News & Commentary about Reforming Police

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Nov 12, 2014

Father of Mike Brown: "If I Could Have Stood Between Officer Wilson’s Gun and My Son, I Would Have."

Oct 29, 2014

The Police's Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card

Oct 27, 2014

Eight Police Officers Fired 46 Times at My Mentally Ill Son for Holding a Pen Knife

Oct 24, 2014

Odds Are, You Are Suspicious

Oct 23, 2014

Do We Really Still Need Free Speech Week?

Oct 23, 2014

Not Having a Roof Over Your Head Can Mean Jail Time: The Criminalization of Homelessness

"What could possibly justify a government knowingly forcing its citizens into ho

Oct 23, 2014

Pushed into Homelessness by Their Own Government

Oct 8, 2014

Boston Police Have a Racially Biased Policing Problem, and a Golden Opportunity to Reform

Oct 7, 2014

How Many People Must Be Maimed or Killed Before We End the Militarization of Our Police Forces?

Oct 6, 2014

Spotted on Campus: Up-Armored Mine-Resistant Monster Trucks