Articles About police violence

• Police reform at the YSPD— What’s done, what’s next?

  By Megan BachmanJune 24, 2020

  

  Amid national calls for policing reform following the most recent wave of killings of Black people by police officers, villagers are once again raising their voices for change in the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• Case against David Carlson is still active

  By Diane ChiddisterMarch 23, 2017

  

  One of the two criminal cases stemming from the tensions between police and villagers on New Year’s Eve remains active, although Village Council members have intervened and asked the Greene County prosecutor to drop the charges.

• Citizens seek strong voice in policing

  By Dylan Taylor-Lehman

  

  Yellow Springs residents gathered at a Village Council meeting, with many lined up to address the room with grievances about Village policy. Prompted by the incidents of New Year’s Eve, the focus is the overhaul, or at least significant reworking, of the Yellow Springs Police Department.

• New Year’s Eve investigation still incomplete

  By Diane ChiddisterFebruary 23, 2017

  

  Several villagers expressed frustration at a special Council meeting when Dayton attorney David Williamson, who is conducting the investigation, reported that the report is not yet complete.

• Ohio leaders scrutinize policing

  By Audrey HackettSeptember 1, 2016

  

  Sixth article in this series: In 2014, two high-profile police shooting deaths in Ohio occurred within three months of each other, sparking public outcry and calls for policing reform.

• Racial factors in Crawford’s shooting

  By Audrey HackettAugust 11, 2016

  

  Fourth article in this series: Beginning in the early 2000s, Joshua Correll, a social psychology researcher now at the University of Colorado, began a series of studies examining the effect of race on shoot/don’t shoot decisions.

• Village Council— Morris Bean, police ‘overreach‘ are topics

  By Diane ChiddisterJuly 14, 2016

  

  At their July 5 meeting, Council members heard from villagers concerned about the environmental practices of the local company Morris Bean, and also about the “overreach” of some local police officers.

• Revisiting Crawford, two years on

  By Audrey HackettJune 30, 2016

  

  First article in this series: The shooting of John Crawford and other young African-American men by police raised urgent questions about use of force, police relations with African-American communities and the role of race and racism in the justice system.

• Village Council—Concerns about police aired

  By Diane ChiddisterJune 16, 2016

  

  Several villagers attended the June 6 Village Council meeting to express concerns about recent incidents in which they believed local police acted too aggressively.