Trump Admin Revives Influential Criminal Justice Commission

Attorney General William Barr And FBI Director Christopher Wray Announce Crime Reduction Initiative In Detroit

Charles Fain Lehman
January 22, 2020 1:35 PM

Attorney General William Barr on Wednesday officially announced the formation of a presidential commission on criminal justice, revitalizing an influential body that in the 1960s fundamentally altered the American criminal justice system.

Bloomberg Flip Flops on Stop-and-Frisk as He Mulls Presidential Bid

He defended the policy as recently as January 2019

Cameron Cawthorne
November 17, 2019 3:55 PM

Former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg (D.) on Sunday reversed his support for the "stop-and-frisk" policing policy that he pursued for a decade.

Hawley Bill Takes On Cop Suicide Crisis

Police officers more likely to die by suicide than in the line of duty

Charles Fain Lehman
November 11, 2019 5:00 AM

A new bipartisan bill aims to provide much-needed information to lawmakers about the rising scourge of suicide among America's police officers.

Justice Democrats-Endorsed Candidate Wants to Disarm Police

Charles Fain Lehman and Collin Anderson
October 19, 2019 5:00 AM

A congressional candidate, who is endorsed by the same progressive group that backed Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D., N.Y.) and Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) in 2018, recently called to disarm police officers.

City Charges Trump $500K, Obama $20K For Rally Security

Nic Rowan
October 8, 2019 11:35 AM

President Donald Trump's campaign is threatening a lawsuit after Minneapolis city leaders charged it $530,000 for security at an event scheduled for Thursday—26 times the amount it billed former president Barack Obama for a 2009 rally.

Once-Relevant Candidate Appears on Cover of Once-Relevant Magazine

TL;DR

Andrew Stiles
October 3, 2019 3:50 PM

Senator Kamala Harris's (D., Calif.) days are numbered as even a minimally relevant contender in the 2020 Democratic primary. That might be why Time magazine, a formerly relevant publication, decided to feature the notoriously ruthless former attorney general on its cover—before it is too late.

Tlaib to Detroit Police Chief: Hire Only African American Analysts

Graham Piro
October 3, 2019 11:55 AM

Michigan representative Rashida Tlaib (D.) told the Detroit police chief his facial recognition analysts should only be African Americans because "non-African Americans think all African Americans look the same."

The Crime Decline Might Be Over

New report adds to evidence that violent crime's drop has stalled

Charles Fain Lehman
September 10, 2019 2:50 PM

America's long-running crime decline appears to have come to a halt, a new report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics indicates.

Harris Agrees With Salon Editor on Police Officers: They ‘Just Harass and Take Up Space In Poor Communities’

'We shouldn't have to acknowledge their trauma because they're paid to be there'

Cameron Cawthorne
September 9, 2019 7:55 PM

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (Calif.) on acknowledged that Salon's editor-at-large D. Watkins was “right” about police officers after he claimed they “they just harass and take up space in poor communities.”

DOJ Busts 35 in Drug Conspiracy

Virginia crew allegedly had enough fentanyl to kill 14 million people

Charles Fain Lehman
September 1, 2019 5:00 AM

The Department of Justice indicted 35 drug traffickers who collectively participated in a conspiracy to sell tons of highly potent drugs in eastern Virginia.