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Crime and Justice News
Nov 132 min read
Convicted Men on Why Murders Spiked During 2020
Interviewee 18 lost his job when his employer, a bakery, closed because of the pandemic. “Everything collapsed,” he told the interviewers...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 62 min read
Ninth Circuit Denies Qualified Immunity to San Jose Officer Who Shot George Floyd-Era Protestor in Groin With Foam Projectile
The Ninth Circuit upheld the denial of qualified immunity to Michael Panighetti, a San Jose police officer who is accused of using...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 62 min read
Walz May Face Questions About Handling Of George Floyd Riots
Tim Walz, the second-term Minnesota governor with a folksy demeanor and experience inside and out of government, gained a spot on the...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 142 min read
Survey: Police Chiefs Feel 'Understaff and Beleaguered'
A team of researchers just released a first look at their survey of how policing has changed since the murder of George Floyd. “Nobody...
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Crime and Justice News
Jul 20, 20232 min read
NYPD 2020 Riot Tactics Cost City $13m Settlement
New York City has agreed to one of the most expensive payouts ever in a lawsuit over mass arrests in a civil rights lawsuit brought by...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 25, 20222 min read
Three Ex-Minneapolis Officers Convicted in Floyd Civil Rights Trial
After two days of deliberations, a federal jury convicted the three Minneapolis police officers who were on the scene when Derek Chauvin...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 23, 20222 min read
'Willfulness' Is Key to The Second George Floyd Trial
Prosecutors in the federal trial of three former Minneapolis police officers accused in George Floyd’s killing needed to convince jurors...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 15, 20222 min read
Ex-Minneapolis Cops in George Floyd Case Plan to Testify
Federal prosecutors rested their case Monday against three former Minneapolis police officers charged with violating George Floyd’s civil...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 25, 20221 min read
Defense Says Chauvin Called 'All Of The Shots' in Floyd Killing
Defense attorneys for three former Minneapolis police officers accused of failing to intervene with officer Derek Chauvin while he killed...
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