Crime Story Daily

This is a curated selection of highlights from Crime Story Daily this week. On the criminal justice policy front: A story from Reuters examines rising crime rates and the future of police reform. Last summer, as protests over police brutality swept across the US, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser joined thousands of demonstrators on the street she renamed Black Lives Matter Plaza, shouting the movement’s adopted slogan, “Defund the police!”. Earlier this year, Bowser, a Democrat, proposed cutting the city’s police budget and redirecting money into social services. But last month, she retreated, asking the City Council for $11 million to...

Chesa Boudin and San Francisco’s bitter debate over crime Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle San Francisco Sues Three Online Retailers for Selling ‘Ghost Guns’ Glenn Thrush, New York Times Justice Dept. Says Missouri’s Gun Law Hobbles Drug and Weapons Inquiries Glenn Thrush, New York Times Hospital-Based Intervention Can Save Lives. A Growing Movement Is Betting on Medicaid to Fund It. Chip Brownlee, The Trace “Policing Alone Will Not Save Us,” Says Baltimore Mayor The Crime Report Police killed their sons. Their unmovable friendship uncovered a system of lies Susan Berardi, The Guardian “Evidence Doesn’t Seem to Play a Key Role”: A Conversation with David Weisburd...

Why Was Vicha Ratanapakdee Killed? Jaeah Lee, New York Times Magazine Biden Is Expanding Trump’s War on “Domestic Violent Extremism” – and It’s Sweeping Up Black People Aaron Miguel Cantú, The Intercept Who is Deemed a ‘Domestic Terrorist’? The Crime Report Trump lost, so why are Trump ideas watering down police reform bill in 2021? MSNBC Where Lots of Police Shootings Draw Little Scrutiny Alysia Santo and RG Dunlop, The Marshall Project It’s Easy For Police To Seize Money. Worcester’s District Attorney Makes It Hard To Get It Back Saurabh Datar and Shannon Dooling, WBUR Criminal Justice Researchers Studied Over 4 Million 911 Calls. Here’s...

How One Pennsylvania City Brought Down Gun Crime Vinny Vella, The Crime Report Missouri’s ‘Second Amendment Sanctuary’ Law Could Complicate Police Efforts to Solve Gun Crimes Jennifer Mascia, The Trace Can Prosecutors Put the Same Gun in the Hands of More Than One Shooter? (2017) Ken Armstrong, The Marshall Project The Overlooked Role of Guns in the Police-Reform Debate (2020) Derek Thompson, The Atlantic Are Dems Changing Their Message on Police Defunding? Eva Herscowitz, The Crime Report Lawmakers scrap qualified immunity in police reform talks Marianne Levine and Nicholas Wu, Politico As George Floyd Act’s chances dim, Biden stays mum on police reform Phillip M....

Latino and Black victims account for nearly all of LA’s surge in homicides Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times ‘Our future is dying off’: Gun violence is killing more Louisville kids than ever before Jonathan Bullington, Billy Kobin, and Sylvia Goodman, Louisville Courier Journal Permitless-Carry Laws Make It Easier to Pack Heat in Red America Neil Weinberg, Bloomberg Proposed bill would eliminate required conceal carry license Andrew Welsh-Huggins, AP News New Texas law allowing people to carry handguns without permits stirs mix of fear, concern among law enforcement Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Texas Tribune As murders surge, Democrats find a new message: Fund the police James Oliphant...

The New “Crime Wave” Panic and the Long Shadow of John Walsh Paul M. Renfro, New Republic Birmingham’s Young Mayor Promised to Radically Rethink Criminal Justice. Then Shootings Spiked. Chip Brownlee, The Trace When Shootings Erupt, These Moms, Pastors And Neighbors Step In To Defuse Tension Jasmine Garsd, NPR Behind Police Leaders Claims That Bail Reform Is Responsible For Surge In Violence CBS Chicago   Five Misconceptions About Police Reform Nancy La Vigne, The Crime Report “Shooting First and Asking Questions Later” Alysia Santo and RG Dunlop, The Marshall Project ‘Warrior mindset’ police training proliferated. Then, high-profile deaths put it under scrutiny. Max Hauptman, Washington...