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Cleveland September 23
Cleveland Police Hiring Practices Are ‘Alarming’ and ‘Disturbing,’ Feds Say
City leaders want oversight to end, but federal monitor says police are not compliant in “significant and critical areas.”
By Mark Puente
A woman with medium-dark skin tone stands during a protest, raising her fist and holding a sign that says, "I can't breathe." Hundreds of individuals also are raising their fists in the background.
Closing Argument August 6
How Policing Has — and Hasn’t — Changed Since George Floyd
More than two years after millions took to the streets to protest police violence, the problem persists. That doesn’t mean nothing has changed.
By Jamiles Lartey
A diptych of photos with a man with light-toned skin and a light blue shirt on the left side, and a woman with dark-toned skin and a yellow flowered shirt on the right side.
Feature July 14
We Spent a Year Following a Troubled Police Force. Listen to the Entire Podcast Series
“Changing the Police,” a podcast from The Marshall Project and NPR’s Embedded, examines what one community wants from its cops.
By Kelly Mcevers
New York police officers are lined up inside an auditorium.
News March 30
Biden Struck Out on Police Reform. Is Trump’s Remaining Policy Enough?
With Biden halting a proposed policing order, Trump’s modest changes are the most significant federal policing moves since George Floyd’s murder.
By Jamiles Lartey
Feature June 23, 2021
Violent Encounters With Police Send Thousands of People to the ER Every Year
That's probably an undercount. But data from San Jose offers a glimpse of what the national scale of police violence might be.
By Simone Weichselbaum, Lisa Riordan Seville, Emily Siegel, Joseph Neff and Abbie VanSickle
CLEVELAND, OHIO DECEMBER 4, 2014:..Kiara Jacobs, 8, hugs her brother Quentin Stamen, 13, at a makeshift memorial site dedicated to Tamir Rice at Cudell Coms Park, the park where the 12 year-old boy was shot to death by police, on Thursday, December 4, 2014. The memorial is made up of toys, a few pictures and letters and drawings from friends.
News March 4, 2021
Six Years After Tamir Rice, Cleveland Makes New Rules About Policing Kids
Critics say a new policy for police encounters with children doesn’t go far enough.
By Abbie VanSickle and Jamiles Lartey
People march in the street to protest the death of Elijah McClain on July 25, 2020 in Aurora, Colorado. On August 24, 2019 McClain was walking home when he was forcibly detained by three Aurora police officers and was injected with ketamine after officers requested assistance from the Aurora Fire Rescue. McClain suffered a heart attack on the way to the hospital that night and died six days later.
News December 18, 2020
Colorado Tries New Way To Punish Rogue Cops
Individual officers can’t claim ‘qualified immunity’ in excessive force cases, but may not end up paying damages out of their own pockets.
By Cary Aspinwall and Simone Weichselbaum
The System October 23, 2020
The Future of Policing
What do advocates mean when they call for “defunding,” “abolishing” or “reimagining” the police?
by Jamiles Lartey and Annaliese Griffin
Feature July 22, 2020
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
A demonstrator was arrested during a protest against police brutality in May in New York.
News June 26, 2020
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
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