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Chauvin trial footnotes (2) Last Sunday I posted a few footnotes to our coverage of the trial of Derek Chauvin for the death of George Floyd. I posted the footnotes in the form of bullet points. Last week’s footnotes are included below under April 25. Today I want to add footnotes in the same form and keep this going as warranted: • Chauvin was convicted of second-degree murder and two lesser included offenses. Minnesota law (i.e., Minn. Stat. § 609.035) follows a “single behavioral inc...

A police use-of-force portal is a good move. But New Jersey's efforts are being outpaced by other states.

Less than 1% of N.J. cops accounted for 18% of every kick, hit and tackle across N.J., new data shows Updated 7:53 AM; Twitter Share Officials are still fixing small glitches and hope to eventually update the database monthly. But the numbers, which cover October through February, already point to a few trends. Most cops didn’t use any force. A few used a lot. A small number of officers reported using more force than the vast majority of their colleagues. Just 289 cops used force at least th...

April 18, 2021 Mayor Bill de Blasio this week weighed in on the killing of Daunte Wright, a young Black man fatally shot by a Brooklyn Center, Minn., cop who says she mistook her gun for a taser. Subscribe "Why are people allowed to be police officers if they dont know how to handle their weapon?" he asked Monday during an interview with Ebro Darden on radio station Hot 97. Community leaders in Brooklyn, N.Y., want to ask the mayor and police brass the same thing, as they question the recent as...

This is a groundbreaking step forward in transparency from the AG, and a vital piece of how America deals with the problem of brutal cops.

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N.J. releases data showing every time cops hit, tackled or shot suspects on groundbreaking new website Updated 12:02 PM; Twitter Share New Jersey authorities on Tuesday unveiled a trove of data on every use of physical force by officers statewide, providing a level of detail law enforcement leaders said isn’t available anywhere else in the country. The interactive portal shows every time cops hit, tackled or shot suspects in recent months, and the data is both viewable online and downloadabl...

A decorated N.J. cop faces an excessive force suit. He has a history of violent allegations. Updated Mar 16, 2021; Facebook Share years, NJ Advance Media has learned. Richard Nowak, a plainclothes sergeant and the supervisor of Barnegat’s Crime Reduction Unit, pulled Victoria Martinez out of her car and threw her to the ground during a traffic stop on March 28, 2019, according to a lawsuit and the criminal complaint. “I can’t believe men get away with treating women like this,” Martine...

Should N.J. name disciplined cops? Top court is considering plan to reverse policy dating back decades. Updated Mar 02, 2021; Posted Mar 02, 2021 New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice Stuart Rabner in a 2016 file photo. (Robert Sciarrino | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com)NJ Advance Media for NJ.com Facebook Share New Jersey’s top court heard arguments Tuesday about whether the names of officers found guilty of misconduct should be made public, the final stop in a months-long legal battle betwe...

State says it may hire police chief from outside to reform N.J. department, but the union is suing to stop it Updated Mar 01, 2021; Less than three weeks after Atlantic City Police Chief Henry White retired last fall, a top ranking state official said the state intended to hold a comprehensive search for the city’s next top law enforcement official in an attempt to reform the city’s police department. Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver made the comments during an October meeting of the Atlantic City E...