A New Report Paints a Damning Picture of Police Killings in the Bay Area
Protesters block the Golden Gate Bridge on June 6.Vivian Lin/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Just 7 percent of the population of the San Francisco Bay Area is Black, yet 27 percent of the people killed by the police in the region since 2015 were Black, according…
A Florida Cop Killed Tony McDade. Now He’s Hiding Behind a Law Meant to Protect Victims.
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.The shooting death of Tony McDade followed a painfully familiar formula. On the morning of May 27, two days after George Floyd’s life was stamped out under the knee of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, Tallahassee police responded to a report of…
Suburban White Women Built “Tough on Crime” America. Could They Help Force Its Demise?
Protestors call for an end to racial injustice outside the Glenolden Police headquarters in Delaware Country, Pennsylvania, on June 20, 2020.Michael Candelori/ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.By the end of the day on Saturday, June 6, the biggest day of nationwide protests sparked in the…
Detroit Teens Are Teaming Up to Paint Murals of Justice
For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Artists are doing their best in Detroit, and around the country, to celebrate the progress and inspire more like it as the protests against police violence and racial injustice continue. Dozens of teens are using paint rollers to create a massive mural…
Republicans Are Trying to Rewrite Obama’s Record on Criminal Justice Reform
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) at the rollout of a GOP police reform bill.Caroline Brehman//CQ via ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.On Wednesday, in the midst of nationwide protests triggered by the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) accused Democrats of having…
The Cop Who Shot Rayshard Brooks Has Been Charged With Murder
Garrett Rolfe—the former Atlanta police officer who shot and killed Rayshard Brooks last week, kicking him after as he lay on the ground—was charged with felony murder, the Fulton County district attorney announced Wednesday. The shooting already led to the firing of Rolfe and the resignation of Atlanta Police Chief Erika Shields. As Mother Jones…