Half of a sample of Belgian police officers interviewed for a new Amnesty International report identified the use of racial profiling by local police forces as a problem, reports Politico Europe. “I’m doing ethnic profiling, it’s true, but I do not see how I could...
A deadly incident in Connecticut on May 2 that left nine officers injured was a reminder that domestic violence calls to police occur every day but are never routine, reports the New Haven Register. Police responding to such calls face a volatile situation for themselves...
In February 2018, L.L. Bean made the tough decision to change its lifetime return policy, which had been in existence for over a century. Following the policy change, the company received backlash from its customers, with many of them voicing their frustrations on twitter. One...
John Elwood reviews Monday’s relists. Everyone has been talking about the historically slow pace of decisions this year. Various explanations have been offered for the phenomenon: The Supreme Court has more controversial cases than usual and fewer unanimous decisions; the court’s early calendars were especially heavy...
A Los Angeles police oversight panel has ruled by a 3-1 vote that 12 officers violated department rules on lethal force when they fired from a helicopter at a man barricaded in a hilltop home, reports the city’s Times. The decision puts the Los Angeles...
Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies who responded to the deadly Parkland, Fla., school shooting on Feb. 14 had not been through their department’s active shooter training since 2015 or 2016, reports the Miami Herald. Several deputies took cover behind their cars while gunfire raged inside the...
It’s 10:35 a.m. on a chaotic Monday. You’re working to put the finishing touches on a motion for summary judgment on one case before submitting your pretrial disclosures for a court session at 11:00 a.m. on another. Suddenly, a message pops up on your screen:...
The Connecticut Legislature has sent a bill to the governor’s desk that seeks to end having victims of domestic violence arrested along with their abusers because they fight back during the course of an assault, reports ProPublica. For years, Connecticut’s domestic violence victims have been...
For nearly a decade, the Department of Justice (DOJ) has supported a concept known as “justice reinvestment,” which encourages states to manage their prison populations better and invest the money that is saved in programs aimed at reducing recidivism. DOJ has recently been devoting about $25...
In April alone, 93 people were shot in New Jersey — 17 of them fatally. But as Gov. Phil Murphy vows to tighten the state’s already-strict gun laws, data shows more than three-quarters of guns connected to crimes in the Garden State come from beyond...