Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Creating a Police Shooting Database
We know about the shootings when they make headlines: White police officer shoots unarmed, black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. But what about the cop-related shootings that don’t make headlines? Turns out, there’s no single place to track police behavior - from shootings on down to routine traffic stops. But that’s about to change.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readWe know about the shootings when they make headlines: White police officer shoots unarmed, black teenager in Ferguson, Missouri. But what about the cop-related shootings that don’t make headlines? Turns out, there’s no single place to track police behavior - from shootings on down to routine traffic stops. But that’s about to change.
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Immigration, Truancy, and How a Football Player Fooled the Media- 0:00Returning Deportees
- 9:10Politics of Immigration Reform
- 17:06Creating a Police Shooting DatabaseYou’re reading this
- 26:13California’s A.G. Cracks Down on Truancy
- 33:39Keeping Kids in Class
- 42:42Lying USC Football Star Fools the Media
The full episode
3 of 6Immigration, Truancy, and How a Football Player Fooled the Media- 0:00Returning Deportees
- 9:10Politics of Immigration Reform
- 17:06Creating a Police Shooting DatabaseYou’re reading this
- 26:13California’s A.G. Cracks Down on Truancy
- 33:39Keeping Kids in Class
- 42:42Lying USC Football Star Fools the Media