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Teach Officers How to Listen
This is what it looks like when cops lie
Terrance Franklin Killing by Minneapolis Cops Under Scrutiny
We Own This City: David Simon, George Pelecanos Interview
The Complex Dynamic Between 'Violence Interrupters' and Police
America's Policing System Is Broken. It's Time to Radically Rethink Public Safety
'We don’t have to live like this,’ Black residents say as Washington, D.C., homicides jump 33%
How a Journalist’s Refusal to Testify Against the Black Panthers Changed First Amendment Rights
TheGrio
A cop’s lie can outwit the best of judges. It’s just how warrants work
There’s nothing ‘elite’ about police units that beat and frame Black people
Earth Day and every day, trees tell neighborhood stories in Black and white
60 years after the March on Washington, Black protesters still catch the ire of police
Bodycam footage hasn’t brought the police accountability advocates thought it would
TIME Magazine
The Toll of Unsolved Inner-City Murders
The Enduring Mystery of Malcolm X's Assassination
Why So Much of America's Gun Violence Gets Overlooked
Amid a Continuing Wave of Gun Violence, This U.S. City is Bucking the Trend
Anticipating COVID-19 Outbreaks, Rikers Island Offers Warning For U.S. Jails, Prisons
Two Years After George Floyd’s Murder, Minneapolis Is Still Struggling to Redefine Policing
A Small Tennessee Town Is at the Center of a Big Lawsuit Involving Race, Power and Money
Activists Say Minneapolis Leaders Need to Make Drastic Changes After George Floyd's Murder
Hollywood So Often Gets Black History Wrong. Black Filmmakers Are Setting the Record Straight
What One Crowdfunding Campaign Reveals About Why It's Hard for U.S. Cities to Address Violence
Miscellaneous
What Does It Take To Prosecute a Hate Crime?
Disrupting Gun Violence: A Whole-Community Approach
Does “Community Policing” Reduce Harms or Enable More of the Same?
Why Michael Slager's conviction may not change cases of shootings by police
The death of Stephon Clark: What we know about the Sacramento police shooting
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