Gangs

NYPD Detective With a Shady Past Helped Lock Up a Pot Dealer For Federal Conspiracy

Jurors were barred from hearing about the eight civil rights lawsuits against Detective Jeremiah Williams.

George Joseph Jul 24, 2018

Former Baltimore Police Officer Criticizes The Department’s Gang Database

A onetime gang liaison for the Baltimore Police Department writes that its database is racist and error-ridden.

Larry Smith Jul 23, 2018

The LAPD Has a New Surveillance Formula, Powered by Palantir

George Joseph May 08, 2018

New Documents Reveal How ICE Mines Local Police Databases Across the Country

George Joseph Apr 26, 2018

Police Accountability and Public Defender Groups Demand Transparency on NYPD Gang Policing

Max Rivlin-Nadler Feb 12, 2018

NYC Agency Uses Brooklyn Gang Raid To Encourage Evictions Of Entire Families From Public Housing

Emma Whitford Jan 31, 2018

From Gang Allegations to Deportation: How Boston is Putting its Immigrant Youth in Harm’s Way

Kade Crockford Jan 18, 2018

How a Group Policing Model Is Criminalizing Whole Communities

Max Rivlin-Nadler Jan 12, 2018

Philly’s Gang Violence Strategy Doesn’t Work. Here’s Why.

Philadelphia implemented the “focused deterrence” model of gang policing, which includes the promise of critical social services. The reality is much different.

Maura Ewing Dec 21, 2017

Commentary: Attorney General Sessions Says He Wants To Target Gangs, But In The Federal Bureau of Prisons Gangs Find A Home Base, And A Place To Flourish

Seth Ferranti Nov 10, 2017

Prosecutors Forced to Redefine ‘Gang Member’

Maura Ewing Oct 16, 2017

Portland is saying goodbye to its controversial gang databas

Police say the tool is outdated.

Carimah Townes Sep 12, 2017