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  Police ‘Pretext’ Traffic Stops Need to End, Some Lawmakers Say

  On a family vacation in Virginia in 2017, Democratic Maryland state Del. Charles E. Sydnor III was driving in the left lane on a nearly empty, unfamiliar highway when a state trooper pulled him over...

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  Defund the Police? Here’s What’s Actually Possible in San Diego

  Making deep police cuts, as many locals have demanded, would be incredibly tough thanks to labor contracts, spending restrictions and the most powerful reason of all: a lack of political will at the highest levels of city government...

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  How the Supreme Court Made It Legal for Cops to Pull You Over for Just About Anything

  Legal principles can be complicated, but in most courts, until eight months ago, there was a pretty simple one: Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Then came Heien v. North Carolina, decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in December...

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  Police Oversight Group Unveils New Ideas for SDPD Accountability

  The Coalition for Police Accountability and Transparency plans to unveil a policy package called “Police Accountability Now”...

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