Policing
Total 5 Posts
Vigilantism, again in the news, is an American tradition.
4 min read
For many Americans, law and order has long been as much a private matter as something for the government to handle.
Beyond brutality.
6 min read
Black Lives Matter is a movement provoked by police but not in the end about policing. It acts to end police brutality but has a vision beyond brutality.
George Floyd’s death reflects the racist roots of American policing.
6 min read
Half a century after the federal government voided Jim Crow laws, the criminal justice system still discriminates against African Americans.
Coronavirus: Why we must tackle hard questions about police power.
4 min read
We need to be clearer about what’s at stake when deciding how, for what purpose, and against whom, police authority is deployed.
London Bridge attack: Why longer sentences for terrorist offences are not the answer.
5 min read
A terrorism expert explains the legislation that led to the attacker’s release.