Brief #13—Criminal Justice
By Laura Plummer
The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is the largest police department in California and the third largest in the country. Angelenos have been clamoring for meaningful police reform in recent months as the LAPD has made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
Brief #12—Criminal Justice
By Amy Swain
At the start of the 2016 NFL Preseason, San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat on the bench during the National Anthem, as the rest of the players as well as stadium attendees stood, hand on heart.
Brief #11—Criminal Justice
By Erika Shannon
This past Sunday, August 23, police officers in Kenosha, Wisconsin shot 29-year-old Jacob Blake seven times in the back.
Brief #10—Criminal Justice
By Erika Shannon
Operation Legend has now been up and running since July 8, 2020
Brief #9—Criminal Justice
By Laura Plummer
Across the country Americans are demanding an end to police violence in their communities, with different activist groups calling for different solutions. Chief among these are reform, defund and abolish.
Brief #7—Criminal Justice
By Laura Plummer
Brief #7—Criminal Justice
By Erika Shannon
The Trump Administration has announced a plan to deploy federal agents to several American cities as a part of “Operation Legend” and the so-called “Protecting American Communities Task Force.”
Brief #6—Criminal Justice
By Marcie Jaffee
Recent weeks have seen growing unrest in Portland, OR in response to the deployment of federal officers from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Brief #5—Policing in America
By Laura Plummer
Minneapolis is the epicenter of the nation’s ongoing debate on police reform.
Brief #4—Criminal Justice
By Marcie Jaffee
On Monday, the Supreme Court rejected arguments against using a single drug to perform legal executions, which cleared the path for federal executions to resume after a 17-year hiatus.
Brief #3—Criminal Justice
By Marcie Jaffee
Despite broad swaths of Americans protesting in the streets, attempts to pass a police overhaul bill stalled in Congress last week. Both the GOP and Democrats introduced police reform bills, but neither survived the partisan divide, making it unlikely that Congress will take any action toward police reform before the November elections.
Brief #1—Policing In America
By Laura Plummer
On June 12, amid worldwide protests against police killings of Black people, 27-year-old Rayshard Brooks was shot in the back by an officer of the Atlanta Police Department (APD). His death has amplified the calls for police reform at the department.