Today in New York, a grand jury voted not to indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner, a black man who died after Pantaleo placed him […]
Tag: Policing
The Nation’s Police Have a Sex-Discrimination Problem
The death of 18-year-old Michael Brown at the hands of a Ferguson, Missouri police officer last month prompted the Department of Justice to launch an investigation into Ferguson’s policing practices. (This investigation […]
Domestic Violence Isn’t Enough to Make This San Francisco Sheriff Lose His Job
Looks like plastic bags get more respect in San Francisco than victims of domestic violence. Ross Mirkarimi, the San Francisco police sheriff who was given three months probation for bruising […]
Will NYC Cabbies Be Forced To Profile Sex Workers?
We’re told that being a prostitute will mark a woman for life. Yet after several millennia of practice, lawmakers and social reformers still struggle to identify what a sex worker […]
Condoms As Evidence of Police Endangering Public Health
Currently in the state of New York, police and prosecutors use condoms as evidence of prostitution-related offenses, including the murky crime of “loitering for the purpose of engaging in a […]
Does Your Police Department Have a Rape Protocol? Mine Didn’t.
This story is about being inspired to take local action: what incited me, what I did about it and how you can follow suit. On Monday, my local paper of […]
The Village Voice’s Numbers Game
This summer, the Village Voice published an “investigative” series on the issue of sex trafficking in the United States. Framed as a hard-hitting exposé uncovering the truth, the series had […]
Female Decision-Makers Set to Lose Out in Britain
The U.S. isn’t the only country in which harsh deficit-cutting measures have been proposed. Right now, Britain’s coalition government is laying out plans for an ambitious public services reform program […]
Juror in NYC Rape Case Questions Handling of Evidence
Melinda Hernandez, a member of the jury that last week acquitted two New York City police officers of rape, is distressed by a process that she felt left her no […]
Police Make Amends for Fining Rape Victim $500
Last month, Ms. reported on a woman who had been fined $500 for “false rape reporting.” Police said the details of her story were “inconsistent.” Three years later, among an […]