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Topic: Police accountability

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
Interior of car parked in front of patrolling police car (Getty Images/Westend61)

Cop caught on bodycam mocking victim

Sophia Tesfaye
Rachel Mitchell and Julie Gunnigle (Photo illustration by Salon/Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/Nappsack Photography)

Phoenix to see biggest Post-Roe showdown

Kathryn Joyce
Black Lives Matter protest (AP/Ted S. Warren)

Austin activists score a big win

Amanda Marcotte
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FILE - This April 7, 2015, file photo provided by the Charleston County, S.C., Sheriff's Office shows Patrolman Michael Thomas Slager. A grand jury in Charleston on Monday, June 8, 2015, affirmed the state of South Carolina's murder charge against Slager, who is accused of shooting an unarmed black man trying to run from a traffic stop. (AP Photo/Charleston County Sheriff's Office, File) (AP)

Walter Scott's killer gets 20 years

Matthew Rozsa
Family members of Sylville Smith gather where he was shot and killed by Milwaukee police in Milwaukee, Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016. Police in Milwaukee say a black man whose killing by police touched off arson and rock-throwing was shot by a black officer after turning toward him with a gun in his hand. Wisconsin's governor, meanwhile, has put the National Guard on standby in case of more violence Sunday night. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) (AP)

Another one off the hook

Charlie May
(AP Photo/John Minchillo) (AP)

The other side of the law

Charlie May
(AP/Alex Brandon/Evan Vucci/Getty/Alex Wong)

Next target: Police reform

Paul Rosenberg
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In this Jan. 22, 2015 photo, a body camera used by Des Moines Police Department school resource officers is worn by Sgt. Jason Halifax in Des Moines, Iowa. The rush by cities to outfit police officers with body cameras after last summer’s riots in Ferguson, Mo., is saddling local governments with steep costs for managing the volumes of footage they must keep for months or even years, according to contracts, invoices and company data reviewed by The Associated Press. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (AP)

Matthew Rozsa
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Bad cops aren't punished

Kali Holloway - Alternet
(Reuters/Darren Ornitz)

Perceptions of police behavior

Sean McElwee
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Poisonous cops, total immunity

Robert Hennelly
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