9 Best Articles in 2022
The Verge
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
The Verge
20+ min read · From 2018 · Even city council members don’t know about the program.
Reader View · Shared by 159, including Rodrigo Prior, Bjorn Larsen, jean marc manach, A thinking meat, Clemens M. Schuster, Thomas Pleil, Philippe Gauvin, Grzegorz Wapiński, Nathan Yau, Chris Messina, Cameron Yick, Christian Müller, Thomas Power, Leslie D, Andreas Spiegler, Ward Plunet
Vox
How racist policing took over American cities, explained by a historian
Vox
~11 min read · 2020-06-06
Reader View · Shared by 91, including Ida Bae Wells, Christian Surchi, Jennifer Ouellette, Danielle 👩🏻💻, Jason Stanley
healthing.ca
Fund vital mental health interventions, not more policing
healthing.ca
3 min read · Feb 23rd
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Motherboard
Dozens of Cities Have Secretly Experimented With Predictive Policing Software
Motherboard
10 min read · From 2019 · Documents obtained by Motherboard using public information requests verify previously unconfirmed police department contracts with predictive policing company PredPol.
Reader View · Shared by 42, including ɐpuɐʎᴉW ᴉʇɐʍɥǝN, Gerd Leonhard, Charles Baldwin, luis antónio santos
FiveThirtyEight
Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing
FiveThirtyEight
5 min read · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 160, including Jennifer Ouellette, Nate Silver, Larry Ferlazzo, Catherine De Vries, Rick Powell, Deborah Blum, rohit, Birgit Schefer, Pip Morris, Maggie Koerth, Arin Basu
Vox
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing
Vox
9 min read · From 2017 · 5 things I wish people understood about bias in American police departments.
Reader View · Shared by 43, including Ryan Boren, Mathew Ingram, Ashoka Mukpo, Amy Jo Kim
Scientific American
Killings by Police Declined after Black Lives Matter Protests
Scientific American
4 min read · 2021-03-02 · A study also found body-camera use and community policing increased in places with the most active movements
Reader View · Shared by 155, including Kanyi Maqubela, William Gibson, Rhea Boyd MD, MPH, Dr. Oni Blackstock, Neil Lewis, Jr., PhD, Clint Smith, Yvette d’Entremont, Loubna Rais, Esther Schindler, Elizabeth Picciuto, Ashley C. Ford, anildash, Jen Simmons, Marc Lamont Hill, Joshua Benton, Evan (he/him), Lydia Polgreen
The Verge
An automated policing program got this man shot twice
The Verge
~20 min read · 2021-05-24 · The Chicago PD made a “heat list” to predict people involved with violent crimes — and instead, it caused them.
Reader View · Shared by 129, including Mathew Ingram, John Keefe, Katja Evertz, Bilal Zuberi, Jeremiah Owyang jowyang.eth, Patrick Sanwikarja, Howard Getson, John Koetsier
BuzzFeed
This Is What A 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like
BuzzFeed
~19 min read · 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.”
Reader View · Shared by 140, including Thomas Pleil, felixmichel, Dez S. Papp, Trey Tweets Into the Void, Andrea Desiato, Mark Kaigwa, Nico Luchsinger, Thomas Power, Konrad Lischka, David Bauer
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Teen Vogue
How to Talk to Older Relatives About Policing
Teen Vogue
2 min read · Mar 28th · Asking questions is key.
Reader View · Shared by 58
The New York Times
As Adams Toughens on Crime, Some Fear a Return to ’90s Era Policing
The New York Times
7 min read · Mar 26th · With violent crime surging, Mayor Eric Adams is testing how much policing a changed New York City will tolerate.
Reader View · Shared by 11, including Sandy Darity, Retweets do not mean endorsement.
Ars Technica
A controlled experiment focuses on improved policing method
Ars Technica
3 min read · Mar 29th · A method called "procedural justice" policing appears to work in the real world.
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Jennifer Ouellette
The Guardian
UK’s draft refugee and police laws are ‘human rights vandalism’, says Amnesty
The Guardian
2 min read · Mar 29th · Rights group’s annual report accuses Britain of setting ‘worrying reverse course’ in bills on refugees, policing, protest and welfare
Reader View · Shared by 16, including Emmy van Deurzen☀️🌍 🌻🌹🌳🇪🇺🇫🇷🇳🇱🇬🇧🇺🇸⭐️
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The Atlantic
The Breaking Point
The Atlantic
~18 min read · 2020-06-10 · Black men and women are still dying across the country. The power that is American policing has conceded nothing.
Reader View · Shared by 126, including Mathew Ingram, Mo Ryan, Ibram X. Kendi, BenYT, Alice Wong 王美華, Jay Rosen, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, PhilanTopic, Tamara Munzner, Atul Gawande, Scott McLeod, Dr. Ayana Elizabeth Johnson 🐙, Ed Yong
The New Yorker
How Your Family Tree Could Catch a Killer
The New Yorker
7 min read · 2021-11-15 · Genetic genealogists like CeCe Moore are cracking cold cases and transforming policing. As DNA analysis redefines ancestry and anonymity, what knowledge should we be permitted to unlock?
Reader View · Shared by 123, including Amy Davidson Sorkin, John Hagel, Marsha Collier, Neil Lee, Tactical Tech
Aeon+Psyche
Modern policing was set up to protect the powerful from a ‘criminal underclass’
Aeon+Psyche
2 min read · 2020-06-23 · Today’s police state is rooted in Bentham’s utilitarian ideas, and exists to protect capitalism more than safety or justice
Reader View · Shared by 96, including Larry G. Maguire 🇺🇦, Gregg Caruso, Matthias Lampe, Brad Brooks
WIRED
The Professors Who Call ‘Bullshit’ on Covid-19 Misinformation
WIRED
3 min read · From 2020 · Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom are policing Twitter feeds, Medium posts, and other sources of bad data and misleading charts.
Shared by 107, including Thomas Power, Tom Connor, Mark Little, MIT Press, Christina Farr, luis antónio santos, Carl T. Bergstrom, Jane, Tris Hussey, Daniel Boos
VANITY FAIR
The Abolition Movement
VANITY FAIR
3 min read · 2020-08-25 · What we talk about when we talk about addressing the savage roots of policing: justice and safety for everyone.
Reader View · Shared by 107, including Matthias Lampe, Kainaz Amaria, Clint Smith, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Mo Ryan, Olivia Nuzzi, Ashley C. Ford, Kara Swisher
WIRED
If Done Right, AI Could Make Policing Fairer
WIRED
9 min read · 2020-06-25 · Stanford's Fei-Fei Li says technology should be developed in an inclusive way that reflects our values.
Shared by 73, including Bob E. Hayes, Backchannel, Tamara McCleary, Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, Harold Sinnott 📱📲 #SAPSapphireOrlando, Nige Willson, Nrupal Akolkar
nature
Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database
nature
7 min read · From 2019 · Some highly cited academics seem to be heavy self-promoters — but researchers warn against policing self-citation.
Reader View · Shared by 79, including rebecca roache, George M 🇪🇺, Oleg Baskov, Neuroskeptic 🇺🇦, Thomas Power, Nat Eliason, Luca Hammer, Mark Tabladillo PhD, Oren Etzioni, Matthias Lampe, Esther Schindler, Javi Cantón
Human Rights Watch
China: Big Data Program Targets Xinjiang’s Muslims
Human Rights Watch
~13 min read · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 72, including Amicitia, Marc R Gagné MAPP 🍁, Ceferino Díaz, luis antónio santos, hakan
youtube.com
A conversation with President Obama: Reimagining Policing in the Wake of Continued Police Violence
youtube.com
2020-06-03 · President Obama joins local and national leaders in the police reform movement, to discuss the tragic events of recent weeks, the history of police violence ...
Shared by 64, including victoria smith, Avinash Kaushik, Mike Allton, Diane Gordon, Chris Messina, Team Liquid, C.C. Chapman (He/Him)
