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NOLA Police Hope Body Cameras Provide Important Evidence

7:18pm December 06, 2014

Police officers in New Orleans started wearing cameras this spring. Independent police monitor Susan Hutson tells NPR's Scott Simon how the NOPD's camera implementation is going.

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A TSA agent checks a bag at a security checkpoint area at Midway International Airport last month. The new federal government guidelines on racial and religious profiling won't apply to the TSA.

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DOJ To Issue New Federal Rules On Profiling

4:14pm December 06, 2014

by Scott Neuman

The Justice Department's new rules would prohibit some agents from using factors such as religion to profile, but the rules-change doesn't apply at airports or along the border.

Former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani appeared on the Fox Business Network earlier this year. He has been a frequent cable news commentator about the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.

Four Lessons From The Media's Conflicted Coverage of Race

1:52pm December 06, 2014

by Eric Deggans

After grand jury decisions not to indict police officers in the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner, NPR TV critic Eric Deggans notes media missteps in discussing race.

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Like Michael Brown And Eric Garner, Akai Gurley's Death Inspires Anger

6:30pm December 05, 2014

by Stephen Nessen

Akai Gurley was killed in a darkened stairway by a rookie cop who said his gun discharged accidentally. A grand jury is expected to consider charges against the officer.

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The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Va. The fraternity was at the center of gang-rape allegations published in Rolling Stone magazine. The magazine said Friday that there were

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'Rolling Stone' Says Trust In Gang-Rape Accuser Was 'Misplaced'

6:15pm December 05, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The magazine reported last month on a University of Virginia student who said she was gang-raped during a fraternity party in 2012. It said today that there were "discrepancies" in its story.

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'Training Is Not The Problem' In Strained Community-Police Relations

6:47pm December 04, 2014

Noel Leader speaks with Audie Cornish about ways to improve community-police relations following an outpouring of anger at the shootings of two unarmed black men, Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

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Chimps, they are kind of like us — but not quite, a court ruled.

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Court Rules Chimps Don't Have Same Rights As People

6:21pm December 04, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The New York Supreme Court's appellate division declined to extend habeas corpus to Tommy, a chimpanzee living in a cage at a trailer dealer in Gloversville, N.Y.

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NYC Police Will Be Retrained, De Blasio Says At News Conference

6:08pm December 04, 2014

by Bill Chappell

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton announce plans to give new training to police officers.

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'Black Lives Matter,' NYC Mayor Says After Grand Jury Doesn't Indict Officer

1:34pm December 04, 2014

by Bill Chappell

The encounter between Eric Garner and officer Daniel Pantaleo caused an uproar after video footage was released. It showed Garner gasping, "I can't breathe."

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Justice Department Plans New Cybercrime Team

1:17pm December 04, 2014

by Carrie Johnson

The reorganization being announced today will "provide a central hub for expert advice and legal guidance" and improve coordination among law enforcement, businesses and elected officials.