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In Hundreds of Deadly Police Encounters, Officers Broke Multiple Safety Guidelines
In hundreds of deaths where police used force meant to stop someone without killing them, officers violated well-known guidelines for safely restraining and subduing people multiple times, an Associated Press investigation found.
May 14, 2024
20 Days in Mariupol
Listen to the enhanced film audio track, with audio descriptions, of the Academy Award®-winning FRONTLINE/AP documentary "20 Days in Mariupol," in which Ukrainian journalist Mstyslav Chernov and his colleagues risk their lives to document Russia's siege of Mariupol.
May 10, 2024
Inside the Investigation into Police Use of Force
A new investigation reveals that over nearly a decade, more than 1,000 people died following encounters where police employed tactics known as "less-lethal force."
May 9, 2024
When Journalism Is Exiled
A message about press freedom from Raney Aronson-Rath, FRONTLINE's editor-in-chief and executive producer.
May 3, 2024
Documenting Police Use of Force
FRONTLINE and The Associated Press, in collaboration with the Howard Centers for Investigative Journalism, investigate deaths that occurred after police used tactics like prone restraint and other “less-lethal force.” The documentary and accompanying reporting draw on police records, autopsy reports and body cam footage, offering the most expansive tally of such deaths nationwide.
May 2, 2024
‘Documenting Police Use of Force’ Filmmakers & Reporters on Navigating Obstacles in Their Reporting
The filmmakers of “Documenting Police Use of Force” spoke about how they created a visual narrative that traces why and how people die in the wake of police using what is known as “less-lethal force.”
April 30, 2024
One Day After Elijah McClain, Another Young Man Was Sedated While Restrained by Police
The day after Elijah McClain’s ultimately fatal encounter with law enforcement and paramedics, another young man — 24-year-old Taylor Ware — was forcibly sedated and later died. Ware’s story unfolds in the documentary, ‘Documenting Police Use of Force.’
April 30, 2024
Dozens of Deaths Reveal Risks of Injecting Sedatives Into People Restrained by Police
The practice of giving sedatives to people detained by police has spread quietly across the nation over the last 15 years, built on questionable science and backed by police-aligned experts, an investigation led by The Associated Press has found.
April 26, 2024
Harvey Weinstein’s Rape Conviction Overturned by New York Appeals Court
The New York Court of Appeals ruled in a 4-3 decision that disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein did not receive a fair trial when he was convicted of sex crimes in 2020.
April 25, 2024
Flashback: A Pressure Campaign in Arizona to Overturn the 2020 Election Results
Following Arizona’s indictment of Trump allies including Rudy Giuliani, revisit FRONTLINE’s reporting on a pressure campaign involving “fake electors.”
April 25, 2024
The Search for Ukraine’s Missing Children
Filmmaker Paul Kenyon discusses ‘Children of Ukraine,’ an investigation into how thousands of Ukrainian children have been taken and held in Russian-controlled territory.
April 19, 2024
Ukrainian Teen Describes Being Taken From School by Armed Men & Held in Russian-Controlled Territory
Artem Hutorov is among the Ukrainian teens who share their experiences of being taken to Russian-held territory in the FRONTLINE documentary, ‘Children of Ukraine.’
April 16, 2024