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11 Dec 2015, 6:00 am by Ars Staff
When riot police descended on protesters in Ferguson, Missouri, last year sporting assault rifles and armored vehicles, the images sparked an awareness of the military technologies and tactics authorities have adopted over the past decade. [read post]
13 Apr 2016, 9:59 am by Kent Scheidegger
*                  *                 *After some cities saw a rise in crime last year, police chiefs and even the head of the FBI suggested that the United States was experiencing a "Ferguson effect": Police officers sensitive to public scrutiny in the wake of protests over the 2014 police killing of Michael… [read post]
3 Sep 2020, 5:01 am by Mailyn Fidler
These kinds of municipal laws have gained momentum in recent years in the wake of concerns about surveillance during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 and the 2016 oil pipeline protests at the Sioux Standing Rock reservation. [read post]
28 Mar 2015, 1:01 am by rhapsodyinbooks
Department of Justice in its investigation of Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
18 Apr 2018, 9:49 am by Gritsforbreakfast
The new ordinance also requires reentry facilities, approved by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, to apply for a city permit. [read post]
27 Feb 2023, 4:00 am by Michael C. Dorf
After the killing of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer, in 2016, the Department and the City of Ferguson agreed to a consent decree that bars Ferguson police officers from conducting pretext stops. [read post]
10 Aug 2017, 8:00 am
Department of Justice’s scathing 2015 report on the debtors’ prison in Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
15 May 2017, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
Off-the-clock social media –> On-the-clock problems Back in August 2014, a white police officer in Ferguson, Missouri shot and killed a black man. [read post]
4 Oct 2018, 8:30 am
This is the motivation, prior to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, for Justice Department consent decrees seeking to end racially discriminatory police practices in Seattle; Los Angeles County; New Orleans; Baltimore; Newark; East Haven, Connecticut; and Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
14 Apr 2015, 5:58 am by Jim Sedor
Lobbying “Suddenly, ‘Schumerland’ Is the Place to Be” by Megan Wilson for The Hill Hawaii: “Tobacco-Free Coalition Cleared on Lobbying Charges” by Nancy Cook Lauer for West Hawaii Today Texas: “Local Government, School Lobbying in Ethics Crosshairs” by Jay Root for Texas Tribune Campaign Finance “Wealthy Donors on Left Launch New Plan to Wrest Back Control in the States” by Matea Gold for Washington Post Kentucky: “Former Kentucky… [read post]
13 Apr 2015, 7:41 pm by Sabrina I. Pacifici
For example the fatal shooting of Michael Brown brought chaos to Ferguson, Missouri. [read post]
29 Nov 2017, 6:34 am by Jim Sedor
Deputy Mayor Used Employees for Babysitting, Inspector General Finds by Peter Jamison for Washington Post Florida: Florida Paid Millions Settling Harassment Cases by Gary Fineout (Associated Press) for Wichita Eagle Missouri: Effort to Change How Missouri Elects Local Lawmakers Faces Challenges, Experts Say by Kurt Erickson for St. [read post]
10 Jul 2016, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Matthew Feeney on Baton Rouge shooting of Alton Sterling [Cato Daily Podcast] People who aren’t cops don’t get a day off before a shooting investigation [Jonathan Blanks, PoliceMisconduct.net] LEOBRs aside, “Police union contracts in 72 of 81 cities reviewed make it harder to hold police accountable” [Anthony Fisher, Reason] Missouri judge strikes down post-Ferguson state law limiting how much municipalities can keep from fines and fees [St. [read post]
16 Feb 2017, 6:18 am by Jim Sedor
Senate Committee Passes Bill to Increase Contribution Limits” by Daniel Desrochers for Lexington Herald-Leader Missouri: “Campaign Contribution Law Bans Corporation Donations to All Candidates” by Benjamin Peters for Missouri Times Ethics “The New Political Battleground: Your restaurant receipt” by Maura Judkis for Washington Post “Ethics Watchdog Says Conway’s Endorsement of Ivanka Trump Products Is ‘Clear Violation’” by… [read post]
3 Nov 2014, 3:32 pm by Jayne Navarre
Both crime fiction and a clarion call to rescue America’s underserved schools, Fail is also proof positive that the Ferguson, Missouri, uprising was inevitable. [read post]
28 Dec 2017, 8:15 am
It documented how Ferguson police sought to advance the “City’s focus on revenue rather than ... public safety needs,” leading to the routine incarceration of poor people to elicit court fine and fee payments, which raised due process concerns and reflected racial bias. [read post]
10 Jan 2019, 9:00 am
The Boston police’s monitoring program swept up thousands of records, including a Facebook post by a then-City Councilmember who had mentioned Ferguson, Missouri, in writing about poverty and homelessness. [read post]
22 Feb 2022, 7:45 am by Eugene Volokh
What the Justice Department found to be true in Ferguson, Missouri, is true throughout the country. [read post]