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Opinion

Cops Executed: A City Reacts

Elected officials and community organizations responded to the execution-style killing of two police officers in Brooklyn.

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Opinion

Police Raids Blur Line Between Sex Work and Trafficking

Sometimes sex workers are sex trafficking victims. And sometimes they’re not. When cops conflate the two, it can hurt victims, workers and people subjected to other forms of human trafficking.

ByKate D'Adamo 1Comment

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Justice

The Garner Decision: Read the Law

Criminally negligent homicide and second-degree manslaughter are two criminal charges that Officer Daniel Pantaleo might have faced. How does state law actually define those offenses?

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ByJarrett Murphy 3Comments

Justice

No Indictment in Garner Case: The City Reacts

Reaction to the grand jury decision ranged from outrage to sympathy. Some called for a special prosecutor, others for the firing of the officer involved.

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Sep 2014

Justice Opinion

Law and Disorder: A View on Broken Windows from Journal Square

The supposed link between disorder and serious crime is as controversial as the policing strategies based on the assumed connection between the two. In one New Jersey city, disorder is…

ByMike Rowan 0Comments

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Aug 2014

Striking Disparities in Neighborhood Violence

Focusing on the rise in shootings citywide masks deep differences across precincts. Most have seen neither no increase or a decline in shooting victims.

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Aug 2014

The Death and Life of Stop-and-Frisk

A new report looks back on 11 years of a controversial policy.

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Aug 2014

Resisting Arrest: Is There a Trend?

The head of the NYPD says more people are resisting arrest. What do the statistics indicate? Updated

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Jul 2014

Cloudy Views On Broken-Windows Policing

There’s a lot of debate over whether New York should still be doing “broken-windows” policing. But there are also questions about exactly what that theory is, whether it’s worked, and…