Megan Harris

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Recent Pieces from Megan Harris

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What Does "21st Century Policing" Really Mean? (04:25)
From: Megan Harris

What does "21st Century policing" actually mean, and how would a forward-thinking department be different than what most jurisdictions have now? Ronald Davis, the former head ...
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Comey Saw It Coming: Why No One Went To Jail For The Housing Crash (04:05)
From: Megan Harris

James Comey wasn’t the nation’s embattled former FBI Director in 2002; he was the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan. It was around then that he gave a speech to a group of ...
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No One Has A Reliable Count On Police-Involved Shootings (04:22)
From: Megan Harris

The federal government doesn't track how often or what happens when police shoot civilians, and there's no official national database to show how big or complex the problem is.
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The Conservative Case For Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform (04:39)
From: Megan Harris

The Trump administration has promised a return to "tough on crime" criminal justice policies, including a recent memo that instructs federal prosecutors to reverse Obama-era ...
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Fingerprints, Ballistics & Bite Marks Aren't Indisputable: The Case Against Failed Forensic Science (04:19)
From: Megan Harris

Attorney General Jeff Sessions declined to renew the National Commission on Forensic Science in April, effectively ending federal efforts to standardize how crime scene ...
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Meet One Federal Judge Who Quit The Bench Over Mandatory Minimums (04:14)
From: Megan Harris

In May, Attorney General Jeff Sessions rescinded a 2013 memo written by his predecessor, Eric Holder, that told prosecutors not only will they abide by previously set ...
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How One Police Chief Apologized For A Lynching In His Town, 8 Decades Later (04:09)
From: Megan Harris

One police chief decided he needed to apologize for an incident 77 years ago: a lynching in his small Georgia town in 1940. LaGrange Chief Louis Dekmar explains why he ...
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Want A Path Toward Police-Community Reconciliation? Acknowledge The Past (04:30)
From: Megan Harris

Many American cities are struggling with police-community relations, and racial divisions are often the heart of the problem. David Kennedy talks about the painful path to ...
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How To Rebuild A Police Agency From The Inside Out (05:25)
From: Megan Harris

From Obama-era task forces to widespread protests, the idea of community policing has become part of our national conversation. Jerry Clayton, the elected sheriff of ...
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PEACE Police Interrogation Method Promises Fewer False Confessions (03:35)
From: Megan Harris

DNA tests have proved something surprising: people sometimes confess to terrible crimes that they definitely did not commit. One reason seems to be traditional American ...