In History
9 Best Articles in 2020
Vox
How racist policing took over American cities, explained by a historian
Vox
~11 min read · 91 saves · Jun 6th · Anna North
The Verge
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology
The Verge
20+ min read · 157 saves · From 2018 · Even city council members don’t know about the program.
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.
Vox
I'm a black ex-cop, and this is the real truth about race and policing
Vox
9 min read · 42 saves · From 2017 · 5 things I wish people understood about bias in American police departments.
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…
In Science
Nature
Hundreds of extreme self-citing scientists revealed in new database
Nature
7 min read · 81 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 · Aug 25th · 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 · 103 saves · Jun 10th · 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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The New York Times
How a Pledge to Dismantle the Minneapolis Police Collapsed
The New York Times
~12 min read · 43 saves · Sep 26th · Astead W. Herndon · When a majority of City Council members promised to “end policing as we know it” after George Floyd’s killing, they became a case study…
VICE
The Little Cards That Tell Police 'Let's Forget This Ever Happened'
VICE
~13 min read · 88 saves · Sep 2nd · Some cops give their friends and family union-issued "courtesy cards" to help get them out of minor infractions. The cards embody everything wrong with…
VICE
Police Across Canada Are Using Predictive Policing Algorithms, Report Finds
VICE
2 min read · 13 saves · Sep 2nd · Police across Canada are increasingly adopting algorithmic technology to predict crime. The authors of a new report say human rights are threatened by the…
Guardian Books
Detective who busted John and Yoko lifts the lid on corrupt 1960s policing
Guardian Books
5 min read · 12 saves · Oct 18th · Duncan Campbell · Norman Pilcher, who made some of the 1960s’ biggest arrests and was jailed for perjury, says he is setting the record straight
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WIRED
If Done Right, AI Could Make Policing Fairer
WIRED
9 min read · 69 saves · Jun 25th · 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 · 39 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.”
FiveThirtyEight
Why Statistics Don’t Capture The Full Extent Of The Systemic Bias In Policing
FiveThirtyEight
5 min read · 159 saves · Jun 25th · 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 Social Media
WIRED
The Professors Who Call ‘Bullshit’ on Covid-19 Misinformation
WIRED
2 min read · 110 saves · Mar 24th · Jevin West and Carl Bergstrom are policing Twitter feeds, Medium posts, and other sources of bad data and misleading charts.
In Language
The New Republic
Policing and the English Language
The New Republic
~13 min read · 30 saves · Mar 31st · 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 · May 8th · Lois Beckett · State representative Sarah Anthony says she wanted to highlight failure of policing after armed white protesters demonstrated
In Society
Aeon+Psyche
Modern policing was set up to protect the powerful from a ‘criminal underclass’
Aeon+Psyche
1 min read · 94 saves · Jun 23rd · Today’s police state is rooted in Bentham’s utilitarian ideas, and exists to protect capitalism more than safety or justice
The New Yorker
The Invention of the Police
The New Yorker
4 min read · 34 saves · Jul 20th · Jill Lepore · Why did American policing get so big, so fast? The answer, mainly, is slavery.
