Investigative

Chicago's Red Light Camera Scandal

This investigation explores Chicago's massive red-light camera scandal which lead to the conviction on Federal charges of both a high-ranking Chicago city official, and the CEO of Redflex Traffic Systems, the company that supplied those cameras.

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Outstanding Business and Economic Reporting in a Regularly Scheduled Newscast

10 MINUTES

Arrest Related Deaths: The Missing Police Data

Amazingly, the Department of Justice does not know how many times police officers have killed civilians. In fact, there is no federal law requiring any of the nation’s 18,000 police departments to report arrest-related deaths. We investigate several citizen activists who are compiling national databases of police-involved shootings. What these activists have discovered -- if it’s to be believed -- is truly alarming.

4 MINUTES

Payday Loans & Operation Choke Point

“Operation Choke Point” is an initiative by the Department of Justice to crackdown on predatory and illegal internet payday loan operators, who charge as much as 700% interest despite some states' usury laws. But surprisingly that DOJ initiative has encountered significant resistance by several members of Congress. New evidence reveals that those lawmakers have, in fact, been receiving money from the payday loan industry. It's a sordid money trail that leads all the way to former presidential candidates Senators Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.

11 MINUTES

What Police See When They Look At Ferguson

The deadly events of a two-minute encounter in Ferguson, Missouri between Michael Brown and police officer Darren Wilson sparked a national conversation about race, violence and law enforcement in America. Before the Department of Justice released its authoritative report about what transpired that day, I went on ride-alongs with several police officers in the Sarasota Police Department to understand their perspective of the events in Ferguson.

5 MINUTES

How Some Cops Are Rethinking Use Of Force

The deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri and Eric Garner in New York City have caused many people to question how America’s police departments train their officers in the use of force. The Richmond, California police department — historically one of the most violent cities in the San Francisco Bay Area — has undergone a transformation under the supervision of Chief Chris Magnus. We discovered that his department has found a way to reduce the number of lethal-force incidents.

4 MINUTES