Crime & Public Safety

Crime & Public Safety February 10, 2026

How the law can add to child sex trafficking victims’ existing trauma

by Kate Price, Wellesley College, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The January 2026 release of additional files related to the Justice Department’s investigation of convicted…

Crime & Public Safety February 10, 2026

Austell woman pleads guilty to federal wire fraud charge

According to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, an Austell woman has entered a plea of guilty in federal court to her role in a wire fraud…

Cobb County Superior Court, a brick building with a steepled clock tower

Cobb Courts, Crime & Public Safety February 10, 2026

Three veterans graduate from Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court

According to a news release on the Cobb County website, the Cobb County Veterans Accountability and Treatment Court graduated three veteran participants at a 9:30 a.m. ceremony Friday, Feb. 6,…

Crime & Public Safety February 6, 2026

ICE and Border Patrol in Minnesota − accused of violating 1st, 2nd, 4th and 10th amendment rights − are testing whether the Constitution can survive

by Michael J. Lansing, Augsburg University and Yohuru Williams, University of St. Thomas, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Forcibly entering homes without a judicial warrant….

Images of a teargas cannister emitting smoke, a gas mask, and of a person kneeling, shooting

Crime & Public Safety February 6, 2026

‘Less lethal’ crowd-control weapons still cause harm – 2 physicians explain what they are and their health effects

by Michele Heisler, University of Michigan and Rohini J. Haar, University of California, Berkeley, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] Images and videos from Minneapolis, Chicago…

The word "immigration" wrapped around the upper part of a world globe while walking people are on the lower part

Crime & Public Safety February 6, 2026

Chairwoman Cupid and two commissioners send letter with concerns about ICE and CBP activity

Cobb County announced that Cobb County Board of Commissioners Chairwoman Lisa Cupid, along with District 2 Commissioner Erick Allen, and District 4 Commissioner Monique Sheffield, sent a letter to Senators…

Crime & Public Safety February 5, 2026

A terrorism label that comes before the facts can turn ‘domestic terrorism’ into a useless designation

by Brian O’Neill, Georgia Institute of Technology, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] In separate encounters, federal immigration agents in Minneapolis killed Renée Good and Alex…

Marietta police SUV parked at the curb on Marietta Square

Crime & Public Safety February 5, 2026

Marietta 5-year-old dies after emergency call; parents charged with multiple felonies

According to a public information release from Officer Chuck McPhilamy of the Marietta Police Department, 5-year-old boy has died following a medical emergency at a Marietta home, and both of…

Crime & Public Safety February 2, 2026

Kennesaw State professor advocates a better way for former prisoners

[This article by Dave Shelles with photo by Matt Yung first appeared on the Kennesaw State University website, republished with permission] The way Kennesaw State University professor Oluwayomi Paseda sees…

Crime & Public Safety February 2, 2026

I’m a former FBI agent who studies policing, and here’s how federal agents in Minneapolis are undermining basic law enforcement principles

by Luke William Hunt, University of Alabama; Institute for Humane Studies, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The Trump administration says federal agents have “absolute immunity”…

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