US policing
‘Nowhere is safe’: California highway shootings double in two years, data reveals
State highways saw more than 400 incidents last year. Police are still trying to understand why
Abené Clayton in Los Angeles with photographs by Nicholas Albrecht
08, Aug, 2022 @10:00 AM
Alabama city disbands police force after racist text messages revealed
City council in small town of Vincent votes to terminate police chief, assistant and then whole department
Samira Asma-Sadeque
07, Aug, 2022 @4:52 PM
‘Hunted’: one in three people killed by US police were fleeing, data reveals
In many cases, the encounters started as traffic stops or there were no allegations of violence or serious crimes
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
28, Jul, 2022 @10:00 AM
California police fatally shot 23-year-old Black man as he ran away, video shows
Footage shows victim fleeing after police arrived in unmarked car and drew their guns
Sam Levin in Los Angeles
20, Jul, 2022 @3:15 AM
All Light, Everywhere review – probing study of the weaponisation of surveillance tech
A stylised exploration of how cameras have served the police state, from inventions in the early years of cinema to modern gadgets
Phuong Le
18, Jul, 2022 @10:00 AM
As police crack down on homelessness, unhoused end up in Mojave desert
On the edge of northern Los Angeles county, at least 200 people are living in tents and trailers on remote, harsh terrain. ‘They treat us like we’re a lost cause,’ one resident said
Sam Levin in Lancaster, California, with photographs by Barbara Davidson
18, Jul, 2022 @10:00 AM
Inside the ‘school’ for men caught paying for sex
Police in Texas and across the US regularly conduct operations to catch men seeking sex workers’ services. Programs bankrolled by evangelical churches promise to change them
Elle Hardy
12, Jul, 2022 @7:00 AM
Arizona to ban people from filming police within 8ft
Violators of the new law, which includes exceptions for traffic stops, will face a misdemeanor charge and up to 30 days in jail
Gloria Oladipo
08, Jul, 2022 @1:51 PM
Officer who killed Tamir Rice quits after outcry over his hiring by small town
Timothy Loehmann, who shot 12-year-old in 2014, had been recruited as small Pennsylvania town’s sole police officer
Gloria Oladipo in New York
07, Jul, 2022 @8:55 PM
Uvalde police missed several chances to stop school gunman, report reveals
One officer asked his supervisor if he could shoot the attacker but got no answer, despite penal code not requiring permission
Erum Salam
06, Jul, 2022 @9:41 PM
Outrage after video of police fatally shooting Jayland Walker released
Walker, 25, was killed 27 June and sustained more than 60 wounds as multiple officers shot at him, but footage was released Sunday
Erum Salam and agencies
04, Jul, 2022 @3:50 PM
Michigan police to conduct review after officers used images of Black men for target practice
Photos showing targets were taken during a Boy Scouts field trip to the Farmington Hills police department in April
Coral Murphy Marcos
04, Jul, 2022 @1:23 PM
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