
McKenzie Funk
Reporter at ProPublica
Reporter @propublica, author of The Hank Show and Windfall | Mastodon: https://t.co/PtTnKjYOir | Secure contacts: https://t.co/AtyjUHlMQS
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propublica.org | Topher Sanders |Hannah Allam |T. Christian Miller |McKenzie Funk
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. When news broke in January that the Trump Justice Department was freezing significant work on civil rights litigation, including police reform cases, attention immediately focused on two cities: Minneapolis and Louisville, Kentucky.
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truthdig.com | McKenzie Funk
This story was originally published by ProPublica. In June 2005, a former employee from the Federal Emergency Management Agency toured the grounds of the Bonnaroo music festival in rural Tennessee. He wasn’t there to see the headliners, which included Dave Matthews Band and the lead singer of the popular jam band Phish.
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tntribune.com | McKenzie Funk
Flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers. Then Global Crossing Airlines started expanding into federal deportation flights. Some flight attendants said they ignored orders not to interact with detainees. “I’d say ‘hola’ back,” said one flight attendant. “We’re not jerks.”Flight attendants received training in how to evacuate passengers but said they weren’t told how to usher out detainees whose hands and legs were bound by shackles.
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hechoencalifornia1010.com | McKenzie Funk
El vuelo de deportación sobrevolaba México cuando estalló el caos en la parte trasera del avión, recuerda la auxiliar de vuelo. Una niña se había desplomado. Tenía fiebre alta y su respiración era entrecortada, frenética. La auxiliar de vuelo, una joven apodada Lala, cogió la bombona de oxígeno de emergencia del avión y corrió entre filas de inmigrantes encadenados hasta alcanzar la niña y sus padres.
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propublica.org | J. David McSwane |Hannah Allam |Ginny Monk |McKenzie Funk
ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. On Feb. 10, more than a dozen Department of Homeland Security officials joined a video conference to discuss an obscure, sparsely funded program overseen by its Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.
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