police How every police officer becomes complicit in a terrible system Thom Dunn

police A new study further confirms that most crime TV shows are good PR for cops Thom Dunn

police A bunch of rookie cops have recently been fired for doing bad things. Let's think about that for a moment. Thom Dunn

law Hundreds of cops misuse databases yearly, says report Andrea James

disasters After 27 years, jury blames UK stadium disaster on police Rob Beschizza

police Police officer who tortured this handcuffed man had prior record of attacking people Mark Frauenfelder

police corruption Chicago cops deleted footage from Burger King security camera, says manager Mark Frauenfelder

corruption Trump commutes sentence of corrupt governor Rod Blagojevich, pardons Giuliani crony Bernard Kerik Rob Beschizza

corruption Brazil's authoritarians charge Glenn Greenwald with cybercrime for publishing leaks that revealed corruption at the highest levels Cory Doctorow

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

Journalism VICTORY! New Free File rules ban tax-prep firms from hiding their offerings, allow IRS to compete with them (a love-letter to Propublica) Cory Doctorow

crime The bizarre story of China's most prolific bank-robbers, who stole literal tons of cash and spent it on losing lotto tickets Cory Doctorow

corruption The corrupt Brazilian prosecutors who locked up Lula now want to release him, to make him less sympathetic Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Charles de Lint on Radicalized: "among my favorite things I've read so far this year" Cory Doctorow

crime Corruption is contagious: dirty cops make their partners dirty Cory Doctorow

uspoli From #TelegramGate to #RickyLeaks: Puerto Rico is on ?! Cory Doctorow

brazil Crisis for Bolsonaro's justice minister Sergio Moro after leaks reveal that he targeted Lula for political prosecution Cory Doctorow

corruption A trove of leaks show that Brazil's "anti-corruption" task force was secretly trying to oust Lula and install a far-right strongman Cory Doctorow

happy mutants Speech Police: vital, critical look at the drive to force Big Tech to control who may speak and what they may say Cory Doctorow

psychology How con artists use the Ouija board effect for their scams David Pescovitz