Known for its quaint charm and peaceful atmosphere, Moscow, Idaho seemed an unlikely setting for the gruesome murders that unfolded in the early hours of Nov. 13, 2022. Now, fear roams the streets of the once idyllic town.
“What does it mean to live in a society where the police dictate what we’re allowed to say?” Crystal Fleming asked at a teach-in called “Policing Free Speech at Stony Brook” held on March 23 in response to the backlash Hayward faced. Suffolk County knows the answer to this question.
Measures to decrease crime in an essential transit system like the New York City subway are important and will help the city as it continues to recover from COVID-19. However, the focus should be on detailed examination of data and the range of solutions available. The reflexive urge to hire more police often does not guarantee crime reduction and reinforces the overly punitive orientation of the national criminal justice system.
An officer on the front lines of the Minneapolis protests has been put on two weeks paid leave after he failed to fire pepper balls at a local news crew. The Internal Affairs Committee for the Minneapolis Police Department confirmed that Percy Cutor had decided not to fire on reporters even though they had identified themselves as press and were wearing safety vests.
University Police emailed Stony Brook students at 12:42 p.m. yesterday about an “unconfirmed threat” involving chalk type graffiti near the Student Activities Center. Since then, one individual has been arrested. The email did not specify what the graffiti said, but…
Experts, researchers and people with experience on both sides of the law discussed the evolution of mass incarceration at a conference titled ‘From the Color Line to the Carceral State: Prisons, Policing and Surveillance in the 20th and 21st centuries’…
Walter Scott, gunned down by Officer Michael Slager in South Carolina, over a non-fuctioning brake light. It seems that everywhere you look, cops are using brutal and fatal force against citizens for the smallest incidents. Something needs to be done…
Results released today from a United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division investigation into the Ferguson Police Department show deeply entrenched patterns of “racial disparities that adversely impact African Americans.” The investigation, initiated on September 4, 2014, found “discriminatory…
Correction: An earlier version of this article stated that the man was foaming at the mouth. The witness clarified that he was vomiting. A man described by a witness to be in his mid-thirties was rushed to Stony Brook Emergency…