Those judgments will shape trust, cooperation, and legitimacy long before—and long after—any legal determination is reached.

Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott is promising accountability to a mother searching for answers after her son died in city police custody on June 24. Dontae Melton Jr. was shackled and handcuffed during a ...

COLLINS AT CITY HALL. THE PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE CHAIR DIDN’T PULL ANY PUNCHES TO TELLING WHY HE BELIEVES THE POLICE OVERSIGHT NETWORK IS IN A CRISIS OF PURPOSE, AND HE PROVIDED EXAMPLES OF HOW IT’S ...

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? Sign up for future newsletters. On Oct. 29, 1984, a ...

The killing of George Floyd and other highly publicized instances of police violence created a unique opportunity for meaningful police reform in 2020. Connecticut missed the mark. The Police ...

T. Jack Morse was hired this week as Santa Ana’s first police oversight director, filling a position created years ago to increase accountability within the city’s police department. Morse, a longtime ...