As unhoused people increasingly live in residential neighborhoods, their new neighbors have turned to one place for help in particular: the police.
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Handcuffed and Unhoused
A hidden side of homelessness: Unhoused people often get entangled in a criminal justice cycle that leads back to the streets – or worse.
Behind the Blue Wall
A viral video embarrassed a Nashville, Tennessee, police captain – and exposed a toxic work culture that went beyond just one officer.
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Handcuffed and Unhoused
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Mississippi Goddam Chapter 7: Reasonable Doubt
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