in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, and the national uprising that ensued, California’s legislature passed a bill that would create automatic oversight by the state’s department of justice when unarmed people are shot by police. A new investigation from non-profit newsroom CalMatters shows that the oversight built into that law is, at best, slow to come; and at worst, it may be seriously dysfunctional. We speak with the journalist leading that investigation, Nigel Duara, a reporter for CalMatters, who covers poverty and inequality issues. His piece is called Fatal shootings: California’s bid, to police its police is lagging.

Read the interactive article here: https://calmatters.org/justice/2022/11/california-police-shootings-unarmed-civilians/

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