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Murder Rates Could Hit Record Lows This Year, but Killings by Police Are Rising

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There’s a good chance the United States will see the lowest murder rate it has ever recorded this year, a major change from the early pandemic, when killings skyrocketed. In 2023 and 2024, homicides fell at what appears to be a record pace—and they’re continuing to plummet so far in 2025, according to a recent […]

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“Madness”: A Retired Brig. General Slams Trump’s Military Power Grab

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Retired Brigadier General Greg Smith spent 35 years in the Army National Guard. He’s seen riots. He’s protected political conventions. He led the military’s joint task force in response to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing. But he’s never witnessed the US armed forces being used the way they’ve been deployed recently in Los Angeles. “This […]

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Report: Police Killings Rose in the Five Years After George Floyd’s Murder

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Five years ago today, George Floyd, a 46-year-old unarmed Black man, was murdered by Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, in Minneapolis. The harrowing footage of the murder—in which Chauvin kneeled on Floyd’s neck for more than nine minutes after a nearby store clerk alleged he tried to purchase cigarettes with a counterfeit $20 bill—sparked […]

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Trump’s DOJ Shuts Down Police Reform Cases Sparked by Floyd, Taylor Deaths

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In response, a new campaign launched by civil rights advocates targets seven states with histories of police misconduct.

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10 Years Ago, Baltimore Cops Killed Freddie Gray. Here’s How the City Rose Up.

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Organizers, journalists, students, and others involved in the uprising reflect on its impact and where things stand now.

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