The Ferguson Effect: It's Hard Out There for a Cop
FBI Director James Comey attributes a spike in violent crime to the "Ferguson effect," believing that police are fearful that bystanders will film them.
The Daily Show - Are All Cops Racist?
To determine whether cops are racist, Jordan Klepper and Roy Wood Jr. enlist a police bias training program.
Man With Arms Raised Killed by San Antonio Police
Unedited video obtained by KSAT 12 News shows the fatal shooting of a man with his arms raised by two Bexar County, Texas, sheriff deputies.
Police Recruitment Video Features Military-style Tactics
The Portsmouth police department, whose officers have killed two black men this year, act out an operation akin to an army raid to lure new sign-ups. The force has acquired a strong military streak by targeting troops leaving a large navy base in neighboring Norfolk.
We Need Truth and Reconciliation
When the then 28-year-old Bryan Stevenson was threatened with a gun by a police officer, he knew better than to run away. But, he argues, young black men are still presumed guilty and dangerous by many Americans. Now executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative and part of President Barack Obama’s policing task force, he says only transitional justice can begin to heal America’s racial wounds.
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