https://politicalresearch.org/ The latest research related to Law Enforcement en https://politicalresearch.org/2026/04/02/mulling-over-mullin-and-theocratic-creep-gop On March 24, the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Senator Markwayne Mullin as President Trump’s next Secretary of Homeland Security, following the disastrous tenure of Kristi Noem. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:00:00 EDT Frederick Clarkson 0aebbfb1-28f5-4e99-8bbf-a5e8a739bc06 https://politicalresearch.org/2026/03/12/fracturing-maga-base-conversation-war-iran-and-its-reverberations-home-steven-gardiner In this season 4 bonus episode, Koki sits down with PRA’s Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner to discuss the outset of the U.S. and Israeli war on Iran, how the war compares to a history of U.S. imperial violence, and… Thu, 12 Mar 2026 05:00:00 EDT Political Research Associates, Steven Gardiner a270b31a-f322-4f72-9a82-8a0ed68abd0c https://politicalresearch.org/2026/02/03/all-eyes-minneapolis-lessons-resisting-authoritarianism In this bonus episode, PRA researchers discuss the deadly ICE crackdown in Minneapolis and the powerful resistance we’ve seen on the streets. ICE continues to kidnap thousands with impunity, and the brutal murders of Renee Good and Alex Pretti show… Tue, 03 Feb 2026 09:27:25 EST Political Research Associates, Ben Lorber, Ethan Fauré, Steven Gardiner, Annie Wilkinson 0c093f81-a37f-478e-a4eb-a81e988ad657 https://politicalresearch.org/2026/01/20/belligerence-abroad-repression-home In this season 4 bonus episode, Koki talks to PRA Principal Research Advisor Steven Gardiner about the Trump administration’s early-January attack on Venezuela and escalating domestic confrontations around ICE enforcement, including the Minneapolis protests around the murder of Renee Good… Tue, 20 Jan 2026 12:00:00 EST Political Research Associates, Steven Gardiner b214e445-93b3-45cd-9365-5e901a467342 https://religiondispatches.org/2026/01/19/trump-orders-1500-paratroopers-standby Following threats to invoke the Insurrection Act, which allows federal troops to engage in law enforcement activities, President Trump has ordered the Department of Defense to place two battalions of the US Army’s 11th Airborne Division on alert for potential… Mon, 19 Jan 2026 05:04:11 EST Steven Gardiner e60ffda4-57bb-4fa9-842c-f8d5d00f7dbe https://religiondispatches.org/2025/12/17/us-militarys-jerusalem-cross-fetish It’s never a good sign when the Jerusalem Cross hits the news in the United States. Which is unfortunate, since the symbol, which features prominently on the flag of Georgia (the country, not the state), has been used to signify… Wed, 17 Dec 2025 12:00:00 EST Annika Brockschmidt, Thomas Lecaque 7988ce0d-e3ef-4012-926a-597ffec7de0c https://politicalresearch.org/2025/12/11/how-287g-expansion-fuels-mass-deportations In this episode of Inform Your Resistance, Koki reads “Florida Is the ‘Tip of the Spear:’ How 287(g) Expansion Fuels Mass Deportations” by Jessica Pishko, as part of our ongoing From the Archives series. From the Archives features those must read and, now, must listen to pieces from PRA’s more than 40 years of publishing. This article was published in the Fall 2025 issue of The Public Eye magazine. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 12:00:00 EST Political Research Associates 9c66985e-a084-47e3-9792-f1cde35fa3a7 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/11/20/new-frontlines-trumps-immigration-crackdown How is ICE mobilizing on our streets today? What role does local law enforcement play in Trump’s immigration crackdown? And what are local organizers doing about it? Thu, 20 Nov 2025 12:00:00 EST Political Research Associates 415b80dd-4386-492b-a52e-69562deee1f7 https://politicalresearch.org/2025/10/06/florida-tip-spear The proliferation of 287(g) agreements under Trump has expanded the deportation machine exponentially. There’s no better case study for what this future of anti-immigrant crusading looks like than the state of immigration & deportation in Ron DeSantis’ Florida. Mon, 06 Oct 2025 12:00:00 EDT Jessica Pishko 34eaa5e5-4750-4bab-b6f6-6751fe8a7f8a https://politicalresearch.org/2025/07/02/deep-state-affair Faith Lazar details the history of the U.S. Right’s relationship to the FBI and the security state, from the early days of the Red Scare and pro-government conservatives to the anti-state militias that arose in the aftermath of Waco. Wed, 02 Jul 2025 12:38:54 EDT Faith Lazar 2f6a471a-1724-47a4-ae5f-33a330500f90 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/11/15/synagogue-safety-beyond-higher-walls-and-militarized-police In this excerpt of the book Safety Through Solidarity, Ben Lorber and Shane Burley share insights on community organizing to build Jewish solidarity. Fri, 15 Nov 2024 01:11:24 EST Ben Lorber, Shane Burley 6f26cb23-f746-4784-91aa-c8f294a4b09a https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/31/stop-steal This episode explores how constitutional sheriffs’ actions have escalated voter intimidation and suppression, with plans to deputize armed citizens and form “posses” to disrupt election processes and intimidate officials. Thu, 31 Oct 2024 12:54:11 EDT Cloee Cooper, Political Research Associates afbc55b1-4fdc-48fb-9202-b8799b5cdd47 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/29/mechanisms-social-control Sheriffs wield immense power over jails, controlling the lives of a third of the nation’s incarcerated population. What happens when that power goes unchecked, & sheriffs ignore a pandemic’s threat or dozens die from medical neglect? Tue, 29 Oct 2024 07:40:24 EDT Cloee Cooper, Political Research Associates b2d11141-b58f-40c9-bce9-78ae5f1e244f https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/24/what-fair What happens when the Constitutional Sheriffs network finds an ally in the White House? In this episode, we uncover how far-right networks leveraged the power of local sheriffs to collaborate with ICE in a nationwide crackdown on immigrants. Thu, 24 Oct 2024 06:09:48 EDT Cloee Cooper, Political Research Associates a56801db-7bcb-491f-9bc3-cde10e065aa4 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/22/takeover-and-rebellion This episode examines a turning point in the growing alliance between far-right activists and local sheriffs in their resistance to federal authority. Tue, 22 Oct 2024 02:54:49 EDT Cloee Cooper, Political Research Associates c6e30675-27c0-465b-b7b8-69241099795a https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/17/network Why are sheriffs aligning with right-wing insurgents? We go back to 2012 in Las Vegas, where a new far-right network of sheriffs held its first-ever gathering. Their mission? To combat what they saw as the “socialist” agenda under former President Obama. Thu, 17 Oct 2024 12:37:38 EDT Cloee Cooper, Political Research Associates 29912bb4-984a-45fc-b395-8a72d0aead3d https://politicalresearch.org/2024/10/15/sundown-siren Through firsthand accounts, this episode traces the chilling reality faced by racial justice protesters in 2020—who were violently run out of town by militias in coordination with their local sheriff. Tue, 15 Oct 2024 12:30:00 EDT Cloee Cooper, Political Research Associates 21d8a415-7dae-4608-86e4-4191e1f1f01e https://politicalresearch.org/2024/03/18/101-countering-violent-extremism-cve Countering Violent Extremism has been lauded by some academics, politicians and activists, but targets communities harmed by the War on Terror. Mon, 18 Mar 2024 12:11:02 EDT Habiba Farh d65594be-1516-479c-85b7-331cd00516f7 https://politicalresearch.org/2024/02/14/when-sheriff-above-law Local sheriffs and government officials have ties to a small but active Far Right in Erie County. As the county becomes more multiracial, far-right groups continue to grow and organize locally.. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:59:18 EST Raina Lipsitz 4f4171de-84ec-429e-894d-7c3a82cfa08a https://politicalresearch.org/2024/01/10/county-capture Local militias in counties in Virginia are working to undermine democracy at a county level, sometimes working with local governments and law enforcement to enforce their authority. Wed, 10 Jan 2024 01:25:04 EST Carolyn Gallaher, Priya Dixit 90f4627f-e9c4-4801-a25c-f2a11cae0020 https://religiondispatches.org/2023/03/10/death-black-man-hands-black-officers-unveiled-something-more-complex-whiteness Americans of conscience are exhausted by law-and-order grief—a chronic remorse and lamentation emanating from police violence visited upon unprotected peoples. The storied American tradition of anti-Black policing crudely lengthens the legacy of Black mothers’ tears as yet another unarmed Black… Fri, 10 Mar 2023 01:18:28 EST Willie Dwayne Francois ec07752c-d03c-4ff6-b792-60923180c2d5 https://politicalresearch.org/2023/02/03/embodying-white-christian-supremacy-deputizing-citizens-flying-blue-lives-matter-flag Watch the roundtable discussion on the culture war and how the Right wields it to further their own agenda. Fri, 03 Feb 2023 02:04:18 EST Political Research Associates 5d082f54-6a2d-4a98-899f-d2bb3cb33b9b https://religiondispatches.org/2022/05/30/police-response-uvalde-prompts-question-serve-and-protect-whom Sometimes it’s little details that evoke the biggest feels. I’ve been writing about the Uvalde massacre most of the past week. I’ve been so focused on facts and arguments, I haven’t sobbed. But the tears came after reading a report… Mon, 30 May 2022 02:19:33 EDT John Stoehr 8108e5f7-af47-403c-9f36-b478773c79f6 https://politicalresearch.org/2022/01/04/blue-lives-matter-and-us-counter-subversive-tradition Jarrod Shanahan and Tyler Wall talk to PRA about the historical origins of today’s Blue Lives Matter movement and its deep roots in structural systems of power. Tue, 04 Jan 2022 04:08:11 EST Olivia Lawrence-Weilmann, Cloee Cooper 7dfa77f8-26d1-4424-8fde-cdd409448f14 https://politicalresearch.org/2021/12/09/dispelling-illusions-and-overlooking-continuities Gardiner reviews Spencer Ackerman’s Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump, looking at what Ackerman got right, and where he could have gone further in his analysis. Thu, 09 Dec 2021 09:35:18 EST Steven Gardiner 44365ab9-8443-46ba-b0cc-e8eb6bacf87c