Memphis Police Department Disbands Unit Whose Members Brutally Killed Tyre Nichols
Protesters marching on Saturday in Memphis, Tennessee.Gerald Herbert/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.The Memphis Police Department has disbanded the so-called Scorpion Unit whose members abused and fatally beat Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, earlier this month. Those five officers have now been…
The Death of a DC Teacher Renews Calls for Defunding LA Police
steinphoto/ Getty Images Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On January 3, Los Angeles police officers killed 31-year-old Keenan Anderson, a Washington, DC, high school English teacher, who was visiting family. He went into cardiac arrest after being repeatedly tased by police responding to a…
“Suicide by Cop”: How Police Present Killings as Unavoidable
Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.American police speak in a peculiar lexicon. When an officer guns somebody down, it is an “officer-involved shooting.” When a department spokesperson speaks of “the use of force,” police violence is reduced to basic physics. “Fatality” dulls a plainer…
The Police Are Defunding Minneapolis
Mother Jones illustration; Chris Tuite/ImageSPACE /MediaPunch /IPX/AP; Steijn Leijzer/Unsplash Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.In 2020, the allocation of money within city budgets—and specifically the distribution of Minneapolis’ budget—became a national concern. The slogan was Defund The Police. The idea was to take some…
Kim Potter, Ex-Cop Who Killed Daunte Wright, Given 16-Month Sentence
Daunte Wright’s parents Arbuey and Katie react after Kim Potter’s sentencing Friday. Nicole Neri/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.This morning a Hennepin County judge sentenced Kim Potter—the police officer who shot and killed a 20-year old Black man named Daunte Wright last…
Jacob Frey Is a Liar
Mother Jones illustration; Alex Kormann/Star Tribune/AP, Chris Tuite/Sipa/AP Fight disinformation. Get a daily recap of the facts that matter. Sign up for the free Mother Jones newsletter.Last Friday Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey announced a moratorium on no-knock warrants, the tactic that led to officer Mark Hanneman shooting and killing Amir Locke. It was the second…