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Cops

Crime Politics

The Spy Who Came Home

Why an expert in counterterrorism became a beat cop.

Ben Taub New Yorker May 2018 40min Permalink

Crime

Over the Line

What happens when U.S. border patrol kills—in Mexico?

Taylor Dolven Vice News Jun 2017 10min Permalink

Crime

The Secret Story of Corruption Behind Meek Mill’s Incarceration

A look at the rapper’s decade-plus ordeal.

Jessica Brand, Ethan Brown In Justice Today Apr 2018 25min Permalink

Crime

How Poor Young Black Men Run from the Police

A sociologist learns techniques for evading the authorities.

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Excerpted from On the Run.

Alice Goffman Vice May 2014 15min Permalink

Crime

What’s Eating the NYPD?

The toll of being a cop on the most successful force in the country.

Chris Smith New York Apr 2012 25min Permalink

Crime

Deadly Secrets: How California Law Has Shielded Oakland Police Violence

On the difficulties of holding Oakland’s thin blue line accountable.

Ali Winston Color Lines Aug 2011 20min Permalink