Teen, Woman File Excessive Force Civil Rights Lawsuits Against Chauvin
A teen pinned under former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin's knee three years before George Floyd's murder filed one of two federal civil rights lawsuits against Chauvin this week. Read our report with local journalism partner theStar Tribune, featuring video excerpts of an interview with the teen.
Part of FRONTLINE's Local Journalism Initiative, this on-the-ground documentary with the Star Tribune traces the conversation about policing in Minneapolis from the earliest days after George Floyd's death to the ongoing struggles for accountability and reform.
Exclusive: A Former MPD Lieutenant Reported Another Cop. He Says He Paid a Price.
"I became a police officer to do the right thing, not to hide stuff," Rich Jackson told FRONTLINE and the Star Tribune in Police on Trial. Take a closer look at one moment from the documentary.
'An Unfiltered View': What Police on Trial Reveals
"It's moving beyond one person and focusing more on systems, interrogating this idea that it's about one officer who did something bad, but really looking at what goes into public safety," Police on Trial reporter and producer Marcia Robiou said in an conversation with director Mike Shum.
Podcast: Covering Minneapolis in the Wake of George Floyd
In a new episode of The FRONTLINE Dispatch podcast, Star Tribune Editor Suki Dardarian joins us from Minneapolis to discuss the newsroom's Pulitzer-winning reporting and Police on Trial.
The Backstory on Corinthian Colleges' Rise & Fall — and the Government's Role
As the Department of Education cancels $5.8 billion in student loans for people who attended Corinthian Colleges, explore our past reporting on what was once one of the largest for-profit college chains in the country.
Following additional mass shootings in the wake of Buffalo and Uvalde, President Joe Biden this week called for Congress to take concrete steps to address gun violence. Explore what he told us in 2014 after an attempt at federal gun control legislation in the wake of Sandy Hook had failed.
Watch our 2015 examination of how the National Rifle Association wielded its political power to influence America's conversation about gun rights and gun control — outlasting and overpowering the calls for change that followed mass shooting after mass shooting, from Columbine to Newtown.
Revisit our 2020 look at how, in the wake of the Parkland school shooting, the once-unrivaled NRA came to face challenges on all sides, including from a group of students just as passionate about a cause of their own.
9 Documentaries That Provide Context on the Buffalo Shooting
As America grapples with the deadly massacre, these documentaries shed light on our current moment and our history, from gun control to racist killings.
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