Howey started looking into this advice, and found that officers have been using this tactic across California, and the information families disclosed affected the families' lawsuits later. This award-winning episode of @revealnews.org details this investigation in full:

As @steelandballast.bsky.social reported in 2024, Bruce Praet, who runs Lexipol, offered this advice to cops: If the police kill someone, officers should first ask the family about the victim to get as much unflattering info as possible before delivering the news of their loved one's death.

A new California law will effectively ban officers from questioning the families of people killed by police before alerting them to the news of their loved one's death. This practice was popularized by Lexipol, the nation’s largest developer of law enforcement policy manuals. 🧵

Today, we published the latest chapter of our reporting on the Rankin County Goon Squad with Reveal. It’s the story Andie Murphy and her quest to expose decades-long reign of terror by the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department. Listen on your favorite podcast app! revealnews.org/podcast/miss...

An imprisoned former deputy from the notorious Goon Squad case said he + colleagues performed hundreds of warrantless raids and many violent beatings during his time at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Dept. in MS. Our latest for @mississippitoday.org, @nytimes.com mississippitoday.org/2025/02/21/e...

We won a DuPont! You can listen to the winning episode here: revealnews.org/podcast/we-r...

DuPont-Columbia Awards to Prof. @jlaf.bsky.social + alum Steven Rascon and teams for "40 Acres and a Lie" and to alum @steelandballast.bsky.social for "We Regret to Inform You" — developed in our Investigative Reporting Program w/ @davidbarstow.bsky.social journalism.berkeley.edu/dupont-colum...

We analyzed digital records of Taser deployments at law enforcement agencies across Mississippi and found that officers frequently trigger their stun guns far beyond what is considered safe 🧵 @nytimes.com @mississippitoday.org www.nytimes.com/2025/01/14/u...

Absolutely honored that Nate Rosenfield and I were selected to be 2025 Alicia Patterson Fellows! Thank you, APF judges,for believing in and supporting our work as we continue to investigate the use of torture by law enforcement. aliciapatterson.org/apf/60th-ann...

The California Dept. of Justice said today that SFPD is in "substantial compliance" w/reform efforts, & that it would end its monitoring of the dept. But, the state warned, March's Prop. E threatened "forward progress" on use-of-force. via @jrivanob.bsky.social missionlocal.org/2025/01/sfpd...

For the past year, @propublica.org has been reporting on the toll when a city "sweeps" an encampment. We handed out cards so folks could write in their own words what it meant to have their belongings trashed. We're publishing dozens of those stories here: projects.propublica.org/impact-of-ho...

Video shows officers beating inmate Robert Brooks at New York correctional facility before his death

Mississippi women are being charged with violent crimes and face 20 years in prison if their newborn child tests positive for drugs. This is the story of one woman who fought back against her charges. More impactful reporting from Anna Wolfe… mississippitoday.org/2024/12/12/m...

Our stories build on years of reporting that has detailed the enormous struggles with insurance that Americans face as they try to access medically necessary health care: www.propublica.org/topics/healt...

NEW: After reviewing leaked documents, we have found UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to a treatment for thousands of children with autism across the country in order to cut costs. Advocates say the company’s strategy may be illegal. www.propublica.org/article/unit... 👇

More incredible reporting on fatal police pursuits from @susien.bsky.social & @jennifergollan.bsky.social www.sfchronicle.com/projects/202...

NEW: Another shocking story by @anniewaldman.bsky.social about UnitedHealthcare's secret internal cost-cutting campaign that targets the treatment of children with autism, treatment that the company itself acknowledged as the "evidence-based gold standard": www.propublica.org/article/unit...

www.sfchronicle.com/politics/art... @sfchronicle.com

Oakland's Duong family, CWS, and a security company allegedly paid for 2022 election hit pieces to help elect Sheng Thao, according to the Alameda County DA's office. oaklandside.org/2024/12/10/d...

A federal judge blocks a Biden administration rule that allowed DACA recipients to sign up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act.