PM Stories
DOJ Watchdog Probing Federal Response To Protests In Portland, DC Ryan J. Reilly, Huffington Post
How Trump’s Use of Federal Forces in Cities Differs From Past Presidents Emily Badger, New York Times
Break Up the Department of Homeland Security Fred Kaplan, Slate
The federal crackdown in Portland is ‘legal.’ That’s the problem with it. Garrett M. Graff, Washington Post
There’s Never Been a Better Time to Be a White-Collar Criminal Ankush Khardori, New Republic
The Hidden Curve: Estimating the Spread of COVID-19 among People in ICE Detention Dennis Kuo, Noelle Smart, Zachary Lawrence, and Adam Garcia, Vera Institute of Justice
Watchdog finds flawed virus response at California prison Eric Tucker, AP News
Justice Department report finds systemic excessive use of force by prison guards, attempted cover-ups (Alabama) Eddie Burkhalter, AL Reporter
In Detroit Prosecutor Race, a Stark Contrast on Whether Children Should Serve Life in Prison Kira Lerner, The Appeal
Committee Passes Pou-Cunningham Bill to Award Time ‘Credits’ to Inmates During Public Health Emergency (New Jersey) EIN News
Before the Media Treated Him as a Threat, They Treated Him as a Joke Megan Garber, The Atlantic
AM Stories
What We Know, and Don’t Know, About Portland and the DHS Walter Olson, The Bulwark
Portland mayor tear-gassed by federal officers, warns ‘somebody’s going to die’ during chaotic protests Trevor Hughes, USA Today
Trump’s Paramilitary Units Trained at the Border for the Assaults on Portland Moms Linus Chan and Carrie L. Rosenbaum, Slate
Portland Police Officers Are Hiding Their Names. The Only Way to Find Out Who They Are: Tell the City Their Names Nigel Jaquiss, Willamette Week
Trump administration weighs a show of force in more cities Betsy Woodruff Swan, Natasha Bertrand, and Daniel Lippman, Politico
Cities Say They Want Federal Agents Fighting Crime, Not Protesters Neil MacFarquhar, Charlie Savage, and John Eligon, New York Times
Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Chicago expects influx of federal agents to help city fight violence, ‘but we do not welcome dictatorship’ Gregory Pratt, Jeremy Gorner, and Jamie Munks, Chicago Tribune
The 14th Amendment Was Meant to Be a Protection Against State Violence David H. Gans, The Atlantic
Rand Paul: It’s Time To Demilitarize the Police Rand Paul, Reason
LAPD begins cost cutting, and units must ‘show your relevance,’ chief says Kevin Rector, Richard Winton, and Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times
NYPD Disappeared Back Lives Matter Protesters Into Detention For Days at a Time. Lawmakers Want to End the Practice. Daniel A. Medina, The Intercept
Canada’s Oka Crisis marked a change in how police use force Rosalyn LaPier, High Country News
A Century Ago, One Lawmaker Went After the Most Powerful Cops in Texas. Then They Went After Him. Tim Murphy, Mother Jones
Breonna Taylor Can’t Tell Her Story of Police Abuse, But I’m Here to Tell Mine Sanderia Faye, The New Yorker