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History
The 1970 shooting of student demonstrators underscores the risks of President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy the military against protesters, a history professor explains.
Chicago
The department implemented a range of recommendations meant to improve its homicide investigations, but with no obvious effect. Advocates hope that a new transparency law will spur change.
A Trace analysis found that Chicago’s clearance rates are declining even with fewer homicides to solve. Thousands of families are still looking for closure.
The Business of Guns
Police are reselling their SIG Sauer P320 pistols — alleged in multiple lawsuits to fire without the trigger being pulled — to the public.
Philadelphia
The Army veteran and business owner spent nearly 10 months in jail before a jury cleared him of first-degree murder and other charges.
Since 2016, the number of Philadelphia juveniles charged for homicide has increased nearly ninefold.
The Biden-era policy resulted in a record number of gun dealers losing their licenses to operate.
An effort to shutter a violent offender registry raises questions about how Illinois should treat people who’ve completed prison sentences for gun violence.
Once a thriving working class community, Kensington has become infamous for drug use and violence. Now, after a year of intervention, homicides and shootings have dropped.
The shift comes after an investigation by The Trace, CBS News, and Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting linked former police guns to crimes.
The Trajectory
When a gun goes missing, the chances that it’ll be used in a crime go up. Reporting requirements can help police track down firearms beforehand — but the laws do more than that, too.
In January, a law changed the names of six weapon possession charges. Some advocates say that the clearer titles can ease reentry for those convicted; others say the reforms don’t go far enough.
To keep 1,100 vacancies from impeding the city’s progress on reducing gun violence, the police commissioner has dispatched all new recruits to patrol duty. The tactic seems to be showing early promise.
Philadelphia’s police department has a troubled history with use of force, especially in the Black community.
Extremism
The Trace analyzed the court records of some 1,500 clemency-eligible defendants to find an answer.
