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Criminal justice backlash heads to the California ballot
Politico via Yahoo News· 5 days agoA statewide initiative that’s likely to qualify for the ballot would unwind parts of Proposition 47,...
Chicago watchdog sounds alarm on police crowd control tactics during Democratic convention
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 17 hours agoInspector General Deborah Witzburg highlighted issues with new police directives in an analysis following up on her office’s investigation of the botched police response to protests and unrest ...
Column: Whose lives matter to Texas Gov. Abbott?
The Virginian-Pilot· 7 days agoThis is a tale of two pardons in Texas. The first was requested for George Floyd, the Black man whose murder by Minnesota police in 2020 sparked...
Chicago police underprepared for mass gatherings, report finds
WGN Chicago via Yahoo News· 21 hours agoCHICAGO — A follow-up report to a 2021 review of the Chicago Police Department’s response to civil...
4 ways George Floyd’s murder still reverberates 4 years later
MPR News· 7 days agoMay 25 marks four years since a Minneapolis police officer killed George Floyd as he lay handcuffed...
On This Day, May 25: Phoenix spacecraft lands on Mars
United Press International via Yahoo News· 7 days agoIn 1925, John Scopes was arrested for teaching evolution in a Tennessee high school, leading to a...
New Louisiana law will make it harder for bystanders to film police misconduct
MSNBC via Yahoo News· 1 day agoAlthough the Louisiana law does not reference filming police, it inadvertently restricts proper...
Louisiana law would make it illegal to be closer than 25ft to cops or talk to them after they tell...
Boing Boing· 1 day agoBystander cellphone videos are largely credited with revealing police misconduct — such as with the...
Minnesota Lawmakers Failed to Ban Police from Using 'Excited Delirium,' Keeping Racist Excuse Used...
Atlanta Black Star· 2 days agoDefense attorneys even tried using that excuse to justify the death of George Floyd in 2020, who died in a viral video after Minneapolis police officer ...
Trump’s Stop-and-Frisk Agenda
The Atlantic· 6 days agoThe policies that Trump is pledging to implement around crime and policing in a second presidential term would reverse the broad trend of police reform...