Commentary

Police violence, coronavirus and inequality stealing black lives
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“The police violence and the impact of the pandemic are two sides of the same coin,” writes Susan Smith Richardson, CEO of the Center for Public Integrity.
“The police violence and the impact of the pandemic are two sides of the same coin,” writes Susan Smith Richardson, CEO of the Center for Public Integrity.
Recent DNA testing supports the contention of inmates Curtis Croft and Demetrius Henderson that they have spent years in prison for a rape and murder they did not commit, a newly-filed petition states.
About four times a month, officers shoot suspects, bystanders or other police. Yet, in a typical year, prosecutors bring excessive-force charges against on-duty Chicago police fewer than two times a year, an Injustice Watch analysis of federal and state data shows.
U.S. attorneys across the country charge law enforcement officers in civil rights cases about 42 times a year, declining to prosecute more than nine in every 10 cases referred to prosecutors by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.