The Great Cajun Turtle Heist(texasmonthly.com)

14 points by Thevet 3 years ago | 2 comments

A Texan who built an empire of ecstasy(texasmonthly.com)

115 points by wallflower 1 year ago | 111 comments

Why Did She Stop Writing?(texasmonthly.com)

33 points by newest 2 years ago | 39 comments

The juror who found herself guilty(texasmonthly.com)

54 points by Tomte 2 years ago | 30 comments

Unionbusters (1986)(texasmonthly.com)

15 points by yesiamyourdad 2 years ago | 9 comments

The Border Crisis Won't Be Solved at the Border(texasmonthly.com)

31 points by bikenaga 2 years ago | 10 comments

Texas police invested in phone-tracking software and won’t say how it’s used(texasobserver.org)

330 points by nobody9999 9 months ago | 93 comments

Texas Observer investigation into Texas police agencies spending millions on phone-tracking software and refusing to disclose how they use it.

Texas police department ordered to close for failing to provide public benefit(dallasnews.com)

30 points by Danhale93 1 month ago | 10 comments

Dallas Morning News article reporting that Trinidad, Texas, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, was ordered to close its police department for failing to benefit the public.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.

The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country(theatlantic.com)

10 points by andsoitis 1 month ago | 1 comments

Atlantic Ideas article by Henry Grabar arguing that crime is declining across US cities, even those with understaffed police departments.

Small business owners say they're pressured to hire off-duty cops for security(minnesotareformer.com)

546 points by danso 3 years ago | 454 comments

Minnesota Reformer article reporting that Minneapolis small business owners feel pressured to hire off-duty MPD officers for security, as the city weighs challenging a 1997 injunction.

Cops still take more stuff from people than burglars do(thewhyaxis.substack.com)

332 points by wahnfrieden 3 years ago | 135 comments

Substack post by Christopher Ingraham arguing that US police civil asset forfeiture seizures exceed the value of property stolen by burglars.