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Exhausted cities face another challenge: a surge in violence Tom Hays and Colleen Long, Washington Post
It’s Been ‘Such a Weird Year.’ That’s Also Reflected in Crime Statistics. Jeff Asher and Ben Horwitz, New York Times
‘It’s Got to Stop’: Atlanta’s Mayor Decries a Surge of Violence as a Girl Is Killed Rick Rojas, New York Times
64 Shot, 10 Dead: Spike in Gun Violence Alarms an On-Edge NYC Ashley Southall, New York Times
Is Gun Violence Spike Tied to Rise in Firearm Purchases During Pandemic? Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
How Virginia plans to let people ban themselves from buying guns Graham Moomaw, Virginia Mercury
San Quentin Prison’s COVID-19 Deaths Highlight Officials’ Inept Pandemic Response Scott Shackford, Reason
California’s Carelessness Spurred a New COVID Outbreak Mary Harris, Slate
San Quentin coronavirus outbreak underscores California’s cruel treatment of prisoners Otis R. Taylor Jr., San Francisco Chronicle
“It’s Like a Horror Movie”: Trapped Inside San Quentin During an Explosion of COVID-19 Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
“California Is Ripe for a Revolution” Meagan Day, Jacobin Magazine
Cities and states emptied jails to prevent infection. They should stay empty. Joe Nudell, Alex Chohlas-Wood, and Sharad Goel, Washington Post
LA County Looks for Ways to Close Downtown Men’s Central Jail in 12 Months Elizabeth Marcellino, City News Service
The ‘Surreal’ Moment After Release From Prison Jamie Meltzer and Chris Filippone, New York Times
Ottessa Moshfegh’s Riveting Meta-Mysteries Stephanie Hayes, The Atlantic
HBO’s ‘I May Destroy You’ Reconsiders Sexual Assault Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, New York Magazine
AM Stories
Listen: Would Defunding the Police Make Us Safer? The Atlantic
Angela Davis: ‘We knew that the role of the police was to protect white supremacy’ Lanre Bakare, The Guardian
What the police really believe Zack Beauchamp, Vox
How I Became a Police Abolitionist Derecka Purnell, The Atlantic
Pulling Down ‘the Wall of No’ on Police Reform in Minneapolis Krithika Varagur, New York Review of Books
You Can Get Kicked Out of a Jury Pool For Supporting Black Lives Matter Abbie VanSickle, The Marshall Project
To Defund the Police, We Have to Dethrone the Law Enforcement Lobby Joshua Page, Heather Schoenfeld, and Michael Campbell, Jacobin Magazine
The duty and burden of the black police officer Dan Zak and Ellen McCarthy, Washington Post
Policing the Police (2016) Frontline PBS
Colorado’s 2015 law changing how officer-involved shootings are reviewed still lets police agencies investigate themselves Jesse Paul, Colorado Sun
Independent police oversight could be coming to Philly, but funding is still a question Laura McCrystal, Philadelphia Inquirer
Breonna Taylor warrant connected to Louisville gentrification plan, lawyers say Phillip M. Bailey and Tessa Duvall, Louisville Courier Journal
Sheriff Enlists Crime Victims in Budget Battle (California) City News Service
Venice tried to oust the LAPD 50 years ago. Today we’re talking about the same issues Jon Wiener, Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Paper That Documented Police Brutality in the 1960s and ‘70s Billy Anania, Hyperallergic
Amy Cooper Faces Charges After Calling Police on Black Bird Watcher Jan Ransom, New York Times
Amy Cooper Faces Charges For Her False Police Call. Abolitionists Argue This Is Not The Solution. Elly Belle, Refinery29