PM Stories
As Congress leaves town, hopes for police reforms fade Jennifer Haberkorn and Elliot Wailoo, Los Angeles Times
Getting Judges on the Side of Abolition Matthew Clair, Boston Review
How Mandatory Minimums Are Weaponized Sandeep Dhaliwal, New York Times
Texas’ police use-of-force tactics scrutinized after George Floyd protests Todd Wiseman, Jeremiah Rhodes, and Jolie McCullough, Texas Tribune
Boston police once resembled the community. But force has grown whiter as city becomes more diverse Vernal Coleman, Boston Globe
He Says a Union Fired Him Over His Push for Police Reform Noam Scheiber, New York Times
We Know How George Floyd Died. It Wasn’t From Drugs. Carl L. Hart, New York Times
Is Ketamine the New Police Weapon Against Black Lives? Angelina Chapin, New York Magazine
The Fight to Stop Federal Executions Isn’t Over Jeremy Stahl, Slate
As debates over police reform rage, it’s time to end solitary confinement Amy Fettig and David Fathi, Philadelphia Inquirer
A death row inmate who was found dead had coronavirus. Nearly half the cases in California prisons are in the same facility Nicole Chavez, CNN
Prison Officials in Kansas Ignored the Pandemic. Then People Started Dying. Alice Speri, The Intercept
Behind Bars, but Still Posting on TikTok Louise Matsakis, Wired
AM Stories
On policing, state leaders struggle to respond to demands for fundamental change Nolan D. McCaskill, Politico
‘It makes it very difficult to fire them’: police union contracts protect bad officers, critics warn Tom Perkins, The Guardian
Police chiefs: Mounting pressure to alter operations, persistent Covid threat prompts unease Kevin Johnson, USA Today
How Police Abuse the Charge of Resisting Arrest Lisa Cacho and Jodi Melamed, Boston Review
We Can’t Just Replace Cops With Social Workers Jonathan Foiles, Slate
How to Make a Police Force More Diverse Jennifer Doleac, Bloomberg
Protests over police brutality and criminal justice reform intensify race for LA district attorney James Queally, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles cuts LAPD spending, taking police staffing to its lowest level in 12 years David Zahniser, Dakota Smith, and Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times
Nearly $1 Billion Is Shifted From Police in Budget That Pleases No One (New York) Dana Rubinstein and Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times
NYC passes $88B budget with significant changes to NYPD Shant Shahrigian, New York Daily News
Can the NYPD Handle a $1 Billion Cut? Yes Mara Gay, New York Times
How New York Protesters Are Handling a Stinging Defeat Aymann Ismail, Slate
The Scars of Being Policed While Black Laurence Ralph, New York Times
How Black Lives Matter fits into the long history of American radicalism Sean Illing, Vox