Minneapolis’ bloody summer Andy Mannix, Minneapolis Star Tribune
After Floyd’s killing, Minneapolis police retreated, data shows Brad Heath, Reuters
Portland Cop Who Was Caught on Video Bashing the Head of a Protest Medic Won’t Be Charged With a Crime Tim Dickinson, Rolling Stone
Two St. Louis Police Killings Set The Stage For George Floyd and Breonna Taylor. Here’s How Things May Change William H. Freivogel, NPR
Justice Dept. unveils new rules on federal monitors overseeing local police reforms David Nakamura, Washington Post
Head Of Louisiana Police Says He Would Welcome A DOJ Probe Into Racial Profiling NPR
LA officers sue over vaccine mandate as police across California threaten to resign Sam Levin, The Guardian
Has the Pandemic Killed Jury Trials? Andrea Cipriano, The Crime Report
NC jails and prisons report Delta-driven COVID surge Elizabeth Thompson, North Carolina Health News
Here are the men who died from COVID-19 in Utah’s prisons Jessica Miller and Nate Carlisle, Salt Lake Tribune
Biden starts clemency process for inmates released due to COVID conditions Sam Stein, Politico
Life of death row inmate who maintained innocence for 22 years may be spared after crucial vote Kim Bellware, Washington Post
Oklahoma board urges governor to commute death sentence Sean Murphy, AP News
Lawmakers will make another run at abolishing Utah’s death penalty Bryan Schott, Salt Lake Tribune
It’s time for Alabama to fix its juvenile justice system David Safavian and Willoughby Clark, Montgomery Advertiser
Surviving a Daily Storm Asia Johnson, Brennan Center for Justice
An American Invention David Alan Sklansky, Inquest
Revisiting the Attica Riot in Real-Time 50 Years Later Tom Meagher and Pedro Burgos, The Marshall Project
‘Attica’ Film Review: Documentary Sets the Record Straight, 50 Years After the Uprising Ronda Racha Penrice, Yahoo!
Rain Boots, Turning Tides, and the Search for a Missing Boy Katherine Laidlaw, Wired
Not Your Freak Shawna Kenney, LA Review of Books