Law Enforcement

Local groups in a national movement are pressing for oversight of how and when law enforcement agencies use technology to monitor citizens.

When police brutalize and murder unarmed Black Americans, the effectiveness and legitimacy of the United States – including its ability to support justice abroad – crumbles.…

Dismantling the structures of racist policing at home will require recognizing the continuum of security state violence that connects domestic policing, border enforcement and…

The leverage afforded by the appropriations cycle presents the best and perhaps only opportunity for Congress to confront a department run amok.

(Editor’s Note: This article is part of a special Just Security “Racing National Security” symposium edited by editorial board member Matiangai Sirleaf. The goal of…

A bipartisan Senate amendment would restrict the transfer of US military equipment to law enforcement, including items from bayonets to weaponized drones.

We are in a new phase of the long police reform debate. Over decades, opaque spending, police staffing practices, expansion of criminal codes, and other factors have made some…

Sometimes, as in the shooting of Rayshard Brooks by an Atlanta law enforcement officer, deaths involve police use of firearms. But as the killing of George Floyd has also demonstrated,…

Trump's and Cotton's rhetoric might be extreme, but the concepts they espouse are simply a culmination of a trend unfolding over at least 50 years.

The movement forces Americans to recognize and confront the deep and longstanding connection between racist and authoritarian violence.

A strong call from the U.N. Special Expert on Contemporary Forms of Racism, professor E. Tendayi Achiume.

Former Republican and Democratic cabinet members and other senior officials speak out about protests, use of the military, racial justice, and policing.