…cynicism does not correspond to how often someone will rely on and cooperate with the police. Keywords: race, policing, police brutality, emergency calls, first responders, gun violence, community policing…
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…patients file complaints about doctors they feel have acted unethically or inappropriately. In Florida, physicians are legally prohibited from asking patients if they keep a gun at home. Other states…
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…arguing that forcing states to accept the expansion in order to receive federal funding amounted to a “gun to the head.” That would, many have argued, violate Congress’s Constitutional spending…
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…voters would support a sales tax increase to help fund school construction. Researchers frequently conduct national polls to better understand how Americans feel about public policy topics such as gun…
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…these children lived in poverty. About half of these children were African American. “Gun violence, asthma and suicide attempts were going through the roof next to one of the largest…
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…last two years in particular a wave of activism around particular issues. Whether we’re talking about the [Massachusetts] Safe Communities Act [or] we’re talking about safe gun legislation, we’ve seen…
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…bars, churches, gun stores and other places people spend money and gather. Other states have ordered few restrictions — in some states, none at all. Across the U.S. in recent…
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…Sen. John Cornyn, a Texas Republican. He said the federal government’s clout would make this bargaining akin to negotiating “with a gun to one’s head.” “It is not a normal…
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…bag of cocaine and you want people to understand the weight of it, or the knife or gun used,” she says, adding that the growing backlog of criminal cases could…
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…with a stun gun during the 2011 encounter happened to be working. “Without any hesitation he sat down with me,” Chung says. The officer, Steve Beebe, had regrets — he…
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