Jaeah Lee
Columbia Journalism Review
San Francisco, CA, United States
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The Courts Beat
If Nate Gartrell doesn’t report on police misconduct in his county, who will? → Read More
What does it take to convict a cop who kills?
It was April 2015 when Randi McGinn got the call. The district attorney sounded discouraged. Three months earlier, the DA had charged two of the city’s police officers, Keith Sandy and Dominique Perez, with murder for the March 2014 shooting of a homeless man named James Boyd, following a three-hour… → Read More
How Science Could Help Prevent Police Shootings
Can data predict which officers are most likely to be "bad apples"? → Read More
Wait, Banks Can Shut Off My Car?
The new industry standard: a kill switch. → Read More
These Documents Show How Baltimore School Cops Are Trained to Be "Warriors"
"I will fight you, no matter how insurmountable it may seem, and to the death if need be." → Read More
Uncovering the Painful Truth About Racism on Campus
From Mizzou to Yale and beyond, the ugliness goes way back. → Read More
Boom! George Takei Has The Perfect Response to One of The Craziest Remarks About Syrian Refugees Yet
"You demonstrably have failed to learn the most basic of American civics or history lessons." → Read More
Another Report Suggests the Cop Who Killed Tamir Rice May Not be Charged
It also concludes that a 911 call taker ignored key details, and offers new info on the controversial location of the cops' car that day. → Read More
Top Cop Union Threatens Quentin Tarantino
"Something is in the works, but the element of surprise is the most important element." → Read More
The War on Quentin Tarantino, Arby's, and the Cleveland Browns
Police union PR that shoots from the hip. → Read More
Outrage is Growing Over the Tamir Rice Investigation
Is the process stacked in favor of the cop who killed the 12-year-old? → Read More
Disturbing Video Shows School Cop Body Slam and Drag a Black Female Student
The incident in South Carolina on Monday adds to a list of violence against minority students by school-based officers. → Read More
Why No One Really Knows a Better Way to Train Cops
A spate of officer-involved killings is provoking reforms. Will they work? → Read More
Cops Kill Many More Americans Than the FBI's Data Shows
A new report reveals multiple errors and hundreds of cases missing from federal data on fatal police shootings. → Read More
Cops Kill Many More Americans Than the FBI's Data Shows
A new report reveals multiple errors and hundreds of cases missing from federal data on fatal police shootings. → Read More
Why No One Really Knows a Better Way to Train Cops
A spate of officer-involved killings is provoking reforms. Will they work? → Read More
6 Takeaways From the New Tamir Rice Investigations
Almost a year after the 12-year-old boy was shot by a Cleveland police officer, key questions remain. → Read More
Why Cops are Told to Keep Quiet After a Shooting
The controversial science behind the 48-hour rule. → Read More
This Video Shows a Police Officer Handcuffing an 8-Year-Old Boy With a Mental Disorder
A new law suit alleges that a school cop in Kentucky violated the civil rights of the boy and another young student. → Read More
Getting a Home Loan Is Expensive—Especially for Black Women
Getting a home loan is expensive—especially for black women → Read More