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Police Violence

Tracking updates on, reactions to, and racial dynamics of the disproportionate amount of police violence in America.

The Chicago mayor’s race shows Democrats still have a crime problem

By Christian Paz

Cars transformed America. They also made people more vulnerable to the police.

By Marin Cogan

The fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, explained

By Nicole Narea, Sean Collins, and 1 more

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Biden’s State of the Union 2023: Full coverage and highlights

By Vox Staff

What do we want police body cams to do?

By Rachel M. Cohen

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What we know about the killing of Tyre Nichols

By Vox Staff

Lawmakers won’t compromise on police reform. Will Tyre Nichols’s killing change that?

By Nicole Narea and Li Zhou

What we learned from the Tyre Nichols video

By Ellen Ioanes

Riotsville, U.S.A. is a window onto the bizarre beginnings of police militarization

By Alissa Wilkinson

What we know about the deadly police shooting of Jayland Walker

By Fabiola Cineas

The Supreme Court gives lawsuit immunity to Border Patrol agents who violate the Constitution

By Ian Millhiser

The Supreme Court could make it very easy for federal law enforcement to violate the Constitution

By Ian Millhiser

America can’t fix policing without fixing the country’s gun problem

By German Lopez

Murders are spiking. Police should be part of the solution.

By German Lopez

The evidence for violence interrupters doesn’t support the hype

By German Lopez

Watching Brooklyn Nine-Nine in the “defund the police” era

By Emily St. James

Chauvin’s prison sentence is still not justice

By Fabiola Cineas

This progressive police reform bill is pretty popular 

By Li Zhou

What we know about the police killing of Winston Smith and the death of protester Deona Knajdek

By Aaron Rupar

Colombia’s protests are a product of its post-peace-deal reality

By Jen Kirby

These 3 cities began boldly reimagining policing after George Floyd’s murder

By Sean Collins

First-time activists on how last summer’s protests changed their lives

By Mary Retta

The death of Ronald Greene in Louisiana police custody, explained

By Zeeshan Aleem

A professor became a police officer — and learned what’s really broken about policing

By Sean Illing

A majority of voters see an urgent need for police reform following the Chauvin verdict

By Li Zhou

Sen. Tim Scott says Congress is close to a police reform deal

By Gabby Birenbaum

Why they’re not saying Ma’Khia Bryant’s name

By Fabiola Cineas

State-level Republicans are making it easier to run over protesters

By Cameron Peters

9 ideas to solve the broken institution of policing

By Gregory Svirnovskiy

Why the Chauvin verdict didn’t feel like justice

By Sean Collins

I could have been Ma’Khia Bryant

By Tiffanie Drayton

The history of police killing children in America

By Maryam Gamar

The uncertain prospects for police reform in the Senate, explained

By Li Zhou

Now that Derek Chauvin has been convicted, here’s what happens next

By Ian Millhiser

The Derek Chauvin guilty verdict is a huge outlier

By German Lopez

We have enough proof

By Allissa V. Richardson

Why is it so hard to prosecute police? It starts with the investigation.

By German Lopez

The complicated relief of the Chauvin verdict

By Kainaz Amaria and Fabiola Cineas

Biden urges Congress to not look away from George Floyd

By Ella Nilsen

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Derek Chauvin trial and verdict: News and updates

By Vox Staff