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

Right-wing narrative attempts to reshape perception of George Floyd's death

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.
How the Right has reshaped the narrative around George Floyd

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.
How the Right Has Reshaped the Narrative Around George Floyd

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.
Justice Department to end oversight of local police accused of abuses

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.
What Could Happen As Federal Oversight of Police Departments Ends

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.
A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of 'Pure Hell'

2 months ago | nytimes.com | Shawn Hubler |Shaila Dewan

There, he said, he was "a troubled child" who was regularly beaten and, over time, drugged and sexually abused by medical staff members. He said he was at MacLaren until he was about 11, when he was sent to a group foster home, which he fled. For years after that, he said, he lived on the street. Eventually, he said, he landed in prison after being convicted of attempted murder; he said it was an attempt at self-defense.
A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Shawn Hubler |Shaila Dewan

A $4 Billion Sex Abuse Settlement in L.A., After Childhoods of ‘Pure Hell’MaryAlice Ashbrook remembers the rain on the night the Los Angeles police retrieved her, the 8-year-old child of a pill-addicted mother, and took her to the MacLaren Children’s Center, the county-run foster home where she was preyed upon. Shirley Bodkin remembers the smell of the staff member there …
Tariff anger blows up on Trump; demonstrators pack streets to protest against President’s policies

2 months ago | telegraphindia.com | Shaila Dewan |Minho Kim |Katie Benner

They came out in defence of national parks and small businesses, public education and health care for veterans, abortion rights and fair elections. They marched against tariffs and oligarchs, dark money and fascism, the deportation of legal immigrants and the department of government efficiency. Demonstrators had no shortage of causes as they gathered in towns and cities across the country on Saturday to protest President Trump’s agenda.
Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump

2 months ago | journal-news.com | Shaila Dewan

While crowd sizes are difficult to estimate, organizers said that more than 600,000 people had signed up to participate. On Fifth Avenue in New York, the protest stretched for nearly 20 blocks. In Chicago, several thousand people flooded Daley Plaza and adjacent streets, while in the nation’s capital tens of thousands surrounded the Washington Monument. In Atlanta, police estimated the crowd marching to the gold-domed statehouse at over 20,000.
Mass Protests Across the Country Show Resistance to Trump

2 months ago | flipboard.com | Shaila Dewan

3 hours agoPro-life activist having ‘flashbacks’ of shocking sucker punch during NYC interview: ‘It’s terrifying’The pro-life activist sucker punched during an interview on a Harlem street is struggling after the shocking violence — which she said was emblematic of the entire pro-choice movement.