[ad_1] One of the Justice Department’s goals under President Joe Biden was to investigate some of the nation’s most troubled police agencies, including the ones responsible for the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and Tyre Nichols. Two months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the prospect of federal oversight appears likely to disappear in […]
Police Oversight, Accountability Face Shifting Perspectives
[ad_1] This is The Marshall Project’s Closing Argument newsletter, a weekly deep dive into a key criminal justice issue. Want this delivered to your inbox? Subscribe to future newsletters. A community in Alabama may soon be forced to close its local police department. Last week, a grand jury recommended disbanding the Hanceville Police Department, concluding […]
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 […]