The Next Major Advancement in Police Search Technology: Vapor Wake Dogs
As our nation around the world struggle with the threat of terrorist attacks and violence from both foreign and domestic […]
Policing and Law Enforcement
Acquittals and Outrage: Presidential Tweets Threaten the Integrity of the Justice System
A week ago, a San Francisco jury acquitted Jose Ines Garcia Zarate, an undocumented immigrant, of murder in the death
Almost No Choice: Homelessness and the Law
Courts should take responsibility for a fundamental question: whether current case law addressing the rights of homeless people rests upon fundamentally flawed assumptions.
A Historical Perspective on Police Oppression
It has long been observed that police departments can function to reinforce racial and class inequality.[1] Regardless of whether their
Carpenter v. United States: Reevaluating Privacy Rights in the Smartphone Era
While technology has empowered us to access a wealth of information about the world, it can also empower others to
The Uncertain Weight of Probable Cause in Retaliatory-Arrest Claims
On December 4, 2014, two photographers found themselves in the custody of the New York Police Department. Both were arrested while documenting a protest in Times Square over the decision not to indict the police officer responsible for Eric Garner’s death.
A “Disturbing Trend” in Qualified Immunity Doctrine
By looking to see whether Salazar-Limon denied reaching for his waistband, the Court implicitly accepted Thompson’s account of the encounter as true, or at least, more credible than Salazar-Limon’s. Doing so, Justice Sotomayor noted, adds to “the increased frequency of incidents in which [police allege that] unarmed men . . . reach empty waistbands when facing armed officers.” Once again, she noted, the Court had accepted officer Thompson’s arguably implausible testimony as implicitly more credible than that of the actual unarmed citizen.
Electronic Monitoring: Punishment and Liberty in the Age of GPS
Sam,[1] who I met last summer, was a teenager on probation. He sported an electronic monitor strapped around his ankle
Marijuana Legalization and the Future of Drug-Sniffing Dogs
On the night of February 3, 2015, Kevin McKnight was driving around in his pickup truck when the police stopped
Gilles Bissonnette: Over-reliance on FOIA exemptions as a barrier to police accountability
This piece was co-authored by Gilles Bissonnette, the Legal Director of the American Civil Liberties Union of New Hampshire, and
Jerry Roth, ’83, and Nicholas Fram Discuss Investigating Police Bias
In March 2015, federal prosecutors in the course of a corruption investigation revealed a series of shockingly racist and homophobic