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An Intercept investigation reveals how rare it is for officers who use excessive, deadly force to be barred from working as cops.

The abrupt dismissal of a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is seen as a stinging setback for restitution efforts nationwide. But many critics say the case justifies the need for a national plan.

The abrupt dismissal of a lawsuit seeking reparations for the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre is seen as a stinging setback for restitution efforts nationwide. But many critics say the case justifies the need for a national plan.

Fort Lee, an Army base in Virginia named after a Confederate general, was renamed on Thursday as Fort Gregg-Adams to honor Lt. Gen. Arthur Gregg and Lt. Col. Charity Adams, two Black officers who served in the U.S. Army.

Raff Donelson (Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology) has posted Experimental Approaches to General Jurisprudence (Advances in Experimental Philosophy of Law (Stefan Magen & Karolina Prochownik, eds. Bloomsbury)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Experimental jurisprudence is...

Raff Donelson (Chicago-Kent College of Law - Illinois Institute of Technology) has posted The Inherent Problem with Mass Incarceration (Oklahoma Law Review, Vol. 75, No. 1, 2022) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: For more than a decade, activists, scholars,...

Regarding the article “Panel says more accountability would make policing safer for communities, officers” (July 12, TribLIVE): It is easy to see the problem. The Fraternal Order of Police, although not mentioned in the article, is most likely responsible for the loopholes and hindering any effort of sincerely “good” police

There is no situation that cannot be improved with accountability. In recent years, how many trusted or beloved institutions have been rocked by the knowledge that such trust and love was betrayed? Children have been abused by coaches, teachers, even their own parents. Grand juries have uncovered not only sexual

Local news from StateCollege.com and Centre County Partners. Read about 5 Takeaways from Spotlight PA's Event on Pennsylvania’s Flawed Police Hiring Database and more from the State College, PA region

Missed Spotlight PA’s event about the limitations of Pennsylvania’s police hiring database? Here are five of the most interesting takeaways from the conversation with state Rep. Chris Rabb (D., Philadelphia),