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December 23, 2020
We Investigated How Police Use Dogs as Weapons. Here’s How You Can Do It Too.
Our top tips for journalists from the partnership that produced “Mauled.”
By
The Marshall Project
Feature
December 14
Police Use Painful Dog Bites To Make People Obey
Police are allowed to use “pain compliance.” But experts say dog bites are too unpredictable and severe.
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Feature
October 29
Police Wanted “A Dog That Would Bite A Black Person”
The terrifying reign of a small town’s police dog.
By
Challen Stephens
Feature
October 15, 2020
Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons
A series on the damage police dogs inflict on Americans, published in collaboration with AL.com, IndyStar and the Invisible Institute.
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Feature
October 2
When Police Violence Is a Dog Bite
An Alabama man killed by a K-9 officer was one of thousands of Americans bitten by police dogs every year. Few ever get justice.
By
Abbie VanSickle
,
Challen Stephens
,
Ryan Martin
,
Dana Brozost Kelleher
and
Andrew Fan
News
October 2
We Spent A Year Investigating Police Dogs. Here Are Six Takeaways.
Reporting by The Marshall Project and our media partners exposes the damage police dogs inflict across the U.S.
By
Ashley Remkus
Feature
July 24
This City Stopped Sending Police to Every 911 Call
Riding along with the civilian “crisis responders” of Olympia, Washington.
By
Christie Thompson
Life Inside
July 23
"All of Us Inside Have Cried Out"
Since the killing of George Floyd, protesters have started to change the way we think about law enforcement. Will it trickle into prisons?
By
Michael J. Moore
Feature
July 22
One Roadblock to Police Reform: Veteran Officers Who Train Recruits
Field trainers "are part of the old guard of the department. They teach the old way of doing things."
By
Simone Weichselbaum
News
June 26
What Are Cops Really Thinking When Routine Arrests Turn Violent?
“You have to use a lot of force, or you are going to die.”
By
Simone Weichselbaum
and
Jamiles Lartey