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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
August 15, 2000
Anthony York |
Rage against the cops Outside President Clinton's grand finale, protesters get a lesson in crowd control from an aggressive LAPD. |
Salon.com
August 18, 2000
Cliff Barney |
The LAPD's unlikely defender Homeless advocate Ted Hayes was shot by police, but he praised the cops and blasted violent protesters for drowning out his message. |
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... |
Reason
July 2001
Evan McElravy |
Enemies of Trade The FTAA protesters in Quebec were misguided. So was the police-state response to them... |
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 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. |
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. |
Salon.com
August 14, 2000
Jesse Walker |
War on protesters The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. |
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 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
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 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! |
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. |
Salon.com
October 5, 2000
Alex Todorovic |
"He's finished" Milosevic goes into hiding after hundreds of thousands of outraged Serbs seize Parliament and the state-run media. A report from the Battle for Belgrade... |
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. |
Salon.com
June 26, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Caught in the act Activist groups are kicked out of U.N. headquarters in a protest at the global AIDS conference... |
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Ninja Arrested Police in Vernon, Conn., said they arrested a man who was dressed as a ninja and waving nunchucks while yelling about wanting to beat up U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman. |
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
June 2002
Jesse Walker |
Policing Dissent Political spying rears its ugly head in Denver... |
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. |
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
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 |
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. |
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. |
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"Arrest Me!" A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer's handgun. |
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. |
Reason
November 2005
Daniel Koffler |
Breaking Curfew Citing the European Convention on Human Rights, a 15-year-old brought an anti-curfew suit against the London suburb of Richmond and the Metropolitan Police, and convinced Lord Justice Brooke that he has the right to "walk the streets without interference from police." |
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. |
ifeminists
October 27, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
Never get naked in front of a cop...or his wife Remember Eric Williamson? He was the Fairfax, Virginia man arrested for making coffee while naked and alone in his own kitchen. |
CIO
February 15, 2004
Richard Pastore |
Police Power Coming Up Behind You The Chicago Police Department is using technology to prevent crime and save lives, but its data warehouse could be dangerous if accessed by the wrong hands. |
Reason
July 2008
Charles Oliver |
Brickbats Unbelievable news stories from around the world. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 12, 2004
Geri Smith |
Mexico's Middle Class Takes To The Streets An estimated half-million Mexicans walked silently through downtown Mexico City to demand better police protection and prosecution of criminals responsible for a surge of kidnappings and murders in the capital and other cities. |
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Going Whole Hog Maine police say a man took a cash machine from inside a convenience store and drove off with it in the back of a stolen pickup truck. |
BusinessWeek
April 1, 2010
Susan Berfield |
Bill Bratton, Globocop He tamed crime in New York and Los Angeles. Next stop... Kabul? |
Reason
October 2002
Jeremy Lott |
Persistent Protesters The School of the Americas, recently renamed, is infamous for training dictators such as Manuel Noriega. But it may as well be regarded as an ongoing internship program for American political protesters, who have been demonstrating against the school for 15 years. |
| AskMen.com |
To Protect, But Not To Serve Columbus, Ohio city council members are hearing complaints that police officers are saying citizens who are fed up with crime in their neighborhoods should move out. |
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. |
| AskMen.com |
Robber Hands Out $100 Bills Police in Columbus, Ohio are looking for a man they say robbed a bank near downtown, then handed two $100 bills to passers-by as he ran away. |
Salon.com
September 27, 2000
Jan Golab |
L.A. confidential A former LAPD detective says Chief Bernard Parks had evidence of the Rampart scandal a year before it was revealed, but kept it from the district attorney -- and the public. |
Reason
March 2003
Sara Rimensnyder |
Drop Your Pants Mooning on the wax? |
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. |
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? |
| AskMen.com |
You're Doing It Wrong Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. |
Financial Advisor
October 2009
Karen DeMasters |
A Police Matter Beacon Financial has worked to attract law enforcement clients. |
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. |
| AskMen.com |
The Worst Approach Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. |
| AskMen.com |
Store Robbed Over Bad Jerky A Cleveland barber became so upset by what he considered bad beef jerky that he returned to the store where he bought it and tried to rob the owner. |
