Police accountability

Candidates running in Tuesday’s election vow to sideline untrustworthy officers and purge past convictions. The outgoing DA has drawn fire for his handling of police misconduct.

If Proposition B passes, police would no longer have the upper hand at the bargaining table. Advocates say union contracts have allowed police brutality to go unpunished.

Voters elected new sheriffs and DAs who’ve vowed to challenge mass incarceration and ICE, and they approved initiatives to curtail drug criminalization and expand voting rights.

Kim Gardner has an Aug. 4 rematch against a former prosecutor whom she defeated four years ago, but the terrain has shifted significantly since 2016.

Juliet Hooker, a scholar of Black political thought, discusses Black Lives Matter, asymmetrical perceptions of violence, and the role that images play in our politics.

“These changes won’t be made unless we demand them loudly and relentlessly,” says state Senator Julia Salazar.

Ballot measure would change law that currently makes it nearly impossible to hold police officers accountable for excessive force.

A year after being charged with misconduct, a prosecutor seeks re-election

Racial disparities and police shootings under the spotlight in Hennepin County election

California adopted a wave of criminal reform legislation on Sept. 2018. Some takeaways.