bully cops Horrifying video of cops trying to pry baby away from mom all because she sat on the floor Carla Sinclair

militarized policing Handy advice for dodging and disarming the sonic weapons used by militarized police Thom Dunn

News 'Black lives matter' —Mark Zuckerberg, who says Facebook may change policy on state violence, voter suppression Xeni Jardin

riots BBC coverage of 1990 tax riots in London Rob Beschizza

#fixthepolice How the Supreme Court uses an obscure legal doctrine to let cops kill with impunity Mark Frauenfelder

police Tempe, Arizona police have caught Penis Man David Pescovitz

guns Gun Violence Isn't a Problem — it's actually 5 Problems, with Different Solutions Thom Dunn

elections Pete Buttigieg's prizewinning high-school essay praising Bernie Sanders: "the power to win back the faith of a voting public weary and wary of political opportunism" Cory Doctorow

police Boston cops clocked 9,000 hours of overtime at the "Straight Pride" parade — and none of it with body cams Thom Dunn

bully cops Police officer arrests a 6-year-old child for having a tantrum at school Carla Sinclair

corruption Phoenix's police union has a secret deal with the department to purge dirty cops' disciplinary records Cory Doctorow

law California Supreme Court backs expanding access to police misconduct cases Xeni Jardin

surveillance Hong Kong's #612strike protest movement: a million strong, leaderless, wireless and smart as hell Cory Doctorow

Safety Lime scooters have a software bug that causes them to hurl their riders to the ground Cory Doctorow

police San Bernardino will pay $390k to settle suit against cop who arrested 7th graders "to prove a point" Cory Doctorow

crime Officials probe mysterious origin of Nazi symbol on fired cop's flashlight Rob Beschizza

police Tennessee sheriff who ordered deputies to kill driver of slow-moving car and gloated over his corpse faces excessive force lawsuit Cory Doctorow

corruption Even when a Chicago cop is convicted of wrongdoing, a secret appeals court usually overturns it Cory Doctorow

authoritarianism A proposed Australian leaker law will put journalists and whistleblowers in jail for 20 years Cory Doctorow

politics Spanish central government fires Catalonian government officials, police chiefs Cory Doctorow