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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Officer Aguilar knows Tucson

December 9, 2019

By Johnny Maccaslin/Arizona Sonora News University of Arizona Police Officer Jesus Aguilar is no stranger to the Tucson community. Everyday, Aguilar shows up to work in the same uniform with the same...

SCOTUS affirms and expands justification for deadly police force

Isaac Rounseville May 1, 2018

Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that government officials, except in cases of clear incompetence or intentional law breaking, can use deadly force against unarmed civilians. The ruling...

SOURCE: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/cv16_sum.pdf

The exceptional difficulty of prosecuting rape

Isaac Rounseville April 17, 2018

  Sexual assault remains the most underreported and underprosecuted violent crime in the United States. Of the small fraction of incidents that are reported, even fewer incidents actually result...

Crewmenbers and spectators prepare for racing at the Tucson Dragway. (Photo Credit: Matthew DeYoung)

Getting street racing off the streets.

Taylor Dayton April 30, 2017

The City of Tucson is cracking down on dangerous street racing by passing a stricter ordinance against racing, while Jim Hughes, owner of The Tucson Dragway has another solution: embrace the need for...

Police officer turning on his body-worn camera.

Will Arizona follow the national trend in banning police body worn camera footage?

Zoe Wolkowitz February 23, 2017

As more law enforcement agencies in Arizona suit up officers with body-worn cameras, public access to this footage becomes a controversial topic. The past several years has triggered a...

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