Robert Klemko
Washington Post
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What Memphis police videos show, and don’t show, about Tyre Nichols beating
The brutal beating of Tyre Nichols is captured in harrowing detail in four video clips released by Memphis police. Here is a description of what each video shows. → Read More
Memphis police fire five officers involved in arrest of Tyre Nichols
Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days after a traffic stop in Memphis. His family says he was brutally beaten during a traffic-stop arrest. → Read More
Police probe LGBTQ club shooting suspect’s ties to a 2021 bomb threat
The previous incident raises questions over whether law-enforcement officials were aware of warning signs that might have led to a block on the suspect acquiring weapons. → Read More
Therapy dogs and questions: How Highland Park’s children are coping
Many children and teenagers were among the crowd of onlookers and parade participants who fled a July 4 shooting that killed seven. → Read More
With little outcry, Chicago’s bloody weekend eclipsed Highland Park toll
In Chicago, where gun violence is endemic, a holiday weekend of violence was treated as nothing out of the ordinary, residents say. → Read More
In Ukrainian villages, whispers of collaboration with the Russians
When the Russians came, some people seemed to help them; "the war showed who is who." → Read More
One body at a time, a Kyiv coroner documents Ukraine’s death toll
Coroner by day and military medic by night, a "calm lion" works through stacks of mangled bodies in the morgue. → Read More
In Lviv, displaced artists create antiwar, anti-Russian work
Ukrainians feel a need to tell the world — and especially Russians — what’s happened here. The country’s contemporary artists find themselves at the forefront of that storytelling mission. → Read More
Inside the covert network sending arms and drones to Ukraine forces
The defense of Ukraine has mobilized citizens from every sector of life. → Read More
Foreigners ready to join Ukraine’s fight must pass tougher muster
More than 20,000 people from more than 50 countries have signed on to help battle Russian forces. → Read More
Town by town, Ukrainian prosecutors build Russian war crimes cases
Investigators taking detailed testimony from victims are "soldiers in our hearts." → Read More
Much of America wants policing to change. But these self-proclaimed experts tell officers they’re doing just fine.
While most of the country says police are not trained well in avoiding excessive force, these police trainers stress confrontation and blame news organizations for criticism of law enforcement. → Read More
Before off-duty police shooting, Chicago officer had long complaint record. Should the city pay?
“Why would you do something like that?” Patricia “Patti” LaPorta asks today. “Why would you brag about it?” No one in the family ever reported Kelly, who was the subject of 19 misconduct allegations before the January 2010 shooting. They figured nothing would be done, having grown up in a blue-collar, southwest Chicago neighborhood where lots of people work for the city, many as police officers,… → Read More
Unmasking the far right: An extremist paid a price when his identity was exposed online after a violent clash in Washington
Doxing is part of a growing effort by left-wing activists to punish some on the far right by exposing their violent behavior to their employers, family and friends. → Read More
What do communities do when the police retreat?
When the 3rd Precinct burned after George Floyd was killed, this Native American neighborhood in Minneapolis took public safety into its own hands. → Read More
After surviving the pandemic, workers at a Boulder supermarket felt hopeful. Then, a gunman walked in.
Among the 10 people killed in Monday’s shooting at King Soopers were three employees at the store. → Read More
An American police killing viewed through the eyes of policing experts in three countries
Canadian, Finnish and Japanese experts said police forces in their countries have a different approach to people with weapons, especially those who appear mentally ill. → Read More
The other rebellion: Dozens of Michigan restaurants defy state coronavirus order
Meanwhile, many of the state’s hospitals are operating at 90 to 100 percent capacity and struggling to keep up. → Read More
My family, like the country, split over race. Like the country, we can heal.
The ugliest views can’t be tolerated. Still, the rifts they cause can be healed. → Read More
A small group of sleuths had been identifying right-wing extremists long before the attack on the Capitol
Inspired by Charlottesville’s “Unite the Right” rally, doxers have outed hundreds of people anonymously advocating political violence. → Read More