PM Stories
All Crime Is Local David A. Graham, The Atlantic
The Murder Spike of 2020: When Police Pull Back Peter Moskos, Wall Street Journal
Permitless-Carry Laws Make It Easier to Pack Heat in Red America Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg
With Violence Still Surging, These States Want to Make It Even Easier to Carry Guns Chip Brownlee, The Trace
Outgunned: Why California’s groundbreaking firearms law is failing Robert Lewis, CalMatters
Garland launches gun trafficking strike forces in 5 cities Michael Balsamo, AP News
Hospitals Are Trying To Do What Politicians Haven’t: Stop Gun Violence Nick Wing, HuffPost
After Two Decades Helping Victims Through Tragedy, a Grocery Store Shooting Brought Her Work Home Ann Givens, The Trace
A Hidden Death Ardeshir Tabrizian, Eugene Weekly
Oakland Invests Big In Violence Prevention Department Sarah Ravani, Governing
NYC’s Non-Police Mental Health Pilot Increasing Rate of Those Getting Aid, Data Show NBC New York
AM Stories
Rising Violent Crime Is Likely To Present A Political Challenge For Democrats In 2022 Domenico Montanaro, NPR
Poll: 56% of Americans think violent crime is higher today than in the 1990s. It isn’t. Christopher Wilson and Andrew Romano, Yahoo! News
San Francisco’s shoplifting panic desperately needs some context Adam Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle
Interactive: What solved murder data says about homicides in the US Nigel Chiwaya, Monica Hersher, Aadit Tambe, and Elliott Ramos, NBC News
They lost loved ones to gun violence. Then their grief was politicized Abené Clayton, The Guardian
Biden pitches crime plan to local leaders amid wave of gun violence Shannon Pettypiece and Geoff Bennett, NBC News
As Crime Rises In Denver, One Historically Black Neighborhood Considers What It Wants From Police Allison Sherry, Colorado Public Radio
Oversight of Chicago police handed to new civilian commission after years of public pressure Mark Guarino, Washington Post
Body Cameras Close the Racial Gap in Police Misconduct Investigations, New Research Shows Georgia State University
Police reform: Why it’s so tough to get – and keep – the right chief Henry Gass, Christian Science Monitor
Ex-DEA agent from California charged in US Capitol insurrection James Queally, Los Angeles Times
Sentencing the First Capitol Rioter Was the Easy Part Mary Harris, Slate