Crime Story Daily

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...

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. ­On the criminal justice policy front: A piece from USA Today centers on rising crime and the future of police reform. In a June 23 speech unveiling his crime reduction strategy, President Joe Biden encouraged mayors to use their shares of federal COVID rescue funds on public safety, including hiring more police officers. Amid a nationwide spike in gun violence, the move is aimed at combatting rising crime, but also at pushing back on attacks from Republicans seeking to tie Biden to “defund the police.” But some...

Murders Are Spiking in America David A. Graham, The Atlantic Gun violence hits towns across Georgia Brad Schrade and Jennifer Peebles, Atlanta Journal-Constitution A gun was stolen from a small shop in Wisconsin. Officials have linked it to 27 shootings in Chicago. Jeremy Gorner, Annie Sweeney, and Rosemary Sobol, Chicago Tribune ‘United We Thrive, Divided We Die’: A Portrait of Gun Violence in Brooklyn Amnon Gutman, The Trace Race Against Gun Violence Shows Need For On-The-Ground Violence Prevention, Organizers Say Maia McDonald, Block Club Chicago America’s Hidden ‘Constitution-Free Zones’ Marie Miller and Daryl James, The Crime Report It’s hard to hold police accountable. For federal...

FBI report likely to show record increase in murders in 2020 Russell Contreras, Axios ‘This is a crisis’: Oakland records 100th homicide of 2021, outpacing last year Abené Clayton, The Guardian Oakland City Council Adds New Police Academy, More Officers Due To Rising Crime Rate Evan Symon, California Globe Murder Rose by Almost 30% in 2020. It’s Rising at a Slower Rate in 2021. Jeff Asher, New York Times Electronic Monitoring in Chicago Is Pervasive, Due to Sensationalist Crime Reporting Cathryn Crawford, Teen Vogue Kansas Courts Uphold The Nation’s Toughest Rules For Tracking People After Conviction Blaise Mesa, KCUR Don’t Led Misleading Claims Derail Federal...

The Bipartisan Popularity of Community Violence Intervention Tom Kutsch, The Trace Doing No Harm Beth Schwartzapfel and Cary Aspinwall, The Marshall Project In Texas, Corrupt Politicians Face Little Accountability Lise Olsen, Texas Observer Chicago mayor unveils $16 billion budget, which boosts police spending and relies on pandemic relief money to fill revenue holes Gregory Pratt and John Byrne, Chicago Tribune ‘The world is looking at us’: Minneapolis puts ‘defund the police’ to a vote Maya King, Politico Minneapolis Inches Closer to Disbanding Its Police Department Ibrahim Hirsi, The Nation Does Police Reform Work? Russell Berman, The Atlantic Massachusetts State Police Union sues over governor’s vaccine mandate...

The spike in gun violence continues, with 2021 on pace to be the worst year in decades Holmes Lybrand, CNN On the front lines of the US homicide epidemic: Milwaukee faces historic violence Kurtis Lee, Los Angeles Times Hate crimes in Florida appeared to have dropped in 2020. That’s not necessarily true C. Isaiah Smalls II and Karen Wang, Miami Herald “The cops didn’t make it any better”: Perspectives on police and guns among survivors of gun violence Kathleen M. O’Neill, Michelle C. Salazar, Cecilio Vega, Anthony Campbell, Elijah Anderson, and James Dodington, ScienceDirect A Utah first: Data that shows the race of...