By Heather Cherone, WTTW News, and Vernal Coleman, ProPublica Reporting Highlights Tipping Point: After years of halting progress and minimal…
Tag: police reform
For Black Americans, higher police pay doesn’t always mean fewer violent confrontations as it does for other racial groups
By Thaddeus L. Johnson, Georgia State University and Natasha N. Johnson, Georgia State University Police unions have come under fire…
Sonya Massey: Deputy said in field report he was in fear of his life before fatal shooting
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot Sonya Massey in her home last month said he believed he…
How Chicago became an unlikely leader in body-camera transparency
The city has a long history of brutal, violent policing, but its latest approach to body-worn cameras and police oversight…
Police traffic stops can alienate communities and lead to violent deaths like Tyre Nichols’ – is it time to rethink them?
By Derek Epp, The University of Texas at Austin and Megan Dias, The University of Texas at Austin The killing…
Tyre Nichols’ death underscores the troubled history of specialized police units
By Ian T. Adams, University of South Carolina and Seth W. Stoughton, University of South Carolina The officers charged in…
Black police officers aren’t colorblind – they’re infected by the same anti-Black bias as American society and police in general
By Rashad Shabazz, Arizona State University Once again, Americans are left reeling from the horror of video footage showing police…
‘Acts that defy humanity:’ 3 essential reads on police brutality, race and the power of video evidence
By Howard Manly, The Conversation In the case of the five Black, former Memphis police officers accused of murder in…
