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COVID: Police reform by another name

Heather Digby Parton
Riot police officers wearing face masks stand guard as residents protest against plans for an empty local housing estate to become a temporary quarantine camp for patients and frontline medical staff of a SARS-like virus outbreak which began in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in the Fanling district in Hong Kong on January 26, 2020. - Protesters threw petrol bombs on January 26 night at an empty public housing complex in Hong Kong that had been earmarked to become a temporary quarantine zone as the city battles the outbreak of a SARS-like virus. (PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

Policing during a pandemic

Tom Nolan - The Conversation
Officers gather for crowd control as they investigate a shooting in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Blue Lives Matter? Then maybe fewer guns

Amanda Marcotte
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El Paso cops working dangerous overtimes

Elida S. Perez - Reveal
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Being misunderstood impacts performance

Shefali V. Patil - The Conversation
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Growing up with constant violence

Frida Berrigan
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Lying fundamental to police culture

Kali Holloway - Alternet
Police on-body camera (AP/Damian Dovarganes)

Body cams don't stop police brutality

Rachel Leah
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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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Rudy Giuliani (AP/Gerald Herbert)

Cons' sick NYPD reaction

Luke Brinker
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Neal Ungerleider - Fast Company
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