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Salon.com
August 15, 2000
Anthony York |
Protest diary Police tactics get bellicose and protesters shrill on the first day of demonstrations in Los Angeles.   |
| AskMen.com |
"Arrest Me!" A man rebuffed in an attempt to get arrested, finally got his wish when he went for an officer's handgun. |
Salon.com
August 8, 2000
Anthony York |
Do not pass Go Are the Philadelphia police using high bail to keep an activist leader away from the Democratic Convention? |
Salon.com
August 14, 2000
Jesse Walker |
War on protesters The militarization of police strategies on display this convention season has cops fighting demonstrators, not crime. |
Salon.com
August 16, 2000
Anthony York |
Calm before the storm? Tuesday's protests were mostly peaceful, but Wednesday's action against police brutality could get ugly. |
Salon.com
July 30, 2000
Anthony York |
GOP-looza So far, the convention protests resemble a rock show with particularly tight security more than they do the riots in Seattle. |
Salon.com
August 17, 2000
Anthony York |
The cops become the issue More civil than disobedient, the marches against police brutality were as scripted as the action inside the Staples Center. |
Salon.com
August 3, 2000
Anthony York |
There's a riot goin' on ... Not! The protests at the Republican convention. One reporter, 200 police cars, a trapped Gummi Bear and finally: A protester! |
Reason
October 2002
Jeremy Lott |
Persistent Protesters The School of the Americas, recently renamed, is infamous for training dictators such as Manuel Noriega. But it may as well be regarded as an ongoing internship program for American political protesters, who have been demonstrating against the school for 15 years. |
ifeminists
February 1, 2006
Matthew Reed |
How to Fight Back Against Pat-Downs by Airport Security Screeners You must use 911 and *677 to call the police first and get them on your side... The second the security screener goes over your breasts or genital area with their hands after wanding you... If the local police don't arrest the screeners... etc. |
| AskMen.com |
Going Whole Hog Maine police say a man took a cash machine from inside a convenience store and drove off with it in the back of a stolen pickup truck. |
Salon.com
July 14, 2000
Howard Altman |
Ready to rumble Police violence rocks Philadelphia as anxious protesters prepare to descend on the city for the Republican National Convention. |
| AskMen.com |
The Worst Approach Ohio police said a suspect in a robbery was arrested when he returned to the home about two hours later to ask the victim out on a date. |
Salon.com
July 22, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Republicans and other reasons to riot Philadelphia and the GOP brace for a storm of protests. Plus, Copping a feel for protest action... I went to Philly, and all I got was this lousy beating... |
| AskMen.com |
The Phone Never Lies Las Cruces police said a woman has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her ex-husband. |
Reason
July 2008
Charles Oliver |
Brickbats Unbelievable news stories from around the world. |
Reason
July 2001
Evan McElravy |
Enemies of Trade The FTAA protesters in Quebec were misguided. So was the police-state response to them... |
Salon.com
July 26, 2001
Arianna Huffington |
Busting the prison-industrial complex After years of tougher sentencing laws and increased incarceration of juveniles, the tide in California is beginning to turn... |
| AskMen.com |
Beware A Man With A Snake Police in South Carolina said an argument between two motel guests ended up with one of the men being hit in the head with a snake. |
ifeminists
October 27, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
Never get naked in front of a cop...or his wife Remember Eric Williamson? He was the Fairfax, Virginia man arrested for making coffee while naked and alone in his own kitchen. |
Fast Company
September 2004
Keith H. Hammonds |
"Nothing Is Easy in Iraq. But You Can't Not Do It." A British brigadier on the rebuilding of Iraq's police force. |
ifeminists
August 9, 2006
McCormick & Sacks |
Brett Myers Case Obscures an Important Truth About Domestic Violence Arrests In many domestic violence cases the men arrested deserve the open mind and support which the Philadelphia Phillies mistakenly extended Brett Myers. Spousal abuse arrests are often dubious, in part because of misguided domestic violence laws and law enforcement policies. |
Reason
September 2005
Julian Sanchez |
Armed With a Camera Protecting protesters' rights in the U.S.: The ever-present telescreen could, ironically, become an emblem of citizen empowerment. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Anthony York |
Tears, but no tear gas The toxic combination of Johnny Rotten, Newt Gingrich and a mile-long hoagie causes plenty of hurt feelings, but protests stay in check. |
IDB America
June 2004
Charo Quesada |
The People's Police Why the residents of Bogota have come to love their police force, after years of suspicion and resentment. |
Salon.com
January 20, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Thousands protest Bush's Inauguration Demonstrators lining the parade route give the new presidential limo an unwelcome splash on its way to the White House... |
Salon.com
January 23, 2001
Ashley Fantz |
The jail from hell If you ever go to Memphis, you better walk right. A chilling report on one of the worst places in America... |
Fast Company
Neal Ungerleider |
Anonymous Hacks Paris Climate Talks Anonymous-affiliated hackers leaked account and personal information from more than a thousand attendees at the Paris climate summit earlier this week in retaliation for the arrest of protesters |
Reason
November 2003
Jesse Walker |
Intelligence Failure Long faulted by civil libertarians as too weak a restraint, New York City's "Handschu guidelines" against harrassing police surveillance were relaxed in March. It didn't take long for police to begin taking advantage of their new harrassment powers to intimidate anti-war protestors. |
Salon.com
August 2, 2000
Alicia Montgomery |
Bush family values Mama Bush joins her son in battling Clinton, while new, cuddly convention earns snores. Plus, Hundreds arrested as protests rage... Mockstitutes storm convention... Taxing times for Rick Lazio... McCain falls on his sword |
| AskMen.com |
You're Doing It Wrong Police in northern Idaho arrested a robber accused of demanding a controlled drug from a pharmacy, then throwing cash on the counter before fleeing. |
Reason
Aug/Sep 2009
Jacob Sullum |
Step Away From the Car: Rare Fourth Amendment victory In April the U.S. Supreme Court said police may no longer routinely search the vehicles of recently arrested people, a practice that was considered constitutional for nearly three decades. |
Fast Company
Rebecca Greenfield |
This Is What America Is Saying About Eric Garner Americans swiftly took to social media to call for reform and organize demonstrations via the hashtags #ShutItDown, #DieIn, and #BlackLivesMatter. |
| AskMen.com |
1 Night, 2 DUIs A policeman in Lincoln, Neb. arrested a woman twice in one night for driving drunk -- in two different cars. |
Salon.com
August 15, 2000
Anthony York |
Rage against the cops Outside President Clinton's grand finale, protesters get a lesson in crowd control from an aggressive LAPD. |
ifeminists
February 13, 2008
WolfmanMac |
Nothing Is Ever That Simple An ex-policemen shares his thoughts on false claims of domestic violence. |
Reason
October 2001
Rhys Southan |
DNA on Demand Scotland's Strathclyde Police don't blink twice when it comes to slighting privacy for crime detection. In March, Scotland's largest police department announced that officers would take DNA samples from everyone they arrest, no matter how minor the crime... |
| AskMen.com |
Store Robbed Over Bad Jerky A Cleveland barber became so upset by what he considered bad beef jerky that he returned to the store where he bought it and tried to rob the owner. |
Salon.com
June 26, 2001
Daryl Lindsey |
Caught in the act Activist groups are kicked out of U.N. headquarters in a protest at the global AIDS conference... |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Karen Abbott |
Unwelcome in America With a backyard full of Republicans, Philadelphia poverty activist Cheri Honkala prepares for the fight of her life. |
| AskMen.com |
Guard Dog Drops The Ball A Eugene man fighting a home intruder to defend his mother and young children was bitten by a police dog after officers mistook him for the prowler they had been chasing through the neighborhood. |
Financial Advisor
October 2009
Karen DeMasters |
A Police Matter Beacon Financial has worked to attract law enforcement clients. |
Fast Company
Rose Pastore |
China To Install Police Officers At Alibaba, Tencent To Enforce Web Censorship The police officers will be looking for evidence of "illegal Internet activity," China's deputy minister of public security told the Financial Times. |
Salon.com
August 27, 2001
Sara Kelly |
Detention convention At the 131st Congress of Correction, the incarceration industry puts on a bizarre show. From execution jokes to soap -- without a rope -- it's a great place for networking... |
Information Today
July 1, 2014 |
Supreme Court Ruling Upholds Individual Privacy Law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before searching the content in an arrested person's cellphone. |
Reason
May 2008
Ed Burns |
Rewiring the System The author offers three reforms that he believes would improve the American criminal justice system. |
Salon.com
July 31, 2000
Daryl Lindsey |
Portraits of the Philly protests Snapshots from the protests at the Republican Convention. |
Reason
July 2009 |
Neighborhood Watch What do you do when a city is too cash-strapped to pay for adequate policing? If you're Chicago, you consider giving private security guards the authority to issue tickets for littering, graffiti, parking violations, and other minor infractions. |
Salon.com
August 9, 2000
Mark Bowden |
Gore's stiff competition Republicans have zeroed in on the one thing the Democrats cannot defend: Clinton's slick willy. |
Reason
April 2002
Jacob Sullum |
Pot Stops In the United States, it's clearly not true that no one gets arrested for smoking pot anymore. But it looks like that will soon be the case in Britain, home of Europe's harshest drug laws... |
