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
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 · 44 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 · From 2019 · 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
~19 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.”
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.
VANITY FAIR
The Abolition Movement
VANITY FAIR
3 min read · 104 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 · 125 saves · 2020-06-10 · Black men and women are still dying across the country. The power that is American policing has conceded nothing.
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Scientific American
Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests
Scientific American
4 min read · 157 saves · Mar 2nd · A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in places with the most active movements
Nature
Major physics society won’t meet in cities with racist policing record
Nature
4 min read · 20 saves · Feb 26th · The American Physical Society’s new criteria for conference venues seem to be unique among scientific societies.
The Guardian
Angry at the idea of a curfew for men? Think of all the ways women are told…
The Guardian
4 min read · 15 saves · Mar 13th · Policing, both formal and informal, of female bodies is so normalized it’s no longer shocking – unless the same standards are applied to men
The Guardian
Protest laws move UK towards paramilitary policing, says former chief
The Guardian
3 min read · 22 saves · Mar 28th · Exclusive: Michael Barton, who led Durham force, says government should show common sense after pandemic
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Scientific American
Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests
Scientific American
4 min read · 157 saves · Mar 2nd · A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in places with the most active movements
WIRED
If Done Right, AI Could Make Policing Fairer
WIRED
9 min read · 69 saves · 2020-06-25 · 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
~18 min read · 32 saves · From 2015 · Freddie Gray, the drug war, and the decline of “real policing.”
FiveThirtyEight
Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing
FiveThirtyEight
5 min read · 160 saves · 2020-06-25 · 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…
The New Republic
Policing and the English Language
The New Republic
~13 min read · 30 saves · 2020-03-31 · The poisonous contradictions of coptalk
WIRED
The Professors Who Call ‘Bullshit’ on Covid-19 Misinformation
WIRED
3 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.
Aeon+Psyche
Modern policing was set up to protect the powerful from a ‘criminal underclass’
Aeon+Psyche
2 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
Guardian US
Armed black citizens escort Michigan lawmaker to capitol after volatile rightwing protest
Guardian US
3 min read · 52 saves · 2020-05-08 · State representative Sarah Anthony says she wanted to highlight failure of policing after armed white protesters demonstrated
