PM Stories
Floyd death propels police reformers in key prosecutor races Jeremy B. White, Politico
Some of the Charges Stemming From George Floyd’s Death Should Trouble Criminal Justice Reformers Jacob Sullum, Reason
New Hope for People Who Claim Racism Tainted Their Death Sentence Joseph Neff and Beth Schwartzapfel, The Marshall Project
Judge Declares Courthouse Immigration Arrests Illegal in New York Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News
Judge to ICE: Don’t Ambush Immigrants at New York Courthouses Benjamin Weiser, New York Times
200 Chino inmates transferred to San Quentin, Corcoran. Why weren’t they tested first? (California) Megan Cassidy and Jason Fagone, San Francisco Chronicle
Coronavirus detected in San Quentin prison transfers Richard Halstead, Marin Independent Journal
Release During COVID-19 ‘Almost Like Being Incarcerated Again’ Michael Gelb, The Crime Report
Liman Center Presses for Health and Safety in Prisons During Pandemic Yale Law School
In-person social visits at Cook County Jail resume amid ‘continuing trend of low COVID-19 cases’ ABC 7 Chicago
AM Stories
New York Legislature Repeals Notorious Police Secrecy Law CJ Ciaramella, Reason
Good Riddance to One of America’s Strongest Police Secrecy Laws Mara Gay, New York Times
Texas to require all police officers receive implicit bias training, in first George Floyd-inspired reform Taylor Goldenstein, Houston Chronicle
Power over Policing Jocelyn Simonson, Boston Review
2 views on the future of American policing PBS News Hour
The Rush to Redefine “Defund the Police” Melissa Gira Grant, New Republic
What Could ‘Defund the Police’ Mean in Practice? Benjamin Hart, Ed Kilgore, and Ezekiel Kweku, New York Magazine
What Does It Mean to Be a “Good Cop”? Alec Karakatsanis, Slate
Stop Training Police Like They’re Joining the Military Rosa Brooks, The Atlantic
Ending ‘Qualified Immunity’ Won’t Make Cops More Accountable: Study The Crime Report
How Racial Bias Affects Police Use of Deadly Force The Crime Report
A Major Obstacle to Police Reform: The Whiteness of Their Union Bosses Eli Hager and Weihua Li, The Marshall Project
‘Cops’ canceled amid nationwide protests against police brutality Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times
Bad Boys: How “Cops” became the most polarizing reality TV show in America (2018) Tim Stelloh, The Marshall Project
Police officers are often glorified on TV shows. Here’s what it looks like when they aren’t. Bethonie Butler, Washington Post