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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 incident” rule precluding additional punishment for the same “conduct.” See, e.g., the Minnesota ...

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 three times in five months, a higher rate than others. Some said they used far more.

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 don't 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 assignment of Chief John Chell to head up the Brooklyn North Detective Bureau. It marked the latest h...

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.