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Class Incarceration Has Become a Prominent Factor in Mass Incarceration by Charles "Keith" Wampler Although the issue is not even close to being resolved, the United States has, in recent years, made some noticeable progress on the issue of racial disparity in our criminal justice system. Regardless of what research …
Article • November 1, 2024 • from CLN November, 2024
Chicago PD Continues Racial Profiling While Underreporting Incidents of Traffic Stops by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott The Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) has sidestepped both legal and constitutional mandates of the last 10 years by shifting its focus from pedestrian to traffic stops, a practice which allows the …
Article • October 1, 2024 • from CLN October, 2024
Study Finds That Black Americans Want Both Police Presence and Reform: Looking Beyond the Headlines by Jo Ellen Nott by Jo Ellen Nott A new study, “On the Robustness of Black Americans’ Support for the Police: Evidence from a National Experiment” published in the May-June 2024 issue of the Journal …
California Court of Appeal: Statistical Evidence Showing Racial Disparity Combined With Evidence Showing Non-Minority Defendants Charged With Lesser Crimes Establishes Prima Facie Case Under California Racial Justice Act by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney   The Court of Appeal of California, Fourth Appellate District, held that “if a defendant provides …
Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Dept., NY, Presentation on Excited Delirium, 2024 Monroe County Office of Mental Health & Rochester Police Department Psychological behaviors • Paranoia • Delusional • Agitation • Cannot follow commands • Emotional changes • Disoriented • Hallucinations • Looks like \\just snapped" …
Article • April 15, 2024 • from CLN April, 2024
One Year of New Orleans Police Department Facial Recognition Data by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson About a year after the New Orleans Police Department (“NOPD”) performed its first facial recognition scan under a new policy that reauthorized its use, they have little to show for it. That is …
Article • March 15, 2024 • from CLN March, 2024
DEA and Police Use Pretense of Consent Searches to Effectively Steal Cash From Airport Travelers by Anthony Accurso by Anthony W. Accurso Voluntary consent allows law enforcement to search property without a warrant, and officials in Georgia are using this loophole to locate cash belonging to airport travelers in Atlanta, …
Jesse Johnson: 194th Person Exonerated While on Death Row by Jordan Arizmendi by Jordan Arizmendi Twenty-five years after Jesse Johnson, 62, was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, in September, he became the 194th person to be exonerated while on Death Row. In 1998, Harriet Thompson was stabbed to death …
People of Maine at Forefront of Battle to Keep Government Security Apparatus in Check by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney The people of Maine have made a bold step in corralling the “unaccountable power of fusion centers” with the passage of HP 947, An Act to Increase the Transparency and …
Computing Fear in Black and Brown Communities by Michael Thompson by Michael Dean Thompson Over 50 years ago, fear of crime was even then associated in the minds of the governing bodies with Black and brown communities. An effort to combat crime based on that fear spurred the creation of …
Publication • September 26, 2023
International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement-Sept 2023 A/HRC/54/CRP.7 26 September 2023 English only Human Rights Council Fifty-fourth session International Independent Expert Mechanism to Advance Racial Justice and Equality in the Context of Law Enforcement Visit to the United States of …
Civilian Oversight Commision Special Counsel-Deputy Gangs and Deputy Cliques in the LA Sheriff's Dept-Feb. 2023 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL TO SHERIFF CIVILIAN OVERSIGHT COMMISSION REGARDING DEPUTY GANGS AND DEPUTY CLIQUES IN THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT February 2023 Sheriff Civilian Oversight Commission COMMISSIONERS Sean Kennedy, Chair …
Investigation Delays Let Cops Kill Again by Jayson Hawkins by Jayson Hawkins Outrage at police killings of unarmed Black men ebbs and flows with the rhythm of short news cycles and shorter attention spans, but each new tragedy that ignites protests and calls for reform seems to push the needle …
DNA-Based Computer-Generated Mugshots Put Entire Community on Wanted List by Eike Blohm, MD by Eike Blohm, MD Parabon NanoLabs uses DNA from crime scenes to predict the appearance of suspects. A computer-generated mugshot released by the Edmonton Police Service was so generic that thousands of young Black men fit the …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Washington Supreme Court Announces Race and Ethnicity Are Relevant Factors in Analysis of Whether Someone Has Been ‘Seized’ by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett In a case of first impression in Washington, the Supreme Court of Washington clarified its seizure analysis by expressly holding that race and ethnicity are relevant …
Article • November 15, 2022 • from CLN December, 2022
Predictive Policing Doesn’t Reduce Crime but Does Increase Targeting of Vulnerable Communities by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian Our society is increasingly reliant on data and technology in nearly every sector, both public and private. Law enforcement and public safety institutions are regular consumers of data offerings. Tech companies …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It’s Not Getting Better by Jacob Barrett by Jacob Barrett Tennessee’s Rutherford County hasbeenunderscrutinyafteritwaswidelycriticizedforitsdysfunctional juvenilejusticesystem.TheCountyhasbeenincarceratingBlackchildrenatadisproportionatelyhighrate, accordingtodataobtainedbyProPublicaandNashvillePublicRadio(“NPR”).Themostrecentdatarevealthat theCounty’sincarcerationofBlackyouthisanextremedeparturefromnationaltrendsandtheCounty’sracial disparityisgettingworse,notbetter. ProPublica and NPR documented how Rutherford County charged 11 Black children for a crime that did not exist. Four of the children were confined in …
Article • May 1, 2022 • from CLN May, 2022
LASD Defends Practice of Stopping Latino Bicyclists, Says People Using Bikes for Transportation Are Generally Criminals by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney According to data obtained by the Los Angeles Times, the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department (“LASD”) is targeting Latino bicyclists with pretextual stops. Since the bicyclists are on their …
Article • November 15, 2021 • from CLN December, 2021
Racist Police Violence Reconsidered by John McWhorter by John McWhorter, Quillette.com Tony Timpa was 32 years old when he died at the hands of the Dallas police in August 2016. He suffered from mental health difficulties and was unarmed. He wasn’t resisting arrest. He had called the cops from a …
Article • November 15, 2021 • from CLN December, 2021
Filed under: Police, Racial Profiling
Is It Time to Stop Relying on the Cops? by Casey Bastian by Casey J. Bastian For many Black Americans, the thought of calling the police for help is not an option. Most won’t request assistance from law enforcement unless there is a truly violent crime occurring. Minor situations are …
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