So much for the reckoning on police misconduct Editorial Board, Washington Post
Congress has given up on police reform. Both sides agree they missed the moment. Leigh Ann Caldwell, NBC News
How Moderate Democrats Derailed Police Reform Akela Lacy, The Intercept
They Investigate Police Killings. Their Record Is Wanting. Michael LaForgia and Jennifer Valentino-DeVries, New York Times
“They Saw Me and Thought the Worst” Richard A. Webster, ProPublica
LA County sheriff’s unit accused of targeting political enemies, vocal critics Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
LA police, fire agencies hotbeds of vaccine opposition – and coronavirus outbreaks Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times
Police Officers Resist Getting Vaccinated for COVID-19, Now Their No. 1 Killer Zusha Elinson, Wall Street Journal
A champion of COVID-19 vaccines, Newsom fights plan to mandate them for prison guards Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times
State’s largest ongoing prison COVID outbreak linked to staff member; early quarantine release questioned Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle
COVID outbreak in Texas prison reveals delta variant’s wrath. Did vaccines help? Katie Camero, Fort Worth Star-Telegram
COVID Is Surging Back Into Rikers and NYC Jails George Joseph, Gothamist
NYC Sinks More Money Into Rikers Jail as Deaths, Staff Crisis Spirals Fola Akinnibi and Sri Taylor, Bloomberg CityLab
Why Is Rikers Island Still Open? Ginia Bellafante, New York Times
Rikers Island Is a Human Rights Atrocity. New York Must Close It Immediately. Emily Gallagher, Jacobin
Crisis At Rikers: How NYC Judges Fueled An Increase In The City’s Jail Population George Joseph and Akash Mehta, Gothamist
“Left in the Dark” April Harris, Christopher Blackwell, Corey Devon Arthur, Darla Jones, Felix Sitthivong, Joel Castón, Olethus Hill Jr., Patrick Stephens, and Wesley Williams, The Drift Magazine
Gov. Hochul signs parole reform bill into law amid Rikers crisis Mark Sundstrom and Katie Corrado, PIX11
Illinois Eyes New York Plan to Keep Parole Violators Out of Jail Ayanna Alexander, Bloomberg
The Unraveling of the Murdaugh Dynasty: Unsolved Murders, Insurance Fraud and Missing Millions Valerie Bauerlein, Wall Street Journal
Experts say we’re hardwired to become fascinated with true-crime cases like Gabby Petito’s Charlotte Colombo, Insider
True Crime, Keith Morrison and Me Jane Coaston, New York Times
Dateline’s Andrea Canning Talks True Crime Meg Donohue, Town & Country