The level of racial bias in American policing is overwhelming. Between 2012 and 2018, US police killed more Black men in their 20s than diabetes, pneumonia, chronic respiratory disease, or cerebrovascular disease.

Amid calls to rethink policing, body cameras remain a popular reform tool. But they remain locked within a larger system that resists transparency and accountability.

Over-policing traps Aboriginal Australians in the criminal justice system, but it’s hard to get a handle on the problem. In Victoria, despite a commitment to begin mandatory recording of ethnic appearance descriptors in police interactions with the public, the force has refused to make the data public.

A resident at a unit complex where an Aboriginal baby girl died on Sunday says he heard the child's mother asking police not to separate them when she was arrested.

Canadian police tackled and punched a prominent First Nations chief in the parking lot of a casino as they accused him of resisting arrest.

I was a police officer for nearly ten years and I was a bastard. We all were. Wrestle with this for a minute: if all of someone’s material needs were met and all the members of their community were fed, clothed, housed, and dignified, why would they need to join a gang? Why would they need to risk their lives selling drugs or breaking into buildings? If mental healthcare was free and was not stigmatized, how many lives would that save?

The murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officers was captured on video, not once but half a dozen times. As we try to understand why a police officer continued compressing a man’s neck and spine for minutes after he’d lost consciousness, we have footage from security cameras at Cup Foods, where Floyd allegedly paid…

It also seeps into homes; contaminates food, furniture; and can cause long-term lung damage.

When Anna said she was raped by two on-duty cops, she thought it would be a simple case. She had no idea she lived in one of 35 states where officers can claim a detainee consented.

Geofence warrants, sometimes known as reverse location requests, allow police get data from all devices in targeted areas.

Priests reveal they were tear gassed by cops clearing a path to St. John's Church for Donald Trump to have his photo taken

Using the 2014 New York Police Department slowdown as a natural experiment, the authors show that civilian complaints of major crime decreased during and after reductions in proactive policing, which challenges existing research on the topic. (PDF)

Black Americans, already reeling from a virus that disproportionately affects them, have engaged in days of protests after an African-American man's death in police custody was caught on tape. The anger rose so quickly because there's little hope to be found, writes Emily Olson.

Pursuing cop was almost out of wind - but his quarry wasn't.

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Speaker of parliament voices concern after police detained her for two hours for being ‘inappropriately’ dressed and unruly

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Strong data encryption thwarts criminals and preserves privacy. At the same time, it complicates law enforcement investigations. A Carnegie working group looks to move the debate forward.

Investigations says strip club arrest failed ‘conduct policy’, but finds no political motive