Federal Efforts in Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities among Victims of Violent Crime | U.S. Commission on Civil Rights

This report aimed to understand federal efforts to evaluate racial disparities in crime victimization. The Commission examined crime data to reveal the disparate impacts of violent victimization on minority communities.
— Read on www.usccr.gov/reports/2024/federal-efforts-examining-racial-and-ethnic-disparities-among-victims-violent-crime

Tyreek Hill’s traffic stop can be a reminder of drivers’ constitutional rights | AP News

Below is a nice discussion about constitutional rights.

The question of one’s responsibility to comply with all instructions given by a law enforcement officer recently came up following a traffic stop involving Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill.
— Read on apnews.com/article/tyreek-hill-constitutional-rights-traffic-stop-6dd2ad077cecd176bea840ba77012d6a

Unprotected: Analyzing Judicial Protection of Constitutional Rights — scrutinize

We introduce a new metric for assessing judges: Suppression reversals. This
metric focuses on one of the judiciary’s most sacred duties: Protecting the
constitutional rights of individuals from police overreach. A suppression
reversal not only indicates that a trial court judge failed to properly
interpret and apply the constitution; it may also signal potential bias in
favor of the police.
— Read on www.scrutinize.org/unprotected

Reports and Body-cam Video Raise Familiar Concerns About Baltimore Police Plainclothes Unit

In May, a Baltimore Police Department detective pointed his service weapon to the temple of a prone and restrained Baltimore man.
— Read on thegarrisonproject.org/bpd-dat-arrest-joyner/

The Tragic Inevitability of Overpolicing New York’s Subways – Mother Jones

How an allegation of fare evasion escalated into a horrific police shooting.
— Read on www.motherjones.com/criminal-justice/2024/09/nypd-subway-shooting-derell-mickles-overpolicing/

Secret deals are whitewashing conduct of California police officers

Dozens of California police agencies have executed “clean-record agreements,” legal settlements that promise to hide the wrongdoing of officers.

In the article there are links to more reporting on this topic.
— Read on www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/clean-record-agreements-investigation-19752768.php

The Lifetime Fiscal Impact of Immigrants | Manhattan Institute

This report estimates the lifetime fiscal impact of immigrants, of various ages and educational attainment, to the United States. It offers a methodological upgrade over similar analyses and estimates and evaluates the fiscal impact of various proposed immigration reforms. A clear picture of the fiscal cost of immigrants is particularly important, given the ongoing border […]
— Read on manhattan.institute/article/the-lifetime-fiscal-impact-of-immigrants

Bias at the Core?: Enduring Racial Disparities in D.C. Metropolitan Police Department Stop-and-Frisk Practices (2022-2023) | ACLU of DC

This report covers data collected between January 1, 2022 and December 31, 2023. The data analyzed in this report indicates that the stark racial disparities present in the 2019 and 2020 stops data remain. MPD continues to disproportionately stop Black people in D.C.
— Read on www.acludc.org/en/publications/bias-core-enduring-racial-disparities-dc-metropolitan-police-department-stop-and-frisk

Get a .PDF copy of the report HERE