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Since 2020, Police Transparency Fight Turned 'Messy'

Crime and Justice News

Oct 24
4 min

Since 2020, Police Transparency Fight Turned 'Messy'

By Kate Heston, Brooke Newman and Kyra O’Connor News21 ARLINGTON, Texas – It was 1:16 a.m. when Trena Miller and her wife heard a knock...

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Crime and Justice News

Sep 2
1 min

Chicago PD Struggles to Improve Community Relations

Surveys of Black and Latino men in Chicago paint a "bleak picture of the relationship" they have with Chicago police, despite the...

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Crime and Justice News

Aug 31
1 min

How Minneapolis Police 'Defunded' and Drained the City

After George Floyd's death at the hands of police in Minneapolis, there was large outcry to defund the Minneapolis Police Department....

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 29
2 min

A Plan for Police 'Renewal and Redemption'

The current shortage of willing recruits to policing seems an odd time to impose much higher standards on new policing hiring, but that...

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Crime and Justice News

Apr 29
2 min

Twin Cities' Chief Searches Pose Question: Insider or No?

Simultaneous searches for police chiefs in Minnesota's two largest cities pose many of the same questions about public safety and...

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Crime and Justice News

Jan 4
2 min

How Moderates Used Attacks on 'Defunding Police' To Win Key Posts

On November 3, progressives in Boston were celebrating because voters elected Michelle Wu, to the mayor’s office. That celebration,...

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Crime and Justice News

Dec 31, 2021
1 min

Post-Floyd Reforms in 2021 a Mixed Bag

In the first full year of state lawmaking since the 2020 killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer and the ensuing massive...

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