There is a long history of sheriffs reinforcing social inequality − both informally and by using formal powers of their office
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There’s a widespread argument that ‘poachers’ are responsible for the scarcity of wild ginseng. But a scholar who has interviewed diggers explains that most of them are good stewards.
As police departments across the US and the world adopt real-time crime centers, there’s a need for better public understanding of how these centers work.
Reforms have failed to transform an authoritarian police force into a democratic one.
In a major homelessness ruling, the Supreme Court holds that cities and municipalities can punish people for sleeping outside, even when they have nowhere else to go.
At the core of sovereign citizen beliefs is the denial of the legitimacy of the government. They do not believe they must obey any laws, nor that they can be held to account for lawbreaking.
Legal precedents hold that criminalizing someone for their status, such as being homeless, is cruel and unusual punishment. But what if that status leads to actions like sleeping in public spaces?
Giraffes are vulnerable to extinction, mainly due to habitat loss and killing for bushmeat markets. The good news is human actions can alleviate that danger.
The promise of pardons to offer criminal sanctuary likely undermines the rule of law and increases the risks of political violence.
By declaring a ‘constitutional county,’ local leaders assert they are creating a refuge from anti- or unconstitutional actions undertaken by an overzealous state or federal authority.
Similar techniques used to identify criminals have been employed to unmask anonymous authors. But they aren’t foolproof.
Waco has been used as a rallying cry for decades, two scholars of domestic extremism explain.
New research shows police budgets have continued to increase in all major Canadian cities in the aftermath of the defund the police movement.
Arrest of student who got in dispute with professor raises questions about the role of campus police.
Civil liberties groups in the UK and elsewhere want to stop the police from using this technology altogether, but that’s going too far.
Some US law enforcement agencies are using a commercial app that tracks people all day long via their phones – without a court order or oversight.
A community centred approach is key to making headway in the battle against illegal mining
Private companies and public authorities are beginning to implement facial recognition technology, even without rules to govern what they can do.
Putting guns in the hands of schoolteachers is a popular idea among gun-owners and conservatives, but research suggests it may pose more problems than it solves.
Data privacy is an abstract issue for most people, even though virtually everyone is at risk. Now that abortion may become illegal in some states, digital surveillance could take an even darker turn.
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