http://dir.salon.com/topics/police/?source=rss&aim=police en-us Copyright 2007 Salon.com. Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT By Gene Lyons Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/30/gates/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/07/30/gates/index.html?source=rss There's one person to blame for Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s arrest: Henry Louis Gates Jr. By Cary Tennis Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/15/professor_cop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2009/04/15/professor_cop/index.html?source=rss Would a petite, left-leaning professorial type be taken seriously on the streets? By Gary Kamiya Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/28/oakland_police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/kamiya/2009/03/28/oakland_police/index.html?source=rss A long blue line of police officers, backed by a grieving city, gather to say goodbye to four cops who died doing their jobs. By Heather Havrilesky Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/11/26/shield/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2008/11/26/shield/index.html?source=rss In its last episode, "The Shield" drops the curtain on its groundbreaking dirty-cop tragedy. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/24/pride/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/24/pride/index.html?source=rss Men in blue in shades of gray -- this gritty movie rises above the standard corrupt-cop fare. By Sarah Hepola Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/29/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2008/08/29/new_orleans/index.html?source=rss Before Katrina, all I knew about New Orleans was Bourbon Street clichés. Then I got mugged there and fell for a local boy and the glorious city itself. By Richard B. Woodward Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/10/richard_price/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/03/10/richard_price/index.html?source=rss "Lush Life," Price's latest tour of down-low urban America, is an acute portrait of the Darwinian adaptations required to survive in our city jungles. By Larry Blumenfeld Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/29/treme/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/10/29/treme/index.html?source=rss Police have cracked down on funeral processions, a time-honored cultural tradition in the historic black neighborhood of Treme. But musicians vow to play on. By Cary Tennis Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/27/sister_cop/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/col/tenn/2007/04/27/sister_cop/index.html?source=rss She's a rootin'-tootin', two-gun-totin', perp-bashin' sheriff's deputy and I'm, like, where'd this come from? By Lynn Harris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/14/cop_vs_stripper/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/14/cop_vs_stripper/index.html?source=rss Orange County defense lawyer: Cop above the law, stripper beneath it. By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/02/01/what_else/index.html?source=rss A collection of sad news stories that may make you question the theory of evolution. By Catherine Price Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/30/police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2007/01/30/police/index.html?source=rss A chilling series of police department fumbles in Tampa. By David Puner Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2006/12/12/elfin_radar/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/media/2006/12/12/elfin_radar/index.html?source=rss Smile: you're on elfdar! By David Puner Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/realitytv/2006/12/05/tempe_streetbeat/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/realitytv/2006/12/05/tempe_streetbeat/index.html?source=rss Cop rocks town through rap. By Carol Lloyd Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/16/drunk/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/11/16/drunk/index.html?source=rss British police find that some rape victims who believe they were drugged were actually just drunk. Does it matter? By Page Rockwell Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/what_else/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/10/13/what_else/index.html?source=rss Musical condoms, feminist dance troupes, Martha Stewart disses women, Keith Olbermann calls Paris Hilton a slut and more in this wacky weekend edition. By Riverbend Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/04/03/riverbend/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/04/03/riverbend/index.html?source=rss Things are so bad here now, the TV warns us not to trust the police. And more and more people, like my cousin, must pay terrible visits to the morgue. By Lynn Harris Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/21/laurel_hester/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/12/21/laurel_hester/index.html?source=rss A New Jersey county board apparently is still able to sleep at night. By Dave Lindorff Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/08/mumia/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/12/08/mumia/index.html?source=rss A court rules that Mumia Abu-Jamal can appeal his murder conviction on three separate grounds. By Sarah Karnasiewicz Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/17/transgendered/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2005/11/17/transgendered/index.html?source=rss A new report by Amnesty International focuses on police mistreatment of the LGBT community. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/11/protests/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/06/11/protests/index.html?source=rss The G-8 protests came to nothing -- another victory for the U.S. crackdown on dissent. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/12/dissent_two/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/02/12/dissent_two/index.html?source=rss State and local police are taking it upon themselves to investigate antiwar activists -- and in the computer age, the threat to our civil liberties is even greater than it was in Hoover's day. By Michelle Goldberg Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/12/16/miami_police/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/12/16/miami_police/index.html?source=rss In Miami, police unleashed unprecedented fury on demonstrators -- most of them seniors and union members. Is this how Bush's war on terror will be fought at home? By Laura Sinagra Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/10/16/sting/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/music/review/2003/10/16/sting/index.html?source=rss It's encouraging that Sting seems to have chugged a Red Bull-Viagra smoothie on some tracks of his new "Sacred Love" LP, but his didactic, smugly penitent music still seems designed to be played by an adulterer returning to Westchester in his Jag. By Heather Havrilesky Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:07:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/07/12/wire/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/review/2003/07/12/wire/index.html?source=rss HBO's morally complex, richly textured series "The Wire" is not just the best thing on TV -- it's a Homeric epic of modern America.