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Analysis December 21, 2021
Some of Our Best Work of 2021
From police use of force to life without parole to troubling prison conditions, our reporters told groundbreaking stories this year.
By Terri Troncale
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
A protest outside the Grenada County Jail in Mississippi on Aug. 21, 2021, over the deaths of Robert and Debbie Loggins, who died years apart after being restrained by officers.
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
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
Feature February 11, 2021
U.S. Marshals Act Like Local Police With More Violence and Less Accountability
The federal agency’s teams have killed an average of 22 suspects and bystanders a year.
By Simone Weichselbaum, Sachi Mcclendon and Uriel J. Garcia
A member of a U.S. Marshals Fugitive Task Force put a woman in an Albuquerque Police car in 2018.
News July 31, 2020
As More Federal Agents Enter American Cities, Local Leaders Can’t Keep Them In Line
Critics say mayors should be wary as the Justice Department expands law-enforcement task forces.
By Simone Weichselbaum
Gov. Gavin Newsom in Sacramento, Calif., in July.
News August 19, 2019
California Governor Promises More Changes to “Biased, Random” Justice System
Signing a new law on police shootings, Gavin Newsom says he’s sending a message.
By Abbie VanSickle
Stephen Mader, a police officer in Weirton, West Virginia, was fired after not shooting a mentally ill man who was holding an unloaded gun in 2016.
Feature September 17, 2018
When Trying to Help Gets You Fired
For some cops, offering a hand could mean losing your job.
By Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge
Lt. Sekou Millington of the Oakland Police Department uses his taser to respond to a video scenario of a man wielding a knife.
Justice Lab October 12, 2016
When Do You Go for Your Gun?
Training cops in the use of force.
By Robin Washington
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