BY ELISSA BALL, JACLYN JEFFREY-WILENSKY26 NOVEMBER 2020 Catrina Thompson doesn’t worry about the safety of her 16-year-old autistic son Christopher when…
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Minneapolis Police Injured Protesters With Rubber Bullets. The City Has Taken Little Action
by John Hensleyby John HensleyDennis Wagner, USA TODAY May 26, 2021 (Editor’s note: This is a follow-up to last year’s joint investigation by…
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Civil RightsGovernanceLaw Enforcement
Congress should pass US police overhaul
by John Hensleyby John HensleyThe editorial boardMAY 25 2021 A year has passed since George Floyd was asphyxiated by Derek Chauvin, the Minneapolis…
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Civil RightsLaw Enforcement
Efforts to Weed Out Extremists in Law Enforcement Meet Resistance
by John Hensleyby John HensleyOregon, California, Minnesota, Tennessee and Washington, D.C., are seeking to give law enforcement agencies more power to exclude officers…
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Civil RightsLaw Enforcement
How Often Do Police Use Tasers on Teens? Experts Want More Data.
by John Hensleyby John HensleyMay 5, 2021Rod McCullom The photographs are graphic and disturbing: 16-year-old Jahmel Leach sits in a hospital bed, his…
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Law Enforcement
What Police Impunity Looks Like: “There Was No Discipline as No Wrongdoing Was Found”
by John Hensleyby John Hensleyby Eric UmanskyApril 20, 2021 A jury’s conviction of former Minneapolis officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George…
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Law Enforcement
Law enforcement honors memory of Trooper Chad Walker in lights
by John Hensleyby John HensleyRoland RichterApr 1, 2021 Law enforcement agencies across the state took a minute to honor the memory of Trooper…
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GovernanceLaw Enforcement
A Police Union Contract Puts Taxpayers on the Hook to Defend Officers When the City Won’t
by John Hensleyby John Hensleyby Jake PearsonMarch 26, 2021 Even among the hundreds of videos capturing the violent police response to Black Lives Matter…
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Law Enforcement
Kenosha police officers won’t face charges in Jacob Blake shooting
by John Hensleyby John HensleyJan 6, 2021ESPN News Services Prosecutors in Kenosha, Wisconsin, on Tuesday decided not to file criminal charges against police officers in…