Latest Use of force Podcast Episodes

Looking North

Force of Law - October 26, 2019 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
As California debated a new law limiting when police can use deadly force, advocates pointed to Seattle as an example of a place that's benefited from a similar policy. This season finale explores how Seattle’s experience may inform California’s future, as the most populous state adapts to new la...

Breakdowns

Force of Law - September 28, 2019 07:05 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Now that California has passed new laws meant to reduce police shootings, a key question is how much difference they’ll make in the ways officers respond to calls to help people in mental crisis. We discuss that question with Gov. Gavin Newsom, and examine two shootings from the past—one that the...

From Bill to Law

Force of Law - August 20, 2019 09:00 - 24 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
As California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs the bill setting a tougher standard for police to use deadly force, the team behind Force Of Law discusses what we’ve learned in reporting this series and what we have in store for the rest of the season.

The Line

Force of Law - July 20, 2019 08:28 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Deadly attacks on police officers have decreased dramatically over the last 50 years, but policing remains a dangerous profession. That fact loomed over the Capitol as lawmakers debated a bill to limit police use of deadly force and attended memorials for fallen officers. This episode focuses on ...

The Deciders

Force of Law - June 14, 2019 16:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
A sharecropper’s daughter who was born in Arkansas, Shirley Weber grew up to become a California lawmaker taking on one of the most divisive issues in a statehouse dominated by Democrats: a new law to limit when police can shoot. This episode is about Assemblywoman Weber and the lawmakers she mus...

Panel Discussion: Police Misconduct and Transparency in California

Force of Law - May 14, 2019 05:33 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Laurel Rosenhall hosts a panel discussion on a controversial new state law that gives the public access to law enforcement records for the first time in 40 years.

Split

Force of Law - May 04, 2019 15:10 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
Lobbying is under way in Sacramento for two vastly different approaches to reduce police shootings. Victims’ families and civil rights advocates are pushing a tougher standard for police to use deadly force, while law enforcement officers promote a plan to increase training. Additional music fo...

Cycles

Force of Law - April 01, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
This episode explores how California arrived at the point where it is considering the nation’s toughest statewide standard for justifying deadly force, looking back at the decade since police shot and killed Oscar Grant in Oakland and the momentum created by last year’s death of Stephon Clark in ...

Introducing Force of Law

Force of Law - March 19, 2019 06:11 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 71 ratings
After police killed an unarmed black man in his grandparents' backyard, activists set out to change California law, hoping to make it easier to prosecute police who kill. That's sparked a heated debate in the state Capitol between families who have lost loved ones to police, and law enforcement o...