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Feb 19 • 5 tweets • 4 min read
🎧 NEW on Reveal —

From Washington, D.C., to Aurora, Colorado, and St. Louis, we bring you three local investigative stories that have had a big impact. 🧵 revealnews.org/podcast/who-ha…
1️⃣ In 2021, a group of hackers attacked the @DCPoliceDept, leaking 250 GBs of data and revealing the inner workings of the department.

@dmehro found a disturbing pattern of disciplinary decisions that kept troubled officers on the force. bit.ly/reveal-power Buried in leaked D.C. police data were disciplinary decision
2️⃣ Elijah McClain was injected w/ketamine during a police stop. He died after suffering cardiac arrest.

@mdy1 + @raedear1 covered McClain’s case in Aurora, Colorado. It made them wonder how often ketamine is used during police stops and why. What they found led to real change. Elijah McKnight takes a selfie in front of a mural honoring
3️⃣ @drebjournalist digs into the history of prisoner disenfranchisement laws in Missouri, where about 63,000 formerly incarcerated people could not vote in the last presidential election. bit.ly/reveal-power Formerly incarcerated Missourian Eric Harris proudly shows h
You can listen to “Who has power and how do they wield it?” on Reveal, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher and more. revealnews.org/podcast/who-ha…

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