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Topic: police reform

A makeshift memorial for environmental activist Manuel Teran, who was deadly assaulted by law enforcement during a raid to clear the construction site of a police training facility that activists have nicknamed "Cop City" near Atlanta, Georgia on February 6, 2023. (CHENEY ORR/AFP via Getty Images)

The 'Cop City' protests, explained

Areeba Shah
US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) look on during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)

Uncle Joe's tightrope walk: SOTU 2023

Rae Hodge
Law enforcement officers stand looking at a memorial following a mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 26, 2022 in Uvalde, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

A Uvalde wakeup call: Police don't help

Amanda Marcotte
Camryn Manheim, Anthony Anderson and Jeffrey Donovan in "Law & Order" (Virginia Sherwood/NBC)

The injustice of "Law & Order" returning

Melanie McFarland
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United States Park Police pushes back protestors near the White House on June 1, 2020 as demonstrations against George Floyd's death continue. (ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

A year later: Cops still kill people

Igor Derysh
Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina (CBS)

Sen: 18 stops for "driving while black"

David Edwards - Raw Story
Barack Obama | Defund The Police sign (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

No, Obama, we do mean defund the police

D. Watkins
Barack Obama and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump DOJ pulls back on policing police

Robert Faturechi - ProPublica
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DOnald Trump | Police tear-gassing protesters in Portland, OR (Getty Images/Salon)

GOP tries to block defunding of police

Tyler Hicks - Truthout
Police Officer (Getty Image)

Northern Ireland's lesson on policing

Laura A. Weinstein, Donald Beaudette - The Conversation
Guns stand for sale at a gun show on November 24, 2018 in Naples, Florida. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

It’s time for police reform; gun control

Terry H. Schwadron - DCReport
Surrounded by members of law enforcement, U.S. President Donald Trump holds up an executive order he signed on “Safe Policing for Safe Communities” during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House June 16, 2020 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Trump signs exec. order on police reform

Roger Sollenberger
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Police Officer (Getty Image)

Camden policing is not a blueprint

Rann Miller - Truthout
Police pepper spray at anti-Trump protesters during clashes in Washington, DC, on January 20, 2017.  (JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)

Police unions thwarting police reform

Jill McCorkel - The Conversation
The memorial for George Floyd (Steel Brooks/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The racist roots of American policing

Connie Hassett-Walker - The Conversation
(Shutterstock)

The new "Black Codes"

Chris Hedges - Truthdig
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(AP/Rich Pedroncelli)

Firefighters: a model to reform police

Roscoe Scarborough - The Conversation
Protestors calling for the firing of Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo (Getty/Spencer Platt)

This is not what justice looks like

D. Watkins
(Twitter/shaunking)

How many viral cop videos do we need?

D. Watkins
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions (Getty/Win McNamee)

Sessions final policy could impact many

Ian MacDougall - ProPublica
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(Reuters/Sait Serkan Gurbuz)

The failure of police reform

Yanilda González - The Conversation
(AP/Alex Brandon/Evan Vucci/Getty/Alex Wong)

Next target: Police reform

Paul Rosenberg
In this photo taken Nov. 17, 2016, Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala. speaks to media at Trump Tower in New York. President-elect Donald Trump has picked Sessions for the job of attorney general. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP/Carolyn Kaster/Charles Rex)

Sessions to cops: Just do it

Heather Digby Parton
Melissa Mark-Viverito (AP/Mark Lennihan)

Policing themselves

Daniel Denvir
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