Hard-Hitting Reporting? Or a Hit-Job?

Hard-Hitting Reporting? Or a Hit-Job?

The New York Times recent article “The Disproportionate Risks of Driving While Black” is either a highly important, 5,700-word indictment of a corrupt and racist police department or it's an irresponsible and scurrilous accusation against an entire department, plastered on the front ...
The 4 a.m. Traffic Stop

The 4 a.m. Traffic Stop

It’s 3:40 a.m. and you’re driving in the right lane, southbound on Broadway. You’re on patrol alone, and that makes sense — you work at one of the more than 93% of police agencies in America that employ fewer than 100 officers. About half employ fewer than 10. So backup is at least a ...
A Look Beyond the Numbers

A Look Beyond the Numbers

[Editor's Note: This is the first in a series of articles, which will delve into the StreetCred Police Killings in Context (PKIC) database. A few months back The Guardian and the Washington Post published databases and photographs of Americans who have been killed by police. The ...
To Protect a City

To Protect a City

It got no easier to watch. Another city, placed into lockdown, after a senseless and cowardly act of terror galvanized its populace into grim determination. Even before the shock could pass, before the mourning could begin, the sound of more gunfire echoed through the streets. In ...

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