
Sarah Cohen
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Knight Chair at @cronkite_asu, NYT / WaPo alum. Send tips, ideas to [email protected]. DMs open Mastodon: @[email protected]
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Jan 16, 2025 |
faithfullymagazine.com | Nate Rosenfield |Brian Howey |Sarah Cohen
Nate Rosenfield and Brian Howey are examining the power of sheriffs’ offices in Mississippi as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. Last summer, a Mississippi police officer approached Vivian Burks as she sat in her car at a local park reading the Bible. He was cordial at first, offering to help Ms. Burks replace her expired tags with the new ones she had in her car.
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Jan 15, 2025 |
virginislandsdailynews.com | Nate Rosenfield |Brian Howey |Sarah Cohen
JACKSON, Miss. — Last summer, a Mississippi police officer approached Vivian Burks as she sat in her car at a local park reading the Bible. He was cordial at first, offering to help Burks replace her expired tags with the new ones she had in her car. But the encounter changed quickly after the officer, Blaine Musgrove, said he smelled marijuana and a second Carthage police officer demanded to search the vehicle.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
businessandamerica.com | Nate Rosenfield |Brian Howey |Sarah Cohen |Rory Doyle
But department Taser logs show the deputies fired their devices for a total of 94 seconds during the encounter. During the struggle, Mr. Padgett climbed into a patrol car and drove away, according to a news release from the Simpson County Sheriff’s Department.A deputy chased Mr. Padgett to a nearby gas station and fatally shot him as he opened the car door holding a deputy’s rifle.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
nytimes.com | Nate Rosenfield |Brian Howey |Sarah Cohen |Rory Doyle
Last summer, a Mississippi police officer approached Vivian Burks as she sat in her car at a local park reading the Bible. He was cordial at first, offering to help Ms. Burks replace her expired tags with the new ones she had in her car. But the encounter changed quickly after the officer, Blaine Musgrove, said he smelled marijuana and a second Carthage police officer demanded to search the vehicle.
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Jan 14, 2025 |
mississippitoday.org | Nate Rosenfield |Brian Howey |Sarah Cohen
Nate Rosenfield and Brian Howey are examining the power of sheriffs’ offices in Mississippi as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. Last summer, a Mississippi police officer approached Vivian Burks as she sat in her car at a local park reading the Bible. He was cordial at first, offering to help Ms. Burks replace her expired tags with the new ones she had in her car.
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