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Arizona Phoenix Police Controversies May Have Sparked DOJ Probe Into the Department

The Justice Department will look into whether Phoenix police officers have used excessive force, abused people with disabilities, and engaged in other misconduct.

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Courts Protesters march along the streets to protest the shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in Elizabeth City, N.C., Wednesday, April 28, 2021. On Wednesday, 85 days after Brown's shooting, the family filed a federal lawsuit, claiming they could not get justice in North Carolina state courts from local officials. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Courts Andrew Brown’s Family Takes Lawsuit Federal so He Can ‘Get the Justice That He Deserved’

Brown was killed in April by Pasquotank County deputies who shot him in the back of the head as he drove away.

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Criminal Justice Arizona Lawmakers, Residents, and Even Mark Ruffalo Pressure Maricopa County Attorney Over Black Lives Matter Arrests

Arizona lawmakers and residents are demanding that charges be dropped against protesters arrested during the Black Lives Matter demonstrations.

Lorraine Longhi Lorraine Longhi February 24, 2021 6:36 pm EST
Criminal Justice Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) talks to reporters as he waits for a train in the Senate Subway as he heads to the Republican Policy Luncheon on January 26, 2021 in Washington, DC. Today senators will be sworn in as the jury for the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump. Senate President pro tempore Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will preside over the trial in place of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
Criminal Justice It’s Been Three Weeks Since the Insurrection. What’s Going On?

The Senate GOP looks unlikely to convict Trump for inciting insurrection at the deadly Capitol riot.

Elle Meyers Elle Meyers January 27, 2021 1:39 pm EST
Criminal Justice Despite promises of reform, police violence continued at epidemic levels in 2020.
Criminal Justice Despite Demands for Change, Police Violence Is Still an Epidemic

A global pandemic and promises for reform did little to stem rampant violence by police officers in 2020. Will the Biden administration be able to deliver actual, meaningful change?

Emiene Wright Emiene Wright January 15, 2021 11:32 am EST

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The post-war economic boom of the 1950s and 60s sharply increased Wisconsin crop production. In this photo from the Wisconsin Historical Society, Latino farm workers hoe a cucumber field near Wautoma in 1967. Economy From Farms to Factories to New Businesses, Latinos Have Made a Mark on Wisconsin’s Economy for More Than a Century
This 2018 photo shows the signage of the Fayetteville Works plant where the Delaware-based Chemours Company manufactures C3 dimer acid, also known as GenX. The chemical has entered the Cape Fear River, a source of drinking water for much of the southeastern part of North Carolina for an unknown time period. (Photo via AP Photo/Gerry Broome) Environment Polluters of ‘Forever Chemicals’ No Longer Getting a Pass, EPA Head Pledges
A photo of the Fall Creek School District building in Eau Claire County. Gina Kildahl, a parent whose 7-year-old son contracted COVID-19 while attending the school, recently filed a lawsuit against the district for failing to implement masking requirements and other precautions aimed at mitigating the spread of the virus. (Photo courtesy of the Fall Creek School District) Coronavirus Mom Who Sued Over Lack of COVID Protections in National Spotlight
Getty Images Elections Michigan’s County Clerks are Still Living Through the 2020 Election
Criminal Justice BLOOMINGTON, INDIANA, UNITED STATES - 2021/01/12: Bloomington anti-death-penalty activist Glenda Breeden holds a lamp while protesting against the execution of Lisa Montgomery, and two others, which are scheduled at Terre Haute Federal Prison this week. Montgomery was to be put to death on Tuesday. United States president Donald Trump's administration has sped up the execution of prisoners on death row during the last months of his presidency. Montgomery will be the first woman to be executed by the federal government in almost 70 years. (Photo by Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)
Criminal Justice ‘Craven Bloodlust’: Trump Admin. Executes 11th Inmate in 6 Months as Democrats Push to Ban Capital Punishment

The Trump administration’s execution spree has provoked outrage from advocates, who are now lobbying President-elect Joe Biden ban the federal death penalty.

Keya Vakil Keya Vakil January 13, 2021 5:25 pm EST
Criminal Justice President-elect Joe Biden will nominate Judge Merrick Garland as Attorney General, according to reports. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Criminal Justice As Trump Tries to Coup, Reports Say Biden Will Name Merrick Garland as Attorney General

Judge Garland was denied a confirmation hearing by then Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in 2016, when President Obama nominated him to the Supreme Court.

Associated Press Associated Press January 6, 2021 1:00 pm EST