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Tennessee Moves to Permanently Expel Police Officers Who Beat Tyre Nichols
A Tennessee Oversight board has received a request to decertify six officers involved in the killing of Nichols
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The Year Just Started and Cops Have Already Killed At Least 7 Unarmed People
In addition to Tyre Nichols, whose beating death prompted nationwide protests, at least half a dozen identified, unarmed people have been killed by police in 2023
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Memphis Police's Scorpion Unit Disbanded After Fatal Beating of Tyre Nichols. Why That's Not Enough
"We're gonna keep showing up until we get exactly what we're asking for," community organizer says as they and Nichols’ family call for sweeping reform
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John Oliver Slams Cops for Gaslighting People Into Prison
The 'Last Week Tonight' host examined how police lie, make false promises, and cite phony evidence during interrogations in order to make even innocent people confess
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After Amir Locke Killing, Is Police Reform Even the Solution?
The definition of insanity is repeating the same act and expecting a different result. Right now, continuing the failed efforts to "fix" policing in America feels insane, what's needed is radical and systemic change
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It Took 74 Days for Ahmaud Arbery’s Murderers to Be Arrested. A Top ACLU Lawyer Is Decrying a ‘Cover Up’ by Local Prosecutors
When district attorneys shield killers from accountability, says the head of the civil rights group’s Criminal Law Reform Project, it “really does call into question the integrity of the system”
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17,000 Killings by Police Have Gone Uncounted Since 1980
There have been twice as many deaths at the hands of cops than the federal government has reported, top medical journal finds
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His Deputies Got Caught Forming Gangs, But L.A.'s Sheriff Is Too 'Busy' to Talk About It
Sheriff Alex Villanueva is flouting a subpoena to answer for gang violence and alleged plots to silence critics
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What Happened to Promises to Disband the Minneapolis Police?
How vows to reform public safety in the wake of George Floyd's killing devolved into modest cuts to the city's 2021 police budget
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