The subversion arises from a 1968 Supreme Court decision.

Should law enforcement be able to test them?

Inside one of America's most corrupt police squads.

A federal court jury awarded $10 million in damages Friday to a San Francisco man who spent six years in prison before his murder conviction was thrown out.

Cruise says its car never came within 10 feet of a pedestrian.

Even in a world of omnipresent surveillance technology, old-fashioned pencil artists help police catch bad guys.

Louisiana's attorney general has ruled out criminal charges against two white Baton Rouge police officers in the fatal shooting of a black man outside a convenience store.

A response to Jack Dunphy.

ICE uses Facebook's backend to hunt immigrants, with help from Palantir

This palm-sized box can break your iPhone's password, giving police full access to a device's file system -- messages, photos, call logs, browsing history, keychain and user passwords, and more.

In at least four investigations last year, Raleigh police used search warrants to demand Google device data near the scene of the crime.

The old truism is in play again with the FBI's renewed CryptoWar: if X is outlawed, only criminals will have X. In this case, it's secure encryption. The FBI may not be trying to get encryption banned, but it does want it weakened. No...

Internal NYPD files show that hundreds of officers who committed the most serious offenses — from lying to grand juries to physically attacking innocent people — got to keep their jobs, their pensions, and their tremendous power over New Yorkers' lives. A BuzzFeed News investigation.

Can you be convicted of a killing if you were there when somebody else dealt the fatal blow? The law says so – especially if you’re young and black. By Harry Stopes.

Marielle Franco had made plenty of enemies on the right with her prominent accusations of police brutality in the favelas. By Sebastian Smith.

In April 2016, a 13-year-old boy was shot by officers of the Baltimore Police Department. The boy ran when faced with the police, so they gave chase. During the chase, the police spotted the boy holding a gun, and when he turned, they shot the teenager. The youngster wasn’t critically injured, and it seemed like an open-and-shut case of a justifiable use of force.

A VICE News investigation counted both fatal and nonfatal police shootings nationwide for the first time. Meet the survivors.

Walmart is ending a program that allowed first-time shoplifters to avoid criminal charges by taking an educational course and paying a fine.

She became a prominent figure calling for an end to police brutality after New York City officers put her father in a fatal chokehold. She suffered brain damage following a heart attack.

The man wasn't a gamer, but he apparently became the victim of a deadly "prank."

Let's avoid false dilemmas when exploring blame.

Early on the morning of December 31, 2017, police in the Atlanta suburb of Cartersville arrested 70 people at a house party because no one would claim ownership of a stash of marijuana that totaled less than an ounce.

Call of Duty gamer allegedly made fake emergency call to Wichita cops.

For the third year in a row, the number killed by law enforcement was virtually unchanged.

Police accountability needs to be a part of the conversation in the shooting of an innocent man after a prank call

The Patrolmen's Benevolent Association, the largest labor union representing NYPD cops, has slashed the number of "get out of jail free" cards it hands out to 20 from 30 for current cops and to 10 from 20 for retired police officers, the New York Post reports. The cards are reportedly given to police officers, who distribute them among friends or family — or sell them on eBay. Holders can present them to the police in hopes getting out of minor infractions and avoiding legal trouble. Current and former NYPD members are reportedly furious about the change.

“It’s like instant replay in the NFL; I can tell what happened.”

The country’s crime classification system is antiquated. Police commanders struggle with no data on an array of technology-based crimes.

Reuters is documenting deaths of people in the United States who were shocked by police with a Taser (often in combination with other forms of force).

Thanks in large part to the indigenous-led mass mobilization at Standing Rock, there has been a major shift in public awareness and celebrity support for environmental activism. In turn, the government has gone to new lengths to suppress and criminalize this brand of activism. With President Trump’s approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, the FBI, along with local law enforcement agencies, could ramp up its attacks and surveillance of environmentalists in the near future. So far, the government methods have been downright chilling… By Jenna Bitar, ACLU.

The Locust Grove police officer who was killed on Friday has been identified as has his killer. According to Mayor Robert Price, Chase Maddox, 26, was a five-year veteran of the Locust Grove police department after serving in the National Guard. "He was a good young man who did a good job," Price told 11Alive.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School was surrounded by cowering "good guys with guns"

A Hartford man due in court for a stolen car charge drove a stolen car to court, Hartford police say.

Last year Northern Irish paramilitary Gary Haggarty pleaded guilty to hundreds of violent crimes, including many killings – while working for the British state. By Ian Cobain.

This is a symptom of a disease that runs bone-deep. By Shane Ryan.