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Science Why forensic science is failing us — and why tonight's NOVA documentary doesn't quite cut it Maggie Koerth

police brutality The cop who killed George Floyd has a long record of police brutality Thom Dunn
location privacy How one guy's exercise routine made him a burglary suspect, thanks to Google's Geofence Warrants Thom Dunn
Business Genetic genealogy company Gedmatch acquired by company with ties to FBI & law enforcement—why you should be worried Jennifer Lynch
futility closet Frances Glessner Lee created miniature death scenes to train investigators in the 1940s Futility Closet
corruption Merciless reporting on the Chicago Police Department's extortion racket, & the senior officials who covered it up Cory Doctorow
picks #FalconHeights: Philando Castile shot dead by police on camera “for no reason at all” Xeni Jardin
transparency Research files on El Salvador stolen from human rights group suing CIA over El Salvador Xeni Jardin
rape culture The Jackie Fox rape disclosure shows we still have a lot to learn Maureen Herman
offworld This Is The Police, a game about power and corruption Laura Hudson
corruption UK police watchdog: burglary and car crime "on verge of being decriminalised" Cory Doctorow
russia Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 reported shot down in Ukraine near Russian border Xeni Jardin
FBI has been using drones within the USA since 2006, watchdog agency says Xeni Jardin
Science Science and gun violence: why is the research so weak? Maggie Koerth
law Full-disk encryption works Cory Doctorow
Swoop and squat car crash scam on the rise in LA and Miami Mark Frauenfelder