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Roundup: A guide to the Tyre Nichols case, some progress in Arizona, and the harrowing police shooting of Jason Harley Kloepfer
This week’s roundup comes to you in three parts. First up, some housekeeping and personal news: First, I’m hoping to start a regular mailbag feature…
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Tyre Nichols wasn't murdered because of "affirmative action"
Rather than defend an indefensible murder, right-wing pundits have latched on to a narrative that's somehow even more appalling
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Feb 2
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January 2023
For police PR flacks, quack lives matter
Police seem to be heroically rescuing baby ducks . . . pretty much everywhere
Radley Balko
Jan 31
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No-knocking in North Carolina
More evidence that our courts have failed to protect the Fourth Amendment
Radley Balko
Jan 25
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Roundup: Pittsburgh chief says city cops will ignore ban on trivial traffic stops; QI gone haywire; a horrifying jail death in Arkansas
Here’s your roundup of criminal justice and civil liberties stories: Pittsburgh police chief says officers will continue to make trivial traffic stops…
Radley Balko
Jan 15
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Michigan Supreme Court Justice Richard Bernstein should resign
His attack on a fellow justice wasn't just ugly and unprofessional, it calls into question his impartiality and fitness to serve on the court
Radley Balko
Jan 5
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On broken brains, a broken system, and burning it all to the ground
Part two of a wide-ranging interview with longtime defense investigator Andrew Sowards
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Jan 4
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December 2022
"Nobody gives a shit"
Part one of a freewheeling interview with Andrew Sowards, a recently retired, longtime defense investigator who worked on death penalty cases
Radley Balko
Dec 28, 2022
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Little Rock appoints its next police chief, and everything new is old again
In a blow to reform efforts, Mayor Frank Scott promotes a longtime insider
Radley Balko
Dec 22, 2022
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Roundup: Police officers face justice for killings in Texas and Louisiana; states leave Biden behind on the death penalty; a nationwide drop…
Here’s your roundup for the week: NYPD will revamp its disciplinary procedures for cops, after the new commissioner said the current system is…
Radley Balko
Dec 16, 2022
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Roundup: Police officers face justice for killings in Texas and Louisiana; states leave Biden behind on the death penalty; a nationwide drop in gun violence
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Is Burlington, Vermont suffering a crime wave because "woke" officials cut police funding?
Probably not!
Radley Balko
Dec 8, 2022
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Roundup: ICE posts asylum seekers' personal information, Austin cops kill burglary victim, the chronic pain chronicles
Here’s your latest roundup of criminal justice and civil liberties news: Eleanor Jackson Piel, RIP. Biden administration proposes Trump-esque…
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Dec 5, 2022
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