WisDOJ sued by news media over police transparency
The Badger Project filed a lawsuit against the Wisconsin Department of Justice after it refused to release a list of all certified law enforcement officers.
Source: wislawjournal.com
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Even with new POST database and reforms, Colorado is in the minority of states keeping comprehensive police officer data secret
The refusal to release this information makes Colorado one of just 15 states that keep this type of police officer data secret, according to a nationwide reporting project, preventing the press and public from adequately monitoring the state’s oversight of wandering or second-chance officers.
Source: coloradofoic.org
Gov. Josh Shapiro refuses to intervene on Pa. police officer data disclosure
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Source: northcentralpa.com
Gov. Josh Shapiro refuses to intervene on Pa. police officer data disclosure | News, Sports, Jobs
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Source: sungazette.com
Best of the South Side In Memoriam 2020 – South Side Weekly
A tribute to a few of the amazing people and places that left us in 2020, published in South Side Weeklys Best of the South Side issue.
Source: southsideweekly.com
'Athens Independent' reporters analyze case against former AMHA Director
The former director of the Athens Metropolitan Housing Authority, Jodi Rickard, was indicted this week on seven felonies associated with the alleged theft of $1.5 million from the AMHA since 2015.
Source: woub.org
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Body cams meant to promote transparency, but SPD won't always release footage
United States Sangamon County Lanphier High School Jennifer Oglesby Mack Laquan Mcdonald Robert Markovic
Source: illinoistimes.com
Records Show Illinois Fails to Hold Police Accountable for Misconduct
Records Show Illinois Fails to Hold Police Accountable for Misconduct . Eighty-one Chicago police officers lost their badges over the past 20 years, but only after being investigated for 1,706 previous offenses – an average of 21 accusations per officer. One third (28) of...
Source: pulitzercenter.org
Wednesday: In 'The Fatal Tunnel,' Investigative Journalists Probe St. Louis Police Killing Of Cortez Bufford
On Dec. 12, 2019, near the corner of Bates and Virginia in St. Louis’ Carondelet neighborhood, 24-year-old Cortez Bufford died after being shot multiple times by St. Louis police Officer Lucas Roethlisberger. The case, like that night, has remained shrouded in darkness, as investigative journalists Alison Flowers and Sam Stecklow detail in their newly published Intercept deep dive.
Source: stlpublicradio.org
Pride Issue 2021
No matter where you get your Pride on, the sight of seeing so many effervescent souls converging in varying stages of dress and undress is indescribably powerful. That ribald "rainbow spirit" is outrageous, playful and proud.
Source: cityweekly.net