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Beau Paul is a freelance writer from Austin, Texas. Beau also wrote narrative and dialog for the gaming industry for several years before becoming an entertainment journalist.

Beau Paul

Barista comps a police officer’s drink. Then he says her minimum wage shouldn’t go up

Minimum Wage

‘Small talk is absolutely fine until it’s not’: Barista comps a police officer’s drink. Then he says her minimum wage shouldn’t go up

Phil West is a veteran professional writer and editor, and his works include two nonfiction books and articles in myriad print and online publications.

Phil West

Police car in spot(l), Woman(c), Note to cop(r)

police-officer-parks-in-assigned-spot

‘You think you would have got a warning?’: Viewers divided after woman leaves note for police officer parked in her assigned spot

Steven Monacelli is an investigative journalist in Dallas, Texas. His reporting has been featured in Rolling Stone, the Daily Beast, Gizmodo, Texas Observer, Dallas Weekly, and more.

Steven Monacelli

alex-rosen-houston-police

‘We’re always trying to recruit him’: Houston police union praises vigilante with history of using racial slurs

Athena Hawkins is a FOIA intern at the Daily Dot. She is a rising fourth-year in the School of Journalism at UT Austin, where works as a data technician, writing coach, and editor of the Moody Magazine.

Athena Hawkins

cost to influence police tiktok

EXCLUSIVE: A background check company is secretly paying cops on TikTok to push its services

Michael Zhang is a former FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. He&#8217;s in his third year at the University of Texas at Austin where he serves as an officer of UT’s Asian American Journalists Association and has written for the Daily Texan.

Michael Zhang

desantis cops

EXCLUSIVE: Murder, kidnapping, brutality charges: These are the cops Ron DeSantis paid to come to Florida 

Rebecca Caraway is a former FOIA intern for the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. When she&#8217;s not in class or working on her school paper you can find her at the beach or watching her favorite sitcoms.

Rebecca Caraway

empty drug baggie highlighting police fentanyl overdoses

empty baggie

EXCLUSIVE: Air conditioning and twisted mask straps: Inside the dubious excuses cops make when they ‘overdose’ on fentanyl

Tina-Desiree Berg is a Los Angeles-based journalist and host of the District 34 Podcast. She is the author of Unraveling Race: A History of Scientific Racism, and a freelancer for Status Coup News.

Tina-Desiree Berg

cop city protest DO NOT REUSE

Why ‘Cop City’ protesters are being rounded up as domestic terrorists

Tricia Crimmins is a Senior Reporter on the politics and tech team covering discrimination, identity, and the 2024 election. She can be found on Twitter at @TriciaCrimmins.

Tricia Crimmins

Man in Forever 21 store speaking caption "I'm recording myself because I make TikToks and I have a social media platform" (l) Police in Forever 21 with Forever 21 logo above caption "don't want me in the store" (c) man in Forever 21 store speaking caption "I'm not yelling at you" (r)

forever 21 employees call cops tiktok

‘I can’t believe this happened to me’: Forever 21 employees call the cops on Black TikToker for recording in store

nikita dragun

‘This is so f*cking inhumane’: Trans influencer Nikita Dragun held in a male prison, misgendered in police report (updated)

Allyson Waller is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and has written for other publications such as the New York Times and the Miami Herald. Outside of the journalism world, some of her joys include delving into book recommendations from TikTok, listening to pop culture podcasts, and playing with her dog, Theo.

Allyson Waller

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pretty girl wednesdays tiktok

‘If they find you physically attractive… they will issue you a ticket’: Former 911 dispatcher claims police have ‘pretty girl Wednesdays’ (updated)

young woman in store (l) man holding up TRUST in rainbow letters with Police badge as the U (c) young woman in disbelief (r)

trust pride police

‘Copaganda at its finest’: Goodwill customers scoff police Pride T-shirt

Rebekah is a freelance reporter for the Daily Dot.

Rebekah Harding

woman dancing with captions "Things APD told me/did when I got kidnapped at gunpoint" (l) "Breathalyzed me twice" (c) "What were you wearing?" (r)

austin police department tiktok

‘Not shocked but still disappointing’: Woman told the Austin police department she was kidnapped. She claims the cops victim-blamed her and accused her of being drunk

man in car (l) police officer pointing finger in man's face through window (c) police officer on laptop behind car, man standing near driver's side door (r) all with caption "Being black in American is a crime, according to Miami Dade police" and "Listen closely"

this is how you guys get killed tiktok

‘These are the people who are supposed to protect us’: Police officer tells Black man, ‘This is how you guys get killed’

police writing ticket (l) man in car with caption "i just got pulled over by a cop and after he gave me a ticket, he turned an ipad over to me and said 'it's gonna ask if you wanna leave a tip.' Bro tipping culture getting out of hand" (c) tip jar (r)

cop ipad tip

‘Tipping culture gettin out of hand’: Man says cop gave him iPad that asked him to leave a review after getting a ticket

nypd merch

‘Can someone explain to me why the f*ck the NYPD has merch?’: Police sweatshirt on sale for $50 sparks debate

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