Photography Is Not a Crime

News
A US Marshal Smashed a Woman's Phone Because She Was Filming Him in Public
Video of the incident shows the officer approach the woman as she tells him she feels unsafe before ripping the phone from her hands.
Allie Conti
4.22.15
Bad Cop Blotter
Cameras Weren’t Enough to Stop the Albuquerque Police from Killing a Mentally Ill Homeless Man
James Boyd ended up dead after a confrontation with officers that started because he was camping illegally.
Lucy Steigerwald
3.31.14
Drugs
Police Chief Doesn’t Know You Can’t OD on Pot
Michael Pristoop, the top cop in Annapolis, Maryland, believed a fake news story that said that 37 people fatally overdosed on weed in Colorado when pot became legal there. That's, uh, probably not great.
Lucy Steigerwald
3.3.14