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Feature
December 2, 2021
She Was Having a Seizure. Police Shocked Her With a Taser.
How an Alabama teen sought justice after a violent police encounter upended her life.
By
Wendy Ruderman
and
Abbie VanSickle
Feature
November 30, 2021
“Y’all Going to Kill Me?” Years Apart, Mother and Son Die in Police Restraints
Officers continue to use hogtying and other dangerous restraints despite warnings.
By
Jerry Mitchell
, Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting
Feature
November 2, 2021
Police Hurt Thousands of Teens Every Year. A Striking Number Are Black Girls.
By
Abbie VanSickle
and
Weihua Li
Life Inside
September 23, 2021
Police Killed My Dad When I Was 8. Next Came the Rage
After cops beat my father to death, I wreaked havoc on my community.Three decades later, I wonder what my story would have been if he had lived.
By
Aulzue “Blue” Fields
as told to
Leah Rhyne
Feature
June 23, 2021
‘A Dog Can Be Trained To Be Anti-Black’
A new film highlights historical use of canines against Black people
error in byline
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
Feature
May 24, 2021
“He Died Like an Animal”: Some Police Departments Hogtie People Despite Knowing The Risks
The U.S. Department of Justice in 1995 warned that people may die when police tie handcuffed wrists to bound ankles.
By
Joseph Neff
AND
Emily Siegel
Feature
February 12, 2021
The City Where Police Unleash Dogs On Black Teens
In Baton Rouge, police dogs bit a teenager 17 or younger every three weeks, on average.
By
Bryn Stole
and
Grace Toohey
News
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, 2020
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.
By
Abbie VanSickle
and
Challen Stephens