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Vladimir Supica is a Serbia-based freelance writer. He enjoys traveling through Europe, reading non-fiction books, and playing with his dog Max.

Vladimir Supica

Spirit Airlines customer tries to pick up promised hotel vouchers for delayed flight

‘I’m gonna have nowhere to sleep for the next 4 days’: Spirit Airlines customer tries to pick up promised hotel vouchers for delayed flight. They call the cops on him

Tiffanie Drayton is a geek culture and lifestyle reporter whose work covers everything from gender and race to anime and Xbox. Her work has appeared in Complex, Salon, Marie Claire, and elsewhere.

Tiffanie Drayton

Woman issues warning after sophisticated jury duty scam cost her ‘a lot’ of money

‘You will be arrested on the spot’: Woman issues warning after sophisticated jury duty scam cost her ‘a lot’ of money

Mikael Thalen is a tech and security reporter covering social media, data breaches, hackers, and more.

Mikael Thalen

Police officer(l), Acorn(c), Police car(r)

‘Reno 911 IRL’: The internet is obsessed with video of a cop shooting up his police car with a suspect inside after hearing an acorn hit the ground

Hackers take down Cop City developer’s website in honor of protester killed by police

Grace Fowler is freelancer reporter and past summer media fellow with the Daily Dot. She&#8217;s a graduate of Texas State University, where she studied mass communications.

Grace Fowler

Lyft app on phone(l), Woman biting nail(c), Finger pointing to draw or scene unfolding(r)

‘He just chased her into the…store’: Lyft customer says driver left her in the car while she went to the bathroom. Then the police pulled up

Kahron Spearman is a journalist, copywriter, and host of “Discovery with Kahron Spearman” on KAZI 88.7.

Kahron Spearman

Server says her manager called police on Black autistic co-worker for ‘no reason,’ then fired her

‘I was literally crying to HR’: Server says her manager called police on Black autistic co-worker for ‘no reason,’ then fired her

Police officer shows how to tell if you’re being watched via two way mirror

‘If there’s a space you’re in a safe place’: Police officer shows how to tell if you’re being watched via two-way mirror

Samantha Barrett is a former FOIA intern at the Daily Dot. She is currently a student at the University of Maryland where she studies journalism and government and politics.

Samantha Barrett

city scene with surveillance icons overlaid in various locations

Police struggle to justify use of Fusus, a community surveillance tool they foisted on citizens

‘We’re gonna go to the front office’: Police bust tenant for stealing neighbor’s packages. Then they threaten to evict her

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

‘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)

‘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

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

Athena Hawkins is a former 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

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

Audra Schroeder&#8217;s work has previously appeared in the Austin Chronicle, the Dallas Observer, NPR, ESPN, Bitch, and the Village Voice.

Audra Schroeder

cop on slide (l) cop further down slide (c) cop at the end of slide (r)

Unclick

Boston cop flying out of a slide gets memed

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.

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