Uvalde Video Raises More Calls for Police Accountability
Written by ACACIA CORONADO, PAUL J. WEBER and JAKE BLEIBERG As video taken inside Robb Elementary...
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Top Texas Cop: Uvalde Police Response Was ‘Abject Failure’
Written by JIM VERTUNO and JAKE BLEIBERG The head of the Texas state police pronounced the law enforcement response to the Uvalde school shooting an “abject failure,” telling lawmakers that there were enough officers and...
Read MoreBeatings, Buried Videos a Pattern at Louisiana State Police
Written by JIM MUSTIAN and JAKE BLEIBERG The most violent videos languished for years, lost or ignored in a digital vault. Louisiana State Police troopers and top brass alike would often look the other way, even as officers took...
Read MoreRobotic Police Dogs: Useful Hounds or Dehumanizing Machines?
Written by MATT O’BRIEN and JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER If you’re homeless and looking for temporary shelter in Hawaii’s capital, expect a visit from a robotic police dog that will scan your eye to make sure you don’t have a...
Read MorePolice Chiefs Hail Chauvin Verdict as a Key Step to Healing
Written by MICHAEL R. SISAK and JAKE BLEIBERG Not long after a jury convicted former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin of killing George Floyd, police chiefs across the U.S. started speaking up. And it wasn’t to defend...
Read MoreCops’ Posts To Private Facebook Group Show Hostility, Hate
Written by CLAUDIA LAUER and THALIA BEATY In a private Facebook group called the Pittsburgh Area Police Breakroom, many current and retired officers spent the year criticizing chiefs who took a knee or officers who marched with...
Read MoreCollaboration With Police Divides Social Workers Across U.S.
Written by CHRISTINE FERNANDO Rayshard Brooks was killed last June when Atlanta police responding to a report of a man asleep in a car blocking a drive-thru shot him as he tried to run away. Later that summer, a similar...
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Town of Chapel Hill Passes Budget, Allocates $14M to Police Department
The Town of Chapel Hill passed a resolution to create immediate reform of its police department’s...
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Explaining Racial Inequity and Policing Disparities with 20M NC Traffic Stops
One UNC professor examined racial disparities in the justice system by looking at North...
Read MorePolice Back off as Peaceful Protests Push Deep Reforms
Calls for deep police reforms gained momentum as leaders in the city where George Floyd died at the hands of police pushed to dismantle the entire department. Floyd’s death sparked nationwide protests demanding a reckoning with...
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