PM Stories
The Blue Budget: What Cities Spend on Police Sinduja Rangarajan, Hannah Levintova, and Laura Thompson, Mother Jones
Texas’ largest cities spend more on police than anything else. Activists want more of those funds spent on the social safety net instead. Mandi Cai and Juan Pablo Garnham, Texas Tribune
Austin City Council votes to cut police department budget by one-third, reinvest money in social services Meena Venkataramanan, Texas Tribune
At Least 13 Cities Are Defunding Their Police Departments Jemima McEvoy, Forbes
US mayors identify police unions as an obstacle to reform Daniel Trotta, Reuters
The Infuriating History of Why Police Unions Have So Much Power Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
Protesters Blocked ICE Buses in Oregon. Federal Agents Responded in Force. Mike Baker, New York Times
The Coronavirus Pipeline Anna-Catherine Brigida and Morena Pérez Joachin, Texas Observer
The ICE Facility Where Almost Every Detainee Has Coronavirus (Virginia) Katya Schwenk, The American Prospect
Cuban Man Died of Coronavirus in Private Prison Plagued by Medical Neglect Felipe De La Hoz, The Intercept
As Biden Promises to Rein In Private Prisons, They’re Throwing Money at Republicans Madison Pauly, Mother Jones
Men who wrongly served 36 years for murder sue Baltimore police, detectives, alleging pattern of misconduct Tom Jackman, Washington Post
The Disparate Financial Impact of the American Justice System Laura Bliss, Bloomberg
AM Stories
The Window for Major Police Reform Might Be Closing Zak Cheney-Rice, New York Magazine
Cities Weigh Cutting Police Budgets and Discover How Hard That Is Heather Gillers and Andrea Fuller, Wall Street Journal
California voters overwhelmingly support sweeping police reforms, new poll finds Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times
Defund the LAPD? At this pace, it would take 20 years to hit Black Lives Matter’s goal David Zahniser, Adam Elmahrek, and Priya Krishnakumar, Los Angeles Times
After the protests, lingering trauma: the scars of ‘non-lethal’ weapons Oscar Schwartz, The Guardian
Why are America’s Women Police Chiefs Resigning? Dorothy Schulz, The Crime Report
The Junk Science Cops Use to Decide You’re Lying Jordan Smith, The Intercept
How does technology fit into calls for police reform? Matt Reynolds, ABA Journal
Why Social Workers Cannot Work With Police Lori James-Townes, Slate
CBS Studios Selects Police-Reform Advisers for Cop, Legal Dramas Tim Baysinger, The Wrap