Crime Story Daily

Coup Nation David A. Graham, The Atlantic

The Case Against the Oath Keepers Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker

The Oath Keepers Sedition Case Is A Major Milestone In The Jan. 6 Probe. Here’s What Comes Next. Zoe Tillman, BuzzFeed News

The Court Loses Its Chief Pragmatist Jeffrey Rosen, The Atlantic

Stephen Breyer Was the Right Justice for the Wrong Age Linda Greenhouse, New York Times

Justice Stephen Breyer’s notable majority opinions and dissents, from abortion to the death penalty John Fritze, USA Today

Why Are So Many Americans Killing One Another? Spencer Bokat-Lindell, New York Times

31 States Let People Carry Guns Without Learning How to Shoot One Jennifer Mascia and Chip Brownlee, The Trace

For one Pasadena neighborhood, gun violence is unrelenting Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times

Federal trial for three ex-officers charged in George Floyd’s killing begins Aditi Sangal, Mike Hayes, Melissa Macaya, and Meg Wagner, CNN

Police Culture on Trial in Case Against Officers in Killing of George Floyd Tim Arango, New York Times

When Trying to Help Gets You Fired (2018) Taylor Elizabeth Eldridge, The Marshall Project

Homicide rates have soared nationwide, but mayors see a chance for a turnaround in 2022 Griff Witte, Washington Post

Examining the Spike in Murders German Lopez, New York Times

How bad is crime in Colorado? We examined 35 years of data to put today’s trends in context. Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post

Another trial in the killing of George Floyd, this time for other officers at the scene Holly Bailey, Washington Post

3 officers face federal charges in Floyd death. Guilt hinges on proving ‘willful’ violation. Jonathan Turley, USA Today

Actions of officers who didn’t stop Derek Chauvin spur duty-to-intervene laws Janelle Griffith, NBC News