Investigations
Reports and Body-cam Video Raise Familiar Concerns About Baltimore Police Plainclothes Unit
In May, a detective pointed his service weapon to the temple of a prone and restrained man.
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Commentary
The COVID-19 Homicide Spike Has Vanished
There's a story for politicians to tell of not just crime declines, but non-police interventions that made cities safer.
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GOP Senate Candidate’s Error-Laden Memoir Villainized Baltimore, Freddie Gray
Larry Hogan, the former Maryland Republican governor, has a moderate reputation — but spent his career wrongfully demonizing Baltimore
Investigations
Terrence Carter spent three years in jail and on house arrest in a case in which police and prosecutors relied on the surveillance plane.
Commentary
A Potent Weapon For State Legislatures To Undermine Reform Prosecutors
Preemption is being used by red and blue states alike to roll back the power of reform prosecutors.
Features
Harris County had big plans to reform its criminal justice system. What went wrong?
Investigations
Baltimore Police Unit Under Fire for Deadly Shootings, Questionable Stops
District Action Team officers fatally shot someone again on Tuesday. But concerns about the unit have been rising for months.
Commentary
What the San Francisco DA Recall Really Tells Us. And What it Doesn’t.
The city's demographics mattered, as did Chesa Boudin's outsider status. But the politics of punishment are still too complicated to draw a neat conclusion.
Commentary
The Real Reason Democrats Can't Agree On How To Address Rising Crime
The criminal legal reform divide is between moderate mayors and progressive prosecutors.
Commentary
Over 100,000 overdose deaths happened last year, driven by volatile and lethal fentanyl. The safe supply movement may have an answer for the crisis.
Commentary
Crime Rates Rise And Fall. The Police Mostly Have Nothing To Do With It.
Policing expansions don't do much to reduce crime. Instead, they manage people and communities to serve the interests of the powerful.
Commentary
Why Our Fixation On The Murder Rate Is Killing Us
Deaths by suicide, drug overdose, and car accidents are all strongly influenced by our reliance on—and unwillingness to move away from—policing.
Features
In 1992, thousands of furious, drunken cops descended on City Hall — and changed New York history.