policing the police
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When Cops Get a Taste of Their Own Medicine, Hilarity Ensues
For as much as a lot of cops spend their time looking to harass innocent citizens, we are always wishing we could see what happens when they are on the other side of that equation. Well, friends, that time has come. A video posted to Twitter on Sunday shows two police officers being unwillingly interrogated…
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California Assembly Passes Bill Policing When Cops Can Use Deadly Force
The California Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation Wednesday to change rules governing when cops in the state can use lethal force, despite last-minute opposition from some families of victims of police shootings who said compromises in the bill’s language watered down the legislation. Assembly Bill 392: The California Act to Save Lives changes the use-of-force standard…
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Policing the Police: Database of Corrupt Cops Opened to Public View
From so-called gang databases to terror watch lists, reports are plentiful about the various lists cops and other law enforcement keep on the people, but who keeps track of police misdeeds? Now, USA Today, in conjunction with the nonprofit Invisible Institute, is making available to the public a database of some 200,000 incidents of alleged…