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Tyre Nichols
February 3, 2023
Anthony Conwright
Videos of Police Brutality Against Black People Are a Futile Spectacle
The ritual of repeated “reckonings” hasn’t changed abuses by cops.
February 1, 2023
Grace Segers
The Urgency of Police Reform Is at the Mercy of a Divided Congress
A Republican House and Democratic Senate could complicate negotiations, but some still hope for a revival of talks two years after the last failed effort.
January 30, 2023
Michael Tomasky
Armed Cops Should Not Be Making Traffic Stops. Period.
How much carnage do we need to see before we understand that we have to radically change how traffic violations are policed?

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