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Shaila Dewan

New York

National Criminal Justice Editor at The New York Times

Covers criminal justice at the New York Times. Relatively optimistic. Cover photo by the great @WilliamWidmer. Tips to dewan at https://t.co/zGJ4T9rCnp

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Articles

  • 1 week ago | post-gazette.com | Shaila Dewan

    When the world saw the video of George Floyd taking his last breath under the knee of a police officer while onlookers pleaded for his life, the outrage was universal. Republicans and Democrats agreed it was horrific, as did police chiefs and rank-and-file officers, and protesters of every race in towns large and small.

  • 1 week ago | bostonglobe.com | Shaila Dewan

    When the world saw the video of George Floyd taking his last breath under the knee of a police officer while onlookers pleaded for his life, the outrage was universal. Republicans and Democrats agreed it was horrific, as did police chiefs and rank-and-file officers, and protesters of every race in towns large and small.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Shaila Dewan

    After George Floyd was killed, people from the right and left agreed that the act was unconscionable. Now, some conservatives are calling for the police officer responsible to be pardoned. When the world saw the video of George Floyd taking his last breath under the knee of a police officer while onlookers pleaded for his life, the outrage was universal.

  • 2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Shaila Dewan |Devlin Barrett |Ernesto Londono |Jacey Fortin

    The Trump administration Wednesday backed away from federal efforts to investigate or oversee nearly two dozen police departments accused of civil rights violations, abandoning an effort designed to reform local law enforcement agencies in the wake of high-profile police killings.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Shaila Dewan

    The Justice Department ended efforts to push for reform in Minneapolis, Louisville and several other cities. But does federal involvement make a difference in policing? Twenty years ago, the reputation of the New Orleans Police Department was in tatters. Officers had opened fire on a group of civilians leaving the city after Hurricane Katrina, and then tried to cover it up. They killed other people with impunity, a Justice Department investigation found.

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22 Apr 25

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9 Dec 24

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Shaila Dewan @shailadewan
9 Dec 24

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