Police
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London Police Officer Sentenced to Life for Rape and Sexual Abuse
David Carrick had pleaded guilty to 49 crimes against 12 women in the latest case to cast a harsh spotlight…
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Amid Criticism, Elite Crime Teams Dwindled. Then Cities Brought Them Back.
The Scorpion police team whose officers are charged in the death of Tyre Nichols has been disbanded. But Memphis wasn’t…
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‘Bad Apples’ or Systemic Issues?
On Wednesday, the city of Memphis remembered the life of Tyre Nichols, a young man who was beaten by at…
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E.M.T.s Provided No Care for 19 Minutes After Police Beat Tyre Nichols
The board that regulates emergency medical technicians in Tennessee on Friday voted to suspend the licenses of the two E.M.T.s…
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When the Police Are the Government
Earlier this week, I wrote that American policing lies largely outside of democratic control. In practice, despite the formal authority…
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1 Dead and a Police Officer Is Injured in Memphis Shooting
The authorities said a person had died in a “police-involved shooting.” The Memphis Police Department has been under intense scrutiny…
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World
How a Faked-Evidence Case Against an Ex-N.Y.P.D. Detective Crumbled
The prosecutor in charge repeatedly failed to turn over information to defense attorneys, infuriating a judge, who called the delayed…
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World
Faked-Evidence Case Fails After Prosecutors Withhold Evidence
The deputy chief of the Manhattan district attorney’s Police Accountability Unit was removed after the case against Joseph Franco collapsed.
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News
The Police Cannot Be a Law Unto Themselves
In 2020, during the weeks of protest and civil unrest that followed the murder of George Floyd at the hands…
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US
Initial Police Report on Tyre Nichols Arrest Is Contradicted by Videos
The police report was the latest instance in which video evidence offered a starkly different account of police violence than…