Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Police Misconduct

Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul

By Kea Wilson | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

There is almost no evidence that cycling regulations are making U.S. streets safer, and more than enough evidence that they should be overhauled to prevent disproportionately harmful impacts against people of color, a new study finds.

Opinion: Banning Scooters is Not a Safety Strategy — It’s Broken Windows Policing

By Kea Wilson | Jun 22, 2022 | No Comments

St. Louis banned electric scooters following a wave of recent gun violence and traffic safety concerns. The only problem? There's no data that shows that scooters were involved in anyone getting hurt.

Protesters block the light rail line in St. Paul to protest the violent treatment of Marcus Abrams by St. Paul police, 2015. Photo: Fibonacci Blue, CC

Op-Ed: Why Decarceration Must Be A Part of Transportation Reform

By Sarah Bond and Navjot Heer | Jun 15, 2022 | No Comments

Transit agencies can move from a policing model that seeks to detain, arrest, and imprison people to a system that carefully considers accessibility, affordability, mental health, public health, reentry, safety, and healing. Here's how.

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Cops Who Rammed Squad Cars into Protesters Should be Charged, Says Oversight Agency

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 17, 2022 | No Comments

The cops who used their squad cars as deadly weapons to plow into a crowd of protesters during the Black Lives Matter protests during the summer of 2020 should face disciplinary charges, the Civilian Complaint Review Board has declared.

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LEGAL EASE: How I Got Once-Secret Police Misconduct Reports — and How You Can, Too

By John Teufel | Jan 3, 2022 | No Comments

Some lessons from a lawyer who pushed the Civilian Complaint Review Board — and won. And here's how you can benefit.

Toxic Car Ads: Chevy Colorado vs. Audi A3

By Kea Wilson | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments

There's nothing funny about all the ways that excessive driving harms our society...but car companies still try to get a few jokes in here and there.

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