Police Brutality

News December 23, 2020

Our top tips for journalists from the partnership that produced “Mauled.”

By The Marshall Project

Feature December 14

Police are allowed to use “pain compliance.” But experts say dog bites are too unpredictable and severe.

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Feature October 29

The terrifying reign of a small town’s police dog.

By Challen Stephens

Feature October 15, 2020

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

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

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

Riding along with the civilian “crisis responders” of Olympia, Washington.

By Christie Thompson

Life Inside July 23

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

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

“You have to use a lot of force, or you are going to die.”