To Serve And Protect

Rizzo’s Reign, And Other Observations About Policing

By Gerald Early

Essays | Reviews

Lawmen

By Gerald Early

Essays | Reviews

Essay of the Month: My Friend Wyatt Earp

By William Barclay “Bat” Masterson

“Wyatt Earp is one of the few men I personally knew in the West in the early days, whom I regarded as absolutely destitute of physical fear. I have often remarked, and I am not alone in my conclusions, that what goes for courage in a man is generally the fear of what others will think of him."

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Integrating the FBI

By The Common Reader

One of the first African American special agents for the FBI, and a veteran of the bureau's Hoover years, reflects on the past and future of law enforcement's engagement with minority communities. "The practice of community policing has, I believe, been a factor in the improvement of relations, but there is still a continuing battle to establish trust," says retired agent Wayne Davis.

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Ferguson in Focus

By Sarah Kendzior

On August 9, 2014, people had worried that Michael Brown would be forgotten. By September of that same year, it was clear no one would ever forget Brown, but what legacy his death would leave was in question.

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Mr. Rifleman & Mr. Machine Gun

By Timothy H. Parsons

The demise of the formal French and British Empires in the second half of the 20th century obscures that reality that imperial methods and practices still have practical value to those who seek to control different people.

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“The Hidden Hands”

By Terrell Carter

"In the end, the reason an officer arrests someone really doesn’t matter. What matters is that the officer has the “magic pen.” Officers know that, ultimately, what is written in a report will more than likely be accepted and believed because that officer controls the information that the prosecuting attorney and public will see."

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