Police Accountability
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Cleveland Shooting Raises Questions as Cuyahoga County Relea…
[ad_1] By Mark Puente, The Marshall Project and Tara Morgan, News 5 Cleveland The Cuyahoga County Sheriff’s Department released body camera footage of a deputy’s shooting of a teenager on Wednesday, nearly four months after the encounter, while the boy’s mother was not informed about its details. The video release came just hours before The…
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Some of The Marshall Project’s Best Work for 2024
[ad_1] As the debate on reproductive rights and prison conditions swirled, and U.S. voters prepared to choose a new president, The Marshall Project used one-of-a-kind data and in-depth reporting to illuminate vital criminal justice issues in 2024. We brought our investigative work to new audiences through innovative storytelling and expanded partnerships, launched The Marshall Project’s…
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GUILTY!
Jury convicts former Kentucky officer of using excessive force on Breonna Taylor during deadly raid On March 13, 2020, Breonna Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, was fatally shot in her Louisville, Kentucky, apartment during a flawed police raid. Officers executing a no-knock warrant as part of a narcotics investigation entered her home, leading to…
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How a Massachusetts Cop Allegedly Groomed and Killed Sandra …
[ad_1] Content warning: This story contains details of sexual abuse and suicide. Matthew Farwell brought ginger ale. Sandra Birchmore, 23, texted a friend the news in late January 2021. Farwell, then a police officer in Stoughton, Massachusetts, near Boston, had visited Birchmore’s apartment the night before, according to an affidavit accompanying Farwell’s indictment and arrest…