August 4, 2000
Anthony York |
Taking it from the streets Philly police face ugly allegations after hundreds of protesters are detained for more than two days. |
Salon.com
July 22, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Republicans and other reasons to riot Philadelphia and the GOP brace for a storm of protests. Plus, Copping a feel for protest action... I went to Philly, and all I got was this lousy beating... |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Howard Altman |
Ready to rumble Police violence rocks Philadelphia as anxious protesters prepare to descend on the city for the Republican National Convention. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Bush family values Mama Bush joins her son in battling Clinton, while new, cuddly convention earns snores. Plus, Hundreds arrested as protests rage... Mockstitutes storm convention... Taxing times for Rick Lazio... McCain falls on his sword |
Salon.com
August 17, 2000
Anthony York |
The cops become the issue More civil than disobedient, the marches against police brutality were as scripted as the action inside the Staples Center. |
Salon.com
January 20, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Thousands protest Bush's Inauguration Demonstrators lining the parade route give the new presidential limo an unwelcome splash on its way to the White House... |
Salon.com
April 14, 2001
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Cincinnati's killer cops Black leaders want the feds to investigate the city's trigger-happy police. They shouldn't hold their breath... |
Popular Mechanics
November 28, 2006
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
SWAT Overkill: The Danger of a Paramilitary Police Force This guest editorial from a law professor and instapundit.com blogger argues that overaggressive tactics and surplus military gear have turned some police units into a dangerous menace. |
Reason
July 2001
Evan McElravy |
Enemies of Trade The FTAA protesters in Quebec were misguided. So was the police-state response to them... |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Step Away From the Car: Rare Fourth Amendment victory In April the U.S. Supreme Court said police may no longer routinely search the vehicles of recently arrested people, a practice that was considered constitutional for nearly three decades. |
Salon.com
August 14, 2000
Arianna Huffington |
Hollywood smoke screen What Democrats will ignore during their stay in Los Angeles -- and what the Shadow Convention won't. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2001
Gene Callahan & William Anderson |
The Roots of Racial Profiling Why are police targeting minorities for traffic stops? |
Reason
September 2005
Julian Sanchez |
Armed With a Camera Protecting protesters' rights in the U.S.: The ever-present telescreen could, ironically, become an emblem of citizen empowerment. |
Reason
January 2002
Michael W. Lynch |
Battlefield Conversions Reason talks with three ex-warriors who now fight against the War on Drugs... |
IEEE Spectrum
June 2007
Sweet & Cass |
How to Fight Crime in Real Time New York City's Real Time Crime Center enables officers to extract information from integrated databases and send it immediately to investigators in the field. Displays are tailored to the situation at hand. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2007
Brian Doherty |
Policing Immigrants Since 1979 the city of Los Angeles has had an official policy of not troubling its cops with the enforcement of federal immigration law. That policy has long angered anti-immigration forces, and now two groups have filed separate lawsuits. |
ifeminists
August 9, 2006
McCormick & Sacks |
Brett Myers Case Obscures an Important Truth About Domestic Violence Arrests In many domestic violence cases the men arrested deserve the open mind and support which the Philadelphia Phillies mistakenly extended Brett Myers. Spousal abuse arrests are often dubious, in part because of misguided domestic violence laws and law enforcement policies. |
Popular Mechanics
January 2008
Glenn Harlan Reynolds |
Watching the Watchers: Why Surveillance Is a Two-Way Street If governments and businesses can keep an eye on us in public spaces, we ought to be able to look back. |
IDB America
June 2004
Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
Fast Company
Rebecca Greenfield |
This Is What America Is Saying About Eric Garner Americans swiftly took to social media to call for reform and organize demonstrations via the hashtags #ShutItDown, #DieIn, and #BlackLivesMatter. |
CIO
February 15, 2004
Richard Pastore |
Taking IT to the Street How the Chicago Police Department used technology to fight crime and become the first Grand CIO Enterprise Value Award winner. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Susan Berfield |
Bill Bratton, Globocop He tamed crime in New York and Los Angeles. Next stop... Kabul? |
InternetNews
September 22, 2009 |
Canada Uses IBM BI Software to Fight Crime Edmonton police are the latest to use business intelligence apps to identify crime hot spots. |
| AskMen.com |
"Arrest Me!" A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer's handgun. |
Salon.com
August 16, 2000
Sandra Hernandez |
Conventional boom or bust? DNC protesters force L.A.'s mom-and-pop shops into riot mode, while party planners and trendy restaurants rake in the dough. |
ifeminists
February 1, 2006
Matthew Reed |
How to Fight Back Against Pat-Downs by Airport Security Screeners You must use 911 and *677 to call the police first and get them on your side... The second the security screener goes over your breasts or genital area with their hands after wanding you... If the local police don't arrest the screeners... etc. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Karen Abbott |
Unwelcome in America With a backyard full of Republicans, Philadelphia poverty activist Cheri Honkala prepares for the fight of her life. |
Wired
May 2005
Noah Shachtman |
Spycam Force Chicago's street cops have a new kind of backup: a point-and-click surveillance network tied to a citywide crime-fighting database. |
InternetNews
April 8, 2005
Susan Kuchinskas |
Fresno Cops to Get Broadband Wireless IBM will build a next-generation communications system for real-time images and communications. |
Wired
March 2007
Ethan Watters |
Shot Spotter Last year there were 148 homicides in Oakland. Today, when someone fires a gun on a city street, a network of hidden microphones kicks in triangulating the exact location and alerting police. |
Reason
November 2001
Brian Doherty |
Drunken Assertion "Ramsell's Roadside Rights Kit" is shaped like a passport and opens up to a pocket that holds your driver's license, insurance, and car registration. On the back is a card emblazoned with an assertion of your rights when stopped by the cops... |
Wired
December 20, 2007
Eric Steuer |
Look Out, Baddies, YouTube Neighborhood Watch Has Its Eye on You Ordinary people use YouTube to bring attention to criminals. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2005
Whitney Tilson |
Learning From Ideas for Public Schools Strategies used in the reform of the NYPD can be used to improve public schools and corporations. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2000
Mark Bowden |
Gore's stiff competition Republicans have zeroed in on the one thing the Democrats cannot defend: Clinton's slick willy. |
Salon.com
November 1, 2000
Earl Ofari Hutchinson |
Killer cops The slaying of actor Anthony Dwain Lee by a black officer is evidence that many black cops have the same prejudices as their white colleagues... |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Anonymous Hacks Paris Climate Talks Anonymous-affiliated hackers leaked account and personal information from more than a thousand attendees at the Paris climate summit earlier this week in retaliation for the arrest of protesters |
Fast Company
September 2004
Keith H. Hammonds |
"Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It." A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force. |
Reason
November 2003
Jesse Walker |
Intelligence Failure Long faulted by civil libertarians as too weak a restraint, New York City's "Handschu guidelines" against harrassing police surveillance were relaxed in March. It didn't take long for police to begin taking advantage of their new harrassment powers to intimidate anti-war protestors. |
National Defense
December 2004
Joe Pappalardo |
Guard Makes Play for Leadership Role in National Security Events These high-profile operations provided the National Guard many opportunities to showcase its new capabilities and fill needed leadership roles, according to Guard officials. |
Salon.com
July 7, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Bush cancels "attack night" Less fire and brimstone, more sugar and spice planned for Republican Convention. Plus, The Philadelphia picket party... Nader's day as the great green knight... Gore consultant has tangled ties... Gore consultant has tangled ties... Bradley and Gore mend fences... etc. |
| AskMen.com |
Theology 101 Police in Kentucky said a man who smashed a window at a car dealership claimed he was following a higher calling. |
Reason
July 2008
Charles Oliver |
Brickbats Unbelievable news stories from around the world. |
Popular Mechanics
February 18, 2010
Tyghe Trimble |
Can Sophisticated Mathematical Models Help Police Fight Crime? Is it possible to predict crimes from studying human behavior? A new paper from researchers at the University of California shows how mathematical modeling may soon lead to truly predictive police work. |
Scientific American
February 2009
Gary Stix |
Taming the Madness of Crowds Is an increased police presence in riot gear the best way to combat the hooligan crowd mentality at sporting events? |
