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News Articles: Series: Criminal Justice Collaborative

President Joe Biden arrives at the White House from his trip to Asia. His executive order will bring reforms to federal law enforcement.

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  • Politics

Biden has a new executive order on policing, 2 years after George Floyd was killed

The order will be signed Wednesday, the second anniversary of the murder of George Floyd while in police custody. But it only applies to federal law enforcement — not local forces

May 24, 2022
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
A row of rifles for sale is on display at a gun shop in Aurora, Colo., on July 20, 2012. The mass shooting in Buffalo, N.Y., has prompted questions about the effectiveness of "red flag laws" passed in 19 states and the District of Columbia.

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  • National

Should 18-year-olds be allowed to buy semi-automatic rifles? State and courts debate

Efforts by states to to raise the minimum age for buying a long rifle have been challenged in court by gun rights activists.

May 21, 2022
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Meralyn Kirkland with her granddaughter, Kaia Rolle.

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  • National

In some states, your 6-year-old child can be arrested. Advocates want that changed

Many states have no minimum age, but there's a push to raise it to a common international standard of 14. Experts say diversion programs should be provided without the criminalization of children.

May 02, 2022
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By:
  • Cheryl Corley
Officer Alexander Bires of SEPTA, the transit system for the Philadelphia region, speaks with a homeless man about outreach services at the 11th Street stop on the Market-Frankford Line in Philadelphia.

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  • National

Transit riders are worried about safety. Police in Philly are trying a new approach

Homelessness and drug use became more visible on public transit during the pandemic, worrying commuters. Philadelphia is now pairing cops with social workers to help those in need.

April 21, 2022
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Sgt. Joe Dydak and Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum examine bullet holes in a car. They're part of the Philadelphia Police Department's new citywide team investigating nonfatal shootings.

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  • National

Philadelphia set a homicide record in 2021. Now police hope a new tactic deters crime

Police hope to lower the city's raging homicide rate by focusing more resources on shootings that don't kill." We're modeling a lot of our things on what homicide does," says Lt. Dennis Rosenbaum.

April 01, 2022
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
A pill press machine seized by authorities is displayed during a news conference outside the Roybal Federal Building in February 2021 in Los Angeles.

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  • National

Fentanyl's lethal toll continues. Nearly 10 million pills were seized last year

A study by the National Institutes of Health said pills are the most common form of the drug with a nearly 50-fold increase in law enforcement seizures.

March 31, 2022
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke, left, attends his sentencing hearing in 2019.

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  • National

The officer who killed Laquan McDonald is free after three years. Activists are angry

Former Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke earned early release from prison. Activists now seek federal charges for violating McDonald's civil rights. He was 17 when he was killed in 2014.

February 03, 2022
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By:
  • Cheryl Corley
Amadou Diallo's murder became symbolic of the NYPD plainclothes excesses.

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  • National

New Yorkers want gun violence to end. A controversial police unit returns to help

New York City's new mayor, Eric Adams, a former NYPD officer, says the unit will help curb gun violence and will be run differently than the original, which was ruled unconstitutional.

January 22, 2022
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By:
  • Jasmine Garsd
Darrell Brooks, left, speaks with a lawyer during his initial appearance, Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021 in Waukesha County Court in Waukesha, Wis. Brooks is charged with intentional homicide after SUV was driven into a Christmas parade.

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  • National

There's a backlash brewing against bail reform after the parade tragedy in Waukesha

Critics of the movement to reduce cash bail cite the $1000 cash bail paid by Darrell E. Brooks, Jr., weeks before he allegedly plowed his SUV through the Waukesha Christmas parade

November 25, 2021
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  • Martin Kaste
After the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., news organizations started to keep their own tallies of deaths, which turned out to be higher than the government's numbers.

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  • National

More than 17,000 deaths caused by police have been misclassified since 1980

Public health data experts have a new way to calculate the underreporting of people killed by police. Criminologists call the results "interesting" but are reserving judgment on the accuracy.

October 01, 2021
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Jennifer Longdon and her fiancé were getting tacos when both were shot by an unknown assailant. Today she's an Arizona state lawmaker. Gun violence prevention and disability rights are her top priorities.

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  • National

After 25 Years In The Dark, The CDC Wants To Study The True Toll Of Guns In America

We don't know the full impact of nonfatal firearms-related injuries. Unreliable data and political pressure have obscured the picture for researchers, the media and the public. That may soon change.

September 29, 2021
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  • Eric Westervelt
The Minneapolis Police Department has been under increased scrutiny by residents and elected officials after the murder of George Floyd in police custody last year.

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  • National

Policing In Minneapolis May Look Different After A Ballot Vote In November

After the murder of George Floyd, Minneapolis leaders pledged to dismantle the city's police department. Residents disagree on what that should look like.

July 28, 2021
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
A demonstrator holds her hands up while she kneels in front of the Police at the Anaheim City Hall on June 1, 2020 in Anaheim, California. Reform pressures have many cops leaving the job.

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  • National

Cops Say Low Morale And Department Scrutiny Are Driving Them Away From The Job

The mass exodus comes at a delicate time for many communities large and small as violent crime is on the rise and recruitment remains difficult.

June 24, 2021
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By:
  • Eric Westervelt
Critics say American officers should be trained in defensive tactics, especially empty-hand techniques, so that they depend  less on tasers and guns.

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  • National

American Cops Are Under Pressure To Rely Less On Guns And Take More Personal Risk

Some blame the U.S.'s high rate of police shootings on racism or militarism. But another theory says there's a simpler problem: American police aren't taught how to grapple with armed suspects.

May 19, 2021
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By:
  • Martin Kaste
Oakland City Vice Mayor and Councilmember Rebecca Kaplan says sending police to mental health and behavioral calls they aren't trained for is a mistake cities keep repeating.

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  • National

Oakland Becomes Latest City Looking To Take Police Out Of Some Nonviolent 911 Calls

The city's fire department will oversee the pilot project that aims to pair an EMT with someone with lived experience in the mental health, addiction, criminal justice or homeless services systems.

May 18, 2021
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  • Eric Westervelt
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