Crime Story Daily

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: The LA Times reports from California, where old “soft-on-crime” lies are again on display in the fight to recall Gov. Gavin Newsome: “merely the newest wrapper for some of the same stale junk food that Californians have been offered by criminal justice reform opponents.” A piece from the Trace highlights “the problems with Chicago’s gang-centric narrative of gun violence.” Across the country, gangs have once again become a target for politicians and police navigating a resurgence of violent crime during the...

The Enduring Legacy of Elijah McClain’s Tragic Death Robert Sanchez, 5280 Magazine 6 ways Colorado’s laws have recently changed to prevent another death like Elijah McClain’s Jesse Paul and Ollivia Prentzel, Colorado Sun The Bakersfield police may finally reform. But we must hold them to account Josth Stenner, Daulton Jones, Jorge Ramirez, and Joey Williams, The Guardian First set of Justice Dept. agents now wearing body cams Michael Balsamo, ABC News Harris County will send mental health professionals to some 911 calls under new initiative to reduce violence St. John Barned-Smith, Houston Chronicle Mental Health Response Teams Yield Better Outcomes Than Police In NYC,...

The Texas Abortion Ban Is Just the Beginning Becca Andrews, Mother Jones What Texas Abortion Foes Want Next Emma Green, The Atlantic The Supreme Court Will Not Save Us From the Decimation of Abortion Rights Natasha Lennard, The Intercept Defense Lawyers Sound Alarm Over Abortion Criminalization Greg Land, Law.com Women and girls must be at the center of reimagining safety Andrea James, Washington Post First set of Justice Dept. agents now wearing body cams Michael Balsamo, ABC News Officers, medics indicted in 2019 death of Elijah McClain Colleen Slevin, AP News Colorado Tries New Way To Punish Rogue Cops (2020) Cary Aspinwall and Simone Weichselbaum, The...

America’s Greatest Existential Threat Wasn’t Terrorism Frank Rich, New York Magazine Post-9/11 Stings Targeted People Who Posed No Threat. They Remain in Prison. Murtaza Hussain, The Intercept The US Has Held Me For 19 Years Without A Charge. I Have Just One Chance To Be Freed. Ahmed Rabbani, HuffPost The recall election is a new chance for anti-reformers’ old lies about ‘soft on crime’ California Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times Georgia lawmakers told that rise in crime is a problem with many causes Maya T. Prabhu, Atlanta Journal-Constitution American Police Say Officers Are Quitting in Droves. Federal Data Says Otherwise Weihua Li and Ilica...

Hate crime reports in US surge to the highest level in 12 years, FBI says Christina Carrega and Priya Krishnakumar, CNN Hate crimes rise to highest level in 12 years amid increasing attacks on Black and Asian people, FBI says David Nakamura, Washington Post ‘The Very, Very Tip Of A Huge Iceberg’: Why Hate Crimes Are Often Undercounted Marilyn Schairer and Meghan Smith, GBH Gun violence: America’s other epidemic CBS News ‘Something has to be done’: After decades of near-silence from the CDC, the agency’s director is speaking up about gun violence Elizabeth Cohen, John Bonifield, and Justin Lape, CNN In Louisville, Kentucky, homicides...

‘The Very, Very Tip Of A Huge Iceberg’: Why Hate Crimes Are Often Undercounted Marilyn Schairer and Meghan Smith, WGBH Armed Picnics and Snipers at Family Dollar: Life in a Town With a Government-Approved Militia Matt Cohen, Mother Jones Police Handed Over an Outer Northeast Portland Neighborhood to Armed Political Extremists Tess Riski, Willamette Week Months after Ma’Khia Bryant’s killing, Columbus police more emboldened than ever Audra Henrichs, The Guardian In Atlanta, city wrestles with call to transform policing Reid Forgrave, PBS Frontline Data can transform policing – but first we need the data Nancy La Vigne and Roy L. Austin Jr., Washington Post In...