Martin Kaste

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Proposal Would Curb Police Department's Use Of Militarized Gear

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

President Obama announced restrictions on military-style hardware police may get from the federal government. Critics say the rules will have little impact on the trend toward military-style raids.

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Police Rethink Tactics Amid New Technologies And Social Pressure

Thursday, May 14, 2015

One officer says relations with the public are "about as bad as I've seen," as a take-charge method of policing collides with a more skeptical citizenry that can record and disseminate video anywhere.

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What Happens When A Police Officer Doesn't Shoot?

Thursday, May 07, 2015

An officer's body camera captured his decision not to shoot a possibly armed suspect. He was praised for brave self-restraint, but some law enforcement officers say his reluctance was irresponsible.

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Law Enforcement Reacts To Baltimore Officer Criminal Charges

Friday, May 01, 2015

Six police officers face charges, including murder and involuntary manslaughter, for Freddie Gray's death. Some worry they're losing the benefit of the doubt from both prosecutors and the public.

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State Prosecutors To Determine Next Steps In Freddie Gray Case

Friday, May 01, 2015

Police forwarded the preliminary results of their probe into Freddie Gray's death to Baltimore's state attorney Marilyn J. Mosby. Her team will decide whether to bring criminal charges against police.

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Baltimore Officials Face Criticism For Slow Response To Riots

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Baltimore police and the mayor are under fire for being slow to respond to Monday's violence. Crowd control is a sensitive matter in the U.S., especially since this summer's protests in Ferguson, Mo.

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Too Often, Some Say, Volunteer Officers Just Want To Play Cop

Tuesday, April 21, 2015

The fatal shooting of a suspect by a volunteer deputy in Tulsa, Okla., raises the question that some have already been asking: Why are nonprofessionals allowed to wear badges and carry guns?

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Cop Shooting Victim's Family Calls For Calm In South Carolina

Sunday, April 12, 2015

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As Scott Family Reels From Police Shooting, Hundreds Turn Out For Funeral

Saturday, April 11, 2015

A funeral was held Saturday in North Charleston, S.C., for Walter Scott, the man shot and killed while fleeing a police officer. That officer, Michael Slager, has been fired and charged with murder.

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Charleston Civil Rights Leaders Point To Gentrification In Racial Justice Debate

Friday, April 10, 2015

Longtime civil rights campaigners in Charleston, S.C., say the current public outcry over police racism isn't rooted in racist laws as much as it is in gentrification and a shifting population.

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S.C. Shooting: Isolated Incident Or Symptom Of Bigger Problems?

Friday, April 10, 2015

Authorities in North Charleston, S.C., released the dashcam video of the traffic stop that led to the shooting death of Walter Scott. The video doesn't explain why the officer shot Scott.

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S.C. Police Officer Charged With Murder After Shooting Man In Back

Wednesday, April 08, 2015

A white police officer who shot and killed a black man after a weekend traffic stop was charged with murder in North Charleston, S.C., Tuesday. Officials said a video played a role in the decision.

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Police Officers Debate Effectiveness Of Anti-Bias Training

Monday, April 06, 2015

Police departments around the country are instituting anti-bias training for their officers. The Justice Department encourages it, but for many cops the training doesn't seem effective or necessary.

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More African-Americans Support Carrying Legal Guns For Self-Defense

Thursday, April 02, 2015

African-Americans are changing their minds about guns, and Detroit's black police chief supports responsible concealed-carry. Still, some remain convinced that having a gun will lead to problems.

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Front-End Of Tunnel-Boring Machine Freed From Seattle Pit

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

Engineers have removed the cutter head from the enormous tunneling machine nicknamed Bertha. The malfunctioning part had been stuck for more than a year in a highway project under the city's downtown.

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To Catch Up On Unsolved Murders, Detroit Detectives Mine Cold Cases

Monday, March 30, 2015

Criminologists say the country's poor homicide clearance rate could be improved if police departments put more effort into solving murders.

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How Many Crimes Do Your Police 'Clear'? Now You Can Find Out

Monday, March 30, 2015

Violent crime in America has been falling for two decades. That's the good news. The bad news is, when crimes occur, they mostly go unpunished.

In fact, for most major crimes, police don't even make an arrest or identify a suspect. That's what police call "clearing" a crime; the "clearance ...

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Open Cases: Why One-Third Of Murders In America Go Unresolved

Monday, March 30, 2015

Police today are identifying fewer murder suspects than they did a generation ago. One criminologist says that may be because departments are more focused on preventing crimes than on making arrests.

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States Scramble To Deal With Shortages Of Execution Drugs

Wednesday, March 11, 2015

Texas is almost out of one of the drugs it uses for executions and the state says it is exploring all options to deal with the shortage. Manufacturers have stopped selling a number of drugs states use in capital punishment.

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System For Reporting Police Killings Unreliable, Study Finds

Friday, March 06, 2015

A new Bureau of Justice Statistics study confirms that the annual count of people killed by police in America is low. Analysis shows that the true number is probably twice as high as ...

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