A new report released by the New York attorney general’s office on Thursday highlights just how ineffective New York City’s “stop-and-frisk” policy, which randomly targeted millions of minority ...
For all who believe in colorblind justice and want to see fewer African-American and Hispanic men caught up in the system, there are two items of good news: a judge’s ruling ordering changes in New ...
Your support goes further this holiday season. When you buy an annual membership or give a one-time contribution, we’ll give a membership to someone who can’t afford access. It’s a simple way for you ...
One man asked Reddit users if he was in the wrong after a disagreement with his wife over attending the funeral of a fellow inmate who “essentially saved [his] life”. The unnamed man said: “I spent ...
The New York City Police Department is disbanding a 600-person plainclothes anti-crime unit in a move that a top official described Monday as the end of its controversial stop-and-frisk program. The ...
A landmark federal court ruling eight years ago was supposed to put an end to the New York Police Department regime of racially targeted harassment known as stop-and-frisk. The people who won that ...