Experts say race and class factor heavily in perceptions of these gatherings, which are fueled by social media and can involve thousands.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2026/07/18/teen-takeover-police-curfew
Tag: Criminal Justice System
Vital City | An Agenda for New York City’s Sidewalks
The city’s most important shared spaces need a new strategy.
— Read on www.vitalcitynyc.org/nyc-department-of-sidewalks-agenda/
Buffalo-area police making extensive use of license plate readers : Investigative Post
Twenty local police agencies have installed license plate readers and conduct thousands of searches a week of motorists — Cheektowaga in particular. Officials say the technology helps them fight crime, but critics call it unwarranted surveillance.
— Read on investigativepost.org/2026/07/16/drivers-beware-police-are-tracking-your-movements/
How community groups, activists and local media turned Camden, New Jersey, into a model of police reform
Camden, New Jersey’s homicide rate in 2025 was four times the national average – still high, but a marked change from when it was 18 times the national average in 2012.
— Read on theconversation.com/how-community-groups-activists-and-local-media-turned-camden-new-jersey-into-a-model-of-police-reform-282835
Widespread Misuse of Crowd-Control Weapons by Law Enforcement | Research UC Berkeley
Open-source investigation documents many incidents of misuse and injuries across 16 U.S.
— Read on vcresearch.berkeley.edu/news/widespread-misuse-crowd-control-weapons-law-enforcement
The Scourge of Teen Takeovers
Why youths are rampaging in cities across America—and how to stop it
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/teen-takeovers-streets-us-cities-looting
A guide to racism in the criminal justice system
A repository of studies, surveys, and reports on the disparate ways white, Black, and Latino people are treated by police, prosecutors, courts, and prisons
— Read on radleybalko.substack.com/p/a-guide-to-racism-in-the-criminal
No, Seriously, Decriminalizing Drugs Kills People
A new study should lay to rest the debate over legalization.
Is banning drugs a bad idea? For decades, libertarians and progressives have insisted that prohibition creates more harm than it prevents, producing needless arrests and prison sentences while pushing users into the shadows where overdose is more likely. That argument won some purchase among the public: as of 2019, a majority of Americans endorsed making drug crimes into civil offenses instead of felonies, treating them more like minor traffic violations than something meriting prison time.
In 2021, the legalizer coalition got to run their experiment. That year, Oregon and Washington both effectively decriminalized the possession of small amounts of all controlled substances, replacing potential prison sentences with a regime of minimal fines. Proponents promised a steep decline in overdose deaths and improvement in public safety. But did that happen?
See the report HERE
After 50 Years, The Death Penalty Is Far More Broken Than We Knew | The Marshall Project
The racial disparities, the arbitrary outcomes, the endless waiting and the risk of executing the innocent persist.
— Read on www.themarshallproject.org/2026/06/22/death-penalty-50th-gregg-georgia-executions
How California Effectively Legalized an Open-Air Sex Market
Four years after passage of a disastrous 2022 law, cops roll past as prostitutes walk the Figueroa corridor.
— Read on www.city-journal.org/article/figueroa-california-prostitution-sex-trafficking
Future of Policing 