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The War On Drill
Last year, 16-year-old James Bascoe-Smith was stabbed near his home in south London. From his wheelchair, Bascoe-Smith testified at the...
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Mar 14, 20234 min read


Ask the Chief – Los Angeles: An Interview with Michel Moore
*This interview is the sixth installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Michel...
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Apr 20, 20224 min read


Ask the Chief – Baltimore: An Interview with Michael Harrison
*This interview is the fifth installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Michael...
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Dec 2, 20216 min read


From Rhode Island to Washington, Democrats Share the Blame for Inaction on Police Accountability
In response to nationwide protests throughout the summer of 2020, Democratic politicians across the US vowed to enact bold changes to...
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Oct 23, 20215 min read


Ask the Chief – Philadelphia: An Interview with Danielle Outlaw
*This interview is the third installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Danielle...
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Oct 7, 20219 min read


Ask the Chief – Baton Rouge: An Interview with Murphy Paul
*This interview is the second installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. Murphy...
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Aug 2, 202113 min read


Ask the Chief – Oakland: An Interview with LeRonne Armstrong
*This interview is the first installment of Ask the Chief, a BPR interview series with police chiefs from around the country. LeRonne...
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Jun 22, 202112 min read


Keeping Emmett Till Alive When We Need Him Most: An Interview with Keith Beauchamp
*Gabby Smith ’23 is a guest interviewer from BPR’s US section. When Keith Beauchamp was just 10 years old, he saw the image of Emmett...
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Dec 1, 202013 min read


BPR Interviews: Lieutenant David Bissonnette
Lieutenant David Bissonnette has been a Rhode Island police officer for 19 years and a Use of Force & Police Arrest and Control...
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Jul 7, 202014 min read


BPR Interviews: Rachel A. Pickens
Rachel A. Pickens is a civil-rights attorney who graduated college from Boston University and received her law degree from Loyola...
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Jul 7, 202012 min read


Injunction Dysfunction
In September 2017, the Supreme Court of California heard a case from Peter Arellano, a Los Angeles local who was legally barred from...
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Jan 16, 20194 min read


America’s Excited Delirium: The Risks of Police Taser Overuse
On September 7, 2016, Donald Degraw, a 58-year-old veteran of the Gulf War, died at the hands of police, joining 72 others who were...
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Oct 13, 20164 min read


Go Fish: Artificial Intelligence and Policing
The past couple of weeks have seen the FBI and Apple unlock horns after the government managed to decrypt the data found on the infamous...
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Apr 27, 20166 min read


Holding Pattern: The Story of Jailed Guns
Eleven states have laws that require police departments to sell all confiscated weapons. Some sell to licensed dealers, others put them...
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Dec 3, 20154 min read


Ayotzinapa: Exposing the Fallacy of the “Mexican Moment”
It has been three weeks since the disappearance of the 43 Mexican students from Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. Starting with demonstrations on...
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Oct 20, 20146 min read


The Revolving Door: Mental Illness and the Criminal Justice System
On August 14, 2014, Phoenix Police arrived at Michelle Cusseaux’s home to fulfill a court-ordered transport to a mental health facility....
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Oct 9, 20147 min read


The Dangers of Civil Asset Forfeiture
On March 20, 2012, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department pulled over Nelly Moreira’s car. Moreira was not present; her son...
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Oct 2, 20145 min read


Strip Down
By Ian Tarr On March 3, 2005, Albert Florence’s wife was driving her husband and their child down a New Jersey road. Unexpectedly, the...
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Mar 11, 20149 min read


Ray Kelly and the Need for Open Discourse
While the anger that charged the events leading to the premature end of Ray Kelly’s lecture yesterday was justified, holding the...
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Oct 30, 20134 min read


A Very Police-Filled Tuesday—Where Was Sting?
To continue with last week’s theme of “recently-heard Supreme Court cases that have to do with the way the American police force...
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Feb 20, 20135 min read
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