Generally speaking, police departments resist accountability and oversight, and are very often hostile to public records requests and requests for police complaint forms. In Massachussetts, the police have refused to comply with legal records requests. One activist who did so … Read the rest…
A long-overdue national debate about the use of force and accountability is taking place in this country, with recent events, caught on video, depicting police officer misconduct, crimes and ignorance of the law, and very little accountability. It’s become clear … Read the rest…
You have the right to photograph police – or anyone – in public. This is a right enshrined in the law and upheld many times in courts around the country. If someone is in public, they have absolutely no expectation … Read the rest…
