In History
9 Best Articles in 2021
Vox
How racist policing took over American cities, explained by a historian
Vox
~11 min read · 92 saves · 2020-06-06 · Anna North
The Verge
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
The Verge
20+ min read · 158 saves · From 2018 · Even city council members don’t know about the program.
Vox
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing
Vox
9 min read · 45 saves · From 2017 · 5 things I wish people understood about bias in American police departments.
Motherboard
Dozens of Cities Have Secretly Experimented With Predictive Policing Software
Motherboard
10 min read · 42 saves · 2019-02-06 · Documents obtained by Motherboard using public information requests verify previously unconfirmed police department contracts with predictive policing company PredPol.
BuzzFeed
This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like
BuzzFeed
~18 min read · 141 saves · From 2017 · Far from the booming metropolis of Beijing, China is building a sprawling system that combines dystopian technology and human policing. “It’s a kind of frontline laboratory for surveillance.”
In Science
Nature
Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database
Nature
7 min read · 80 saves · 2019-08-19 · Some highly cited academics seem to be heavy self-promoters — but researchers warn against policing self-citation.
In Society
VANITY FAIR
The Abolition Movement
VANITY FAIR
2 min read · 103 saves · 2020-08-25 · What we talk about when we talk about addressing the savage roots of policing: justice and safety for everyone.
The Intercept
In the Chicago Police Department, If the Bosses Say It Didn’t Happen, It Didn’t Happen
The Intercept
20+ min read · 32 saves · From 2016 · Two young officers began to hear rumors of a drug gang operating within the Chicago Police Department. They were skeptical at first.
The Atlantic
The Breaking Point
The Atlantic
~18 min read · 122 saves · 2020-06-10 · Wesley Lowery · Black men and women are still dying across the country. The power that is American policing has conceded nothing.
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In Society
Human Rights Watch
China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Human Rights Watch
~12 min read · 74 saves · 2020-12-09 · (New York) – A big data program for policing in China’s Xinjiang region arbitrarily selects Turkic Muslims for possible detention, Human Rights Watch said today. A leaked list of over 2,000 detainees…
Guardian politics
Britain not ready for no deal, says Brexit select committee
Guardian politics
2 min read · 15 saves · 2020-12-19 · Policing a serious concern as co-operation with EU authorities remains up in the air
The Guardian
Sci-fi surveillance: Europe's secretive push into biometric technology
The Guardian
10 min read · 22 saves · 2020-12-10 · Zach Campbell · Millions in EU science funding is being used to develop new tools for policing and security. But who decides how far we need to submit to artificial intelligence?
The Guardian
'Being young' leads to detention in China's Xinjiang region
The Guardian
2 min read · 17 saves · 2020-12-09 · Chinese authorities using a data-driven ‘predictive policing’ network to intern people from Muslim minorities
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WIRED
If Done Right, AI Could Make Policing Fairer
WIRED
9 min read · 69 saves · 2020-06-25 · Will Knight · Stanford's Fei-Fei Li says technology should be developed in an inclusive way that reflects our values.
The New Yorker
The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face
The New Yorker
20+ min read · 40 saves · From 2016 · London’s new squad of “super-recognizers” could inspire a revolution in policing.
themarshallproject.org
David Simon on Baltimore’s Anguish
themarshallproject.org
~17 min read · 30 saves · From 2015 · Freddie Gray, the drug war, and the decline of “real policing.”
In Social Media
WIRED
The Professors Who Call ‘Bullshit’ on Covid-19 Misinformation
WIRED
2 min read · 111 saves · 2020-03-24 · Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom are policing Twitter feeds, Medium posts, and other sources of bad data and misleading charts.
FiveThirtyEight
Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing
FiveThirtyEight
5 min read · 160 saves · 2020-06-25 · Laura Bronner · Graphics by Jasmine Mithani Across the U.S., demonstrators have spent the past few weeks protesting against racial disparities in the country’s criminal justice…
In Language
The New Republic
Policing and the English Language
The New Republic
~13 min read · 30 saves · 2020-03-31 · Patrick Blanchfield · The poisonous contradictions of coptalk
Guardian US
Armed black citizens escort Michigan lawmaker to capitol after volatile rightwing protest
Guardian US
3 min read · 53 saves · 2020-05-08 · Lois Beckett · State representative Sarah Anthony says she wanted to highlight failure of policing after armed white protesters demonstrated
The New Yorker
The Invention of the Police
The New Yorker
4 min read · 36 saves · 2020-07-20 · Jill Lepore · Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
In Society
Aeon+Psyche
Modern policing was set up to protect the powerful from a ‘criminal underclass’
Aeon+Psyche
1 min read · 95 saves · 2020-06-23 · Today’s police state is rooted in Bentham’s utilitarian ideas, and exists to protect capitalism more than safety or justice
