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Racial Profiling

Business Crime Tech

How Facebook Bought a Police Force

Hundreds of pages of documents obtained by Motherboard show how Facebook is using the Menlo Park Police Department to reshape the city.

Sarah Emerson Vice Oct 2019 20min Permalink

Crime

Taken: How Police Departments Make Millions by Seizing Property

In South Carolina, civil forfeiture targets black people’s money most of all, exclusive investigative data shows.

Anna Lee, Nathaniel Cary, Mike Ellis The Greenville News Jan 2019 15min Permalink

Crime

Walking While Black

How cops use arcane pedestrian laws to racially profile people in Jacksonville, Florida.

Topher Sanders, Kate Rabinowitz ProPublica Nov 2017 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "Clippers"

A near future with racial voting restrictions and questionnaires.

Kashana Cauley Slate Feb 2017 15min Permalink