Juneteenth and America’s Racial-Justice Backslide Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
Two years after George Floyd’s murder, where have all the police reforms gone? Sara Dorn, City & State NY
Major police reform remains elusive under Biden’s executive order Hassan Kanu, Reuters
Democrats Change Course on Policing, Amid Rising Pressure on Crime Alexander Burns, New York Times
The Premature Narrative on Democrats and Crime David Dayen, American Prospect
Putting the Backlash Against Progressive Prosecutors in Perspective The New Yorker: Politics and More
Chesa Boudin recall is not a death knell for California criminal justice reform Alexei Koseff, CalMatters
Abolitionist Organizer Wants to Fill Los Angeles Power Vacuum Piper French, Bolts Magazine
An easy win for criminal justice reform: Independent crime labs Michael Kusluski, The Hill
Failed Autopsies, False Arrests: A Risk of Bias in Death Examinations Shaila Dewan, New York Times
The bad old days: how policing in New York City turned back the clock Chip Brownlee, The Guardian/The Trace
Texas Law Enforcement Is Aggressively Fighting Public Records Requests About the Uvalde Mass Shooting CJ Ciaramella, Reason
“If there’s kids in there, we need to go in”: Officers in Uvalde were ready with guns, shields and tools – but not clear orders Terri Langford, Texas Tribune
Loopholes and Missing Data: The Gaps in the Gun Background Check System Glenn Thrush and Serge F. Kovaleski, New York Times
Experts say proposed federal gun safety measures might not have prevented Uvalde shooting Dr. Mark Abdelmalek and Laura Romero, ABC News
Mass killings since 2015: Could proposed laws have made a difference? Glenn Kessler, Washington Post
Will the GOP Finally Make a Deal on Guns? Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker
The Best Hope for Fixing America’s Gun Crisis Kimberly Wehle, The Atlantic