Qualified immunity: A get out of court free card for abusive police
Police officers almost always avoid legal liability for abusing citizens because of the doctrine of qualified immunity. The doctrine has……
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Oklahoma-based digital news platform relies on artificial intelligence to deliver community-based journalism
An independent news organization based in Oklahoma is using artificial intelligence to create a digital news platform where journalists own……
Police misconduct biggest single cause of 2,900 wrongful convictions
Police misconduct is a leading cause of wrongful convictions in the United States. Just over 2,900 people have been exonerated……
Wandering cops shuffle between departments, abuse citizens
Timothy Loehmann wanted to be a police officer like his dad. The Independence, Ohio, police department hired him but the……
Two St. Louis police killings similar to George Floyd and Breonna Taylor deaths
ST. LOUIS — Five years before George Floyd died of “asphyxia-restraint” on a Minneapolis street, 27-year-old Nicholas Gilbert died in……