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Police Accountability Report, hosted by Taya Graham and Stephen Janis, is a weekly show that seeks to expose and hold to account one of the most powerful institutions in this country—the police.
The show shines a critical light on all facets of American policing, exploring the systemic and political imperatives that put law enforcement at odds with the communities they purport to serve.
Recent episodes
Police are trying to limit the public’s right to film them, so cop watchers have shifted the battlefield
As legal challenges mount for cop watchers, many are now taking up lawsuits to defend free speech and citizen journalism. The result is a more complex legal terrain for cop watching than ever before.
Video shows South Bend police targeting cop watchers with new Indiana law
An Indiana cop watcher was accosted by police while walking down a public sidewalk filming with a cell phone camera. The encounter took a strange twist when police tried to give him a ticket for exercising his 1st amendment rights.
Cop watchers are being targeted by police, but they’re not going down without a fight
The Battousai and James Freeman join Police Accountability Report to discuss recent attempts to make cop watching illegal.
LA County sheriffs keep pulling people over for bogus reasons. This time they got caught
The LA County Sheriff’s Department has been cited by the ACLU for making thousands of unnecessary stops while ignoring calls for service. But a recent stop of motorists they accused of having tinted windows didn’t go as planned.
Texas Sheriffs fought to keep this body cam footage secret, now we know why
Body camera footage hidden for over a year reveals how sheriffs in Laredo, Texas, severed a man’s leg during an arrest.
Cuffed for creativity: Texas chalk artist’s arrest triggers First Amendment dispute
San Antonio-area chalk artist Joshua Hinson’s community art project was abruptly interrupted when Leon Valley police officers accused him of graffiti.
Baltimore’s unsolved trash chute deaths: Police interview unveils disturbing sleepwalking theory
A previously unreleased police interview with the last person to see Emily Hauze alive reveals crucial information about the investigation.
Do you know your rights? What to do if cops stop, search, or arrest you unjustly
Cop watchers James Madison and James Freeman explain how to fight unjust police stops, searches, and arrests.
Texas Sheriffs bent the law to reinstate sketchy DUI charges that ended a firefighter’s career
An ongoing PAR investigation has revealed the Denton County Sheriff’s Office tried to restart a case against a former Dallas Firefighter by submitting evidence after charges had been dropped.
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