Hate crime reports in US surge to the highest level since 2008, FBI says Jon Skolnik, Salon
GOP’s Jan. 6 problem returns to its doorstep Olivia Beavers, Politico
Proud Boys Leader Enrique Tarrio Was Once a Regular Miami Kid. Now He’s in Jail Joshua Ceballos, Miami New Times
Capitol Police Inquiry Into Jan. 6 Riot Recommends Disciplining Six Officers Emily Cochrane, New York Times
Justice Department limits use of chokeholds and ‘no-knock’ warrants Christina Carrega and Peter Nickeas, CNN
California Lawmakers Approve Bill That Could Weed Out Bad Cops CBS Sacramento
Don’t Blame Progressive Prosecutors for Rising Crime Jennifer Doleac, Bloomberg
Chesa Boudin and Crime in San Francisco Emma Green, The Atlantic
Cracking the Black Box Shima Baradaran Baughman, Christopher T. Robinson, and Megan S. Wright, Inquest
There’s a Phrase We Use About the Bosses at the Bureau of Prisons: “F Up, Move Up” Samantha Michaels, Mother Jones
Fifty Years After Attica, Prisons Are Still the Problem No One Wants To See CJ Ciaramella, Reason
A Warning at Rikers on the Anniversary of a Deadly Prison Uprising James Barron, New York Times
With Rikers in Crisis, Critics Wonder: Where Is Bill de Blasio? Emma G. Fitzsimmons, Jonah E. Bromwich, and Jan Ransom, New York Times
De Blasio Finally Acts As Deaths Pile Up at Rikers Island Matt Stieb, New York Magazine
US Justice Dept launches sweeping probe into violence in Georgia prisons Sarah N. Lynch and Susan Heavey, Reuters
Justice Department investigating Georgia state prisons after 44 inmate deaths, LGBT assaults Kevin Johnson, USA Today
‘There were higher hopes’: Did the FBI fail in trying to resolve civil rights cold cases? Liz Ryan and Lara Nicholson, Daily Advertiser
Fox revives ‘Cops,’ the reality TV show beloved by Trump’s base Zeeshan Aleem, MSNBC
After 32 ‘egregious and cruel’ seasons, ‘Cops’ was canceled. This podcast explains why Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times
‘The Catholic School’ Review: A Dubiously Handsome Re-creation of a Hideous True Crime Jessica Kiang, Variety