Rachael Eisenberg

Oct 4, 2024 | talkingpointsmemo.com | Rachael Eisenberg |William Roberts

This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. Yesterday, the jury delivered a verdict in the federal trial of three of the five Memphis, Tennessee police officers for the fatal beating of 29-year-old Tyre Nichols during a 2023 traffic stop. The jury spent three weeks listening to powerful testimony, including from the other two officers involved who have already pleaded guilty. The verdict was mixed.

Oct 4, 2024 | talkingpointsmemo.com | Rachael Eisenberg

Rachael Eisenberg is managing director at the Center for American Progress.

Aug 10, 2024 | dallasexaminer.com | Rachael Eisenberg

Posted inNational The recent shooting of Sonya Massey by a sheriff’s deputy in Springfield, Illinois, has sparked calls for reform and accountability in policing, as well as the establishment of community responder programs to prevent future tragedies.

Aug 9, 2024 | dallasexaminer.com | Rachael Eisenberg

– ANALYSIS –(Center for American Progress) – On July 6, Sonya Massey called police to her home for help, but instead, they took her life. The shooting of Massey, a 36-year-old Black woman living in Springfield, Illinois, once again drew national attention to the deadly status quo of police violence in this country as well as the unconscionable lack of action that permits these kinds of killings to keep happening.

Jul 31, 2024 | americanprogress.org | Rachael Eisenberg

Police training, culture, and practice have long reinforced a “threat” mindset, with officers socialized to perceive danger and risks to their own safety, even where none exist. This defensive and adversarial mentality that underpins police interactions with the public has had devastating consequences, especially for Black people, who experience disproportionately higher rates of police violence. To compound this challenge, Black communities are policed differently than white communities.