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AI offers police illusion of safety

Nicholas Liu
Federal agents stand in tear gas and face protesters on Nicollet Avenue near West 26th St. in Minneapolis, Minn. on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. Federal agents fatally shot a man during an arrest in the morning (Photo by Alex Kormann/Getty Images)

What are your rights in ICE encounters?

Louis Jacobson - The 19th
PORTLAND, OR - JULY 30: A journalist runs past federal officers after he was caught behind a police line during a protest against racial injustice and police brutality in front of the Mark O. Hatfield U.S. Courthouse in the early hours of July 30, 2020 in Portland, Oregon. Protests against the federal presence in Portland continued Wednesday following an announcement by Governor Kate Brown that federal officers would begin a phased withdrawal from the city. (Photo by Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Mainstream media built the police myth

Nicholas Liu
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Special Response Team Police and Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents detain a demonstrator during a protest outside an ICE processing center in Broadview, Illinois, on September 19, 2025. US President Donald Trump ordered increased federal law enforcement presence in Illinois and stepped-up immigration enforcement actions by the Department of Homeland Security. (Photo by Octavio Jones/Getty Images)

Immigration agents keep using chokeholds

Nicole Foy, McKenzie Funk - ProPublica
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Several members of law enforcement walk down Mullins Station Rd where various state and federal law enforcement agencies involved in the Memphis Safe Task Force. (Photo by Austin Johnson/ Getty Images)

Memphis task force accused of harassment

Wendi C. Thomas, Katherine Burgess - ProPublica
Federal agents detain a man after exiting a court hearing in immigration court in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Trump's turning ICE into shadow police

J. David McSwane, Hannah Allam - ProPublica
Yes, that is a giant inflatable pumpkin in the back of that police cruiser. It has temporarily escaped before the police wrangled it and returned it to its owner. (Parma Heights Police Department)

The Great Pumpkin on the run in Ohio

CK Smith
Tents between puddles and mud on the grounds of the "Burning Man" festival. Tens of thousands of visitors to the desert festival "Burning Man" are stranded on the site in the US state of Nevada after heavy rainfall over the weekend. September 2023. (David Crane/picture alliance via Getty Images)

New details in Burning Man murder case

Nicole Karlis
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Eddie Yu as Detective Park, Liam Neeson as Frank Drebin Jr. and Paul Walter Hauser as Ed Hocken Jr. in "The Naked Gun" (Paramount Pictures)

"The Naked Gun" fires at police

Coleman Spilde
A cosplayer dressed as Chuck E. Cheese poses during the 2024 New York Comic Con. (Photo by Marleen Moise/Getty Images)

Chuck E. Cheese arrested

Alex Galbraith
People gather at Breonna Taylors make shift memorial in Injustice Square Park in downtown Louisville on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020 in Louisville, KY. Hundreds of others protest a Kentucky grand jurys indictment of one of three police officers in the killing of Breonna Taylor, but not for her death (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

Taylor case ends with 33-month sentence

Alex Galbraith
(ICE handout via Getty Images)

ICE is facing lawsuits nationwide

Garrett Owen
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Donald Trump arrives on Marine One to speak at a rally with U.S. Army troops on June 10, 2025 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images)

Trump corrupts the military's loyalty

Heather Digby Parton
Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers shoot rubber bullets at protesters in front of the City Hall on June 08, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

Journalists injured by police in LA

Cheyenne McNeill
U.S. President Donald Trump, accompanied by White House staff secretary Will Scharf (L), speaks as he signs a series of executive orders in the Oval Office at the White House on February 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)

Trump EOs boost cops, target immigration

Alex Galbraith
Mayor Eric Adams exits the Thurgood Marshall Courthouse after making the first appearance in his corruption case on October 2, 2024 in New York City. (Alex Kent/Getty Images)

Why Eric Adams still won't quit

Bob Hennelly
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Former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a Buckeye Values PAC Rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on March 16, 2024. (KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Blinded by Trump's violent fantasies

Chauncey DeVega
Two police officers standing in front of patrol cars, behind police tape. (Getty Images/kali9)

Tyre Nichols: 3 convicted of tampering

Alex Galbraith
Crime Scene Police Tape (Getty Images/Prathaan)

Ky. sheriff who shot judge charged

Griffin Eckstein
Wide Receiver Tyreek Hill #10 of the Miami Dolphins addresses the media during the post-game press conference after playing the Jacksonville Jaguars at Hard Rock Stadium on September 8, 2024 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Don Juan Moore/Getty Images)

Dolphins player arrested before game

Gabriella Ferrigine
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The Police, left to right, Stewart Copeland, Andy Summers and Sting in London launching their new single, 'Every Breath You Take', and their first album for over a year, 'Synchronicity', released on June 17th, 1983. (PA Images via Getty Images)

Police's Synchonicity box set pops at 40

Kenneth Womack
Power (Courtesy of Netflix)

Policing doc refutes "bad apples" theory

Melanie McFarland
Police arrest protesters during pro-Palestinian demonstrations at The City College Of New York (CUNY) as the NYPD cracks down on protest camps at both Columbia University and CCNY on April 30, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

"It exposes a contradiction" on campus

Chauncey DeVega
Police lights and crime scene tape (Getty Images/Ajax9)

"Goon Squad" cops get long prison terms

Charles R. Davis
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