It’s not uncommon to hear cops and politicians cry about the negative attention that police allegedly get in the media.
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: MATH VS. ZOMBIES
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: VANDALISM
COMMUTE OF THE LIVING DEAD: HOT ENOUGH TO FRY AN EGG
GUEST MEDIA FARM: HOW NOT TO REPORT ON POLICE BRUTALITY
When cases of police brutality appear on video, the local media tend to shut off their collective critical thinking skills and even side with the police. The coverage of the now-infamous video of off-duty Boston Police Department officer Edward Barrett attacking a pedestrian who hurt his feelings is a prime example of why you […]
LICENSE AND REGISTRATION PLEASE: ON POLICE CERTIFICATION
Everyone from architects to barbers needs to be licensed in Mass—should police have the same standard?
THE THIN BLUE PAYWALL
If my public records request had been an embryo, my paper baby would be a month old by now.
POLICE UNION ATTORNEY BLAMES INTERNET FOR ALLEGED SENDING OF ‘HARMFUL’ PICTURES
Some advice for any lawyers out there: If at all possible, avoid saying publicly that you think it’s perfectly OK for grown police officers to send pictures of their genitals to teenagers.
COUNTERING COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE
Mainstream tools have looked the other way, the entire time enabling our police state to metastasize, batons to crack, and thousands of surveillance cameras to scan both cars and crowds in spite of ongoing attempts to outlaw the recording of cops.
THE PERILS OF HURTING A COP’S FEELINGS
What does it mean to have a police force that will unleash weapons on its citizens at any whim?
