GOP candidate Joe Lombardo oversaw 22% increase in Las Vegas police use-of-force incidents
The Clark County sheriff and Republican nominee for governor of Nevada helped craft Las Vegas’ use of force guidelines.
By Emily Singer - November 01, 2022The Clark County sheriff and Republican nominee for governor of Nevada helped craft Las Vegas’ use of force guidelines.
By Emily Singer - November 01, 2022The Pennsylvania Republican Senate nominee opposed gun safety legislation and federal funding that helped local law enforcement.
By Josh Israel - October 21, 2022Pete Arredondo, deemed in charge of the police response to the school shooting at Robb Elementary School where 21 people were killed, is the first officer to face consequences in the aftermath.
By Associated Press - August 25, 2022A year and a half after protesters took to the streets to demand reform, after a white officer murdered George Floyd, the city of Portland is adding even more money to its police budget.
By Associated Press - November 26, 2021Police reform efforts have increased after the killing of George Floyd in 2020.
By Oliver Willis - November 02, 2021Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) said he stopped negotiating with Democrats because they wanted to defund the police. National police organizations say that’s false.
By Emily Singer - September 29, 2021Very few of the Democrats they cited actually endorsed the idea.
By Josh Israel - July 13, 2021Rep. Brian Babin falsely accused President Barack Obama of demonizing law enforcement.
By Oliver Willis - July 09, 2021‘No more kneeling and social media posts — we’ve had enough of the performative acts. Real police reform is needed now,’ said state Sen. Steven Bradford of California.
By Associated Press - April 25, 2021‘We don’t have handcuffs or pepper spray, and the way we start to interact sends a message that we are not the police and this is going to be a far safer and voluntary interaction,’ said a member of an Oregon-based crisis team.
By Associated Press - April 23, 2021Studies show Black Americans are far more likely to be shot and killed by police than their white counterparts.
By Donna Provencher - April 14, 2021The bill would ban chokeholds and qualified immunity for law enforcement and create national standards for policing.
By Associated Press - March 04, 2021‘We had to create something comprehensive to cut off flimsy legislation and get real change,’ an activist said.
By Associated Press - December 17, 2020Jeffrey Rosen is just the latest Trump appointee to deny the existence of racial bias in the justice system.
By Donna Provencher - December 15, 2020Also: A Georgia church takes a stand against LGBTQ discrimination and a federal court hands a victory to Texas voters.
By Dan Desai Martin - September 04, 2020‘This is about making sure that we move forward,’ Joe Biden told reporters ahead of his planned visit on Thursday.
By Associated Press - September 03, 2020Also: The House of Representatives votes to end Trump’s Muslim ban, and New York expands voter registration.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 24, 2020Gov. Tim Walz signed a police accountability bill into law Thursday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis, though some activist groups say the legislation falls short. The bill, passed by the Legislature earlier this week, also bans chokeholds and fear-based […]
By Associated Press - July 23, 2020Also: States join together to fight climate change, and Texas breaks a decades-old voter turnout record.
By Dan Desai Martin - July 17, 2020Sheriff Dave Marshak argued last month that the Atlanta cop accused of murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks was ‘completely justified.’
By Josh Israel - July 06, 2020The GOP attorneys general want lawmakers’ ‘assistance in tempering the anti-police rhetoric that is jeopardizing the safety of our officers.’
By Josh Israel - June 25, 2020Rep. Andy Biggs does not want Congress to do anything about local police violence.
By Josh Israel - June 24, 2020Senate Democrats say the GOP proposal on police reform is inadequate and ‘not salvageable.’
By Associated Press - June 23, 2020Americans are more likely now than five years ago to say that police violence against the public is a very serious problem.
By Associated Press - June 23, 2020Donald Trump’s claim that Barack Obama and Joe Biden did nothing about police abuses is a lie.
By Associated Press - June 19, 2020One expert called the executive order, which does little to overhaul policing, ‘a Band-Aid for a bullet wound.’
By Associated Press - June 17, 2020Trump signed an executive order on policing that critics say does little to solve the problem of systemic racism.
By Emily Singer - June 16, 2020The Justice in Policing Act would limit police protections and ban choke holds, among other sweeping changes.
By Associated Press - June 13, 2020The Arkansas Republican called for the military to occupy American cities.
By Josh Israel - June 08, 2020‘We need to look at how we are spending the resources and invest more in our communities.’
By Associated Press - June 08, 2020