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Death in Police Custody

Five jail staff surround a man restrained in a wheelchair, with his head covered in a mesh hood.
Feature February 15
Spit Hoods Can Be Deadly. Police Keep Using Them Anyway.
Police cite studies saying the mesh bags are safe. But experts say the studies are flawed — and deaths in custody raise troubling questions.
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Life Inside September 23, 2021
Police Killed My Dad When I Was 8. Next Came the Rage
After cops beat my father to death, I wreaked havoc on my community.Three decades later, I wonder what my story would have been if he had lived.
By Aulzue “Blue” Fields as told to Leah Rhyne
The Frame June 3, 2020
Masks On, Fists Up: Scenes from New York City’s Protests Against Police Violence
Some of the city’s most famous streets, emptied by the pandemic, fill with demonstrators and police in riot gear.
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Law enforcement officers amassed along Lake Street in Minneapolis as fires burned during a night of unrest and protests over the death of George Floyd.
News June 3, 2020
From Michael Brown to George Floyd: What We’ve Learned About Policing
Stories from The Marshall Project’s archives that shine a light on police, violence and racial inequality in America
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Officers in riot gear at a demonstration on May 30 to call for justice for George Floyd, a black man who died while in custody of the Minneapolis police, in Minneapolis, Minn.
News June 1, 2020
Why So Many Police Are Handling the Protests Wrong
Disproportionate use of force can turn a peaceful protest violent, research shows.
By Maggie Koerth and
Analysis December 15, 2016
How Blacks and Whites Die Differently in Prison
New federal data shows some stark racial disparities.
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