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The race to build the world
Leveraging on their technology, expertise and experience in delivering high-quality infrastructure projects and
machinery, Japanese companies are set to play a major role in infrastructure drives in Asia, the United States
and beyond over the coming years.
Value of overseas construction contracts by companies in Japan in fiscal
year 2019, by region (in billion Japanese yen)
Asia
North America
Oceania
Sub-Saharan Africa
Eastern Europe
South & Central America
Middle East & North Africa
Western Europe
0 200
Source: Overseas Construction Association of Japan, Inc.
What do Australia’s Olympic Sta-
dium and Singapore’s Jewel Chanqui
airport have in common? As surpris-
ing as it may seem, the answer is
that the leading contractor in both
construction projects was Japanese.
From a Shinkansen railway system
boasting zero passenger fatalities in
fifty years of operation to the world’s
longest suspension bridge connect-
ing Awaji Island to Kobe, Japan is
Roads must be built.
Worlds must be connected.
sakainet.co.jp/en/
Value of overseas construction contracts awarded to companies in Japan
from fiscal years 2010 to 2019 (in trillion Japanese yen)
1188,3
546,3 2,5
119,8
2 1,82
91,7 1,6
1,5
1,35
55,8 1,18
1 0,91
27,4
18,9 0,5
12,6
0
400 600 800 1000 1200 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Source: Statista 2021
recognized as an undisputed leader find that since 1990, the ‘land of the
in infrastructure. Since the coun- rising sun’ has consistently ranked
try’s first construction boom prior amongst the Top 5 in the WEF’s
to hosting the 64’ Olympics, Nippon ‘quality of infrastructure’ assessment.
enterprises have been admired not Today, the Japanese construction
only for their ability to build engineer- market has matured. With the old-
ing marvels, but for their capacity est population in the world, Japan’s
to do so in one of the world’s most demographic line has been sharply
inhospitable environments, marked declining since 2011, which has
by tectonic activity and mountainous lowered the amount of new proj-
regions. It is therefore no surprise to ects. The Japanese market is cur-
rently sustained by the rising need
for maintenance and repair of aging
infrastructure, and by certain mega
redevelopment projects, such as the
new Chuo Shinkansen Maglev or the
preparations for the Olympic Games.
Japan’s international push
Aware of the market’s maturity, the
country’s private and public institu-
tions have engaged in an aggres-
sive campaign to expand overseas,
a move which has been aptly timed.
In spite of the coronavirus pandemic,
the global construction industry is
projected to grow by nearly 35%
up to 2030, with the bulk of that
growth predicted to stem from Asia.
Driven by rapid economic and demo-
graphic changes and by reforms that
facilitate PPPs, the value of mega
projects (those worth more than $25
million) in the ASEAN region alone
stands at an incredible $2.9 trillion.
Since 2000, Japan has financed
more than $230 billion worth of
projects in the region, more than any
other country thus far.
Massive roads rollout in the US
and Asia
In the Asia-Pacific region, the in-
creased need for connectivity has
pushed road-related construction
projects beyond the $1 trillion mark.
1,94 2,06
1,85
1,68
1,55
2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
On the other side of the world, Presi-
dent Joe Biden recently outlined an
ambitious $2 trillion infrastructure
plan which has, at its core, the promise
to “fix 20,000 miles of American
roads”. Attracted by the potential of
these projects, Sakai Heavy Industries,
a leading Japanese manufacturer of
road construction machinery with a
long-established presence in both re-
gions, has strengthened its technologi-
cal edge and international presence.
“One reason we have been so suc-
cessful across Asia is because of the
durability and reliability of our rollers.
With our brand and quality recogni-
tion, we now see growth selling new
machines as additional areas have
become more prosperous. Though
Asia is our primary market, we
have seen our business grow across
North, Central and South America,
the Middle East and Africa,” explains
president, Ichiro Sakai.
“We offer a number of asphalt and
soil compaction machines in the Unit-
ed States, so we are very optimistic
about these future projects [under
Biden’s plan]. We developed a unique
series of oscillatory rollers for high-
way, airport and bridge pavement
projects. We offer asphalt rollers
for all sizes of construction projects,
including residential, commercial, and
Interstate highway paving. We have
put a lot of emphasis recently into
the US market, where we promote
our simple-yet-durable designs and
superior reliability when compared
to the competition there.”
Sakai’s competitive edge also
stems from its technologies that im-
prove the compaction capabilities of
its rollers, which ultimately leads to
the building of better roads. One of
the company’s latest developments

Kotaro Hirano, President,
Hitachi Construction Machinery
is the intelligent Compaction Control
system with the CCV stiffness sensor
for digital mapping and data gather-
ing for soil and hot mix asphalt.
The company has also pioneered
state-of-the-art autonomous rollers.
Its reputed vibratory pneumatic tire
rollers and high-frequency vibratory
rollers were used in the paving of
San Francisco International Airport.
“In the US, contractors are working
hard to continue to improve roadway
lifespan by achieving higher density
levels,” adds Mr. Sakai. “Our business
is really about providing the best ma-
chinery to these contractors in order
to build the best roads possible.”
Like Sakai, Hitachi Construction
Machinery (HCM) has a prominent
presence in the US and Asia, where
its reputation for high-quality and
industry-leading technology has
set it apart from competitors. For
HCM president Kotaro Hirano, the
Ichiro Sakai, President,
Sakai Heavy Industries, Ltd.
reputed ‘Made in Japan’ brand
gives Japanese construction ma-
chinery manufacturers an edge
over competitors.
“One characteristic of the Japa-
nese industry is that the whole sup-
ply chain has high standards, and
those standards are applied across
the entire industry. So as a result,
the final products show a markedly
different level of quality,” he explains.
Digital technologies to address
disaster prevention
As our world continues to experi-
ence environmental changes, the
frequency and scale of natural disas-
ters has increased. According to the
WEF, 820 natural disasters causing
insured losses were experienced in
2019, three times as much as 30
years ago. Strong of their decades of
expertise in dealing with geophysical
and meteorological disasters, Japa-
Masaru Narita, President,
OYO Corporation
nese enterprises have developed
leading technologies to address,
predict and mitigate such events.
With its operations spanning
four business segments (Infra-
structure Maintenance, Manage-
ment, and Renovation; Natural
Disaster Prevention and Mitiga-
tion; Environment; and Natural
Resources and Energy), OYO Cor-
poration offers advanced disaster
prevention solutions that combine
geology and digital technology.
“When maintaining buildings and
civil infrastructure, understanding
the ground underearth is of para-
mount importance. Our company’s
underground surveys are the perfect
example of how we are leveraging In-
dustry 4.0 technologies. For example,
after our sub-road cavity survey is
conducted, we use AI technology to
analyse 3D mapping data. Thanks to
this method, we can analyse a 1km
parcel of ground in ten minutes,” says
president, Masaru Narita.
Pioneering digitalization in the in-
dustry, OYO boasts one of the largest
databases on underground data and
geology-related surveys in the world,
and aims to digitize this information
to make it available in an open ICT
platform accessible to other com-
panies and industries. One of the
main advantages of using digital 3D
modelling to represent this data is
that it allows even non-experts to
make more sense of it.
“Our technology has been devel-
oped from surveys conducted in Ja-
pan, one of the most complex geologi-
cal regions in the world. Beginning our
project in such a complex environment
has forced us to develop cutting-edge
technologies,” Mr. Narita explains.
“While at first a challenge, de-
veloping geo-technical technologies
in such a complicated environment
has become one of our competitive
advantages; and we believe that we
can export our expertise to overseas
markets. We are also working with
bSI (building SMART International)
to create a new international stan-
dard so that our technologies in the
field of underground surveys can be
recognized globally.”

Becoming a next-generation developer

Hitoshi Nomura, President and
CEO, Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.
Tokyo’s real estate sector contin-
ues to witness strong and stable
growth, offering investors attrac-
tive investment yields and stable
profit channels. Nevertheless, for-
eign investment in Tokyo remains
comparatively low, which is why
the government and other stake-
holders have worked to build a
more open, transparent and attrac-
tive market for overseas investors.
“I think the real estate market is
very attractive but as a whole still
receives only a small amount of
foreign investment,” says Hitoshi
Nomura, President of Tokyo Tate-
mono, a leading player in Tokyo’s
office and condominium segments.
“As a developer, we need to em-
bark on very good projects that
pique the interest and appetite of
foreign investors in Japan.”
OYO: the geologist survey-based corporation
Tokyo Tatemono is currently
engaged in seven large-scale Based on its management philosophy and vision, OYO Corporation has
redevelopment projects in the developed creative technologies such as its i-SENSOR, an electromagnetic
Tokyo area that are scheduled device that can 3D map underground utilities and cavities in a matter of
minutes, allowing clients to have instant access to critical data. OYO serves
to be completed in 2030, in- both Japanese and international clients in four distinct business segments:
creasing the company’s share Infrastructure Maintenance, Management and Renovation; Natural Disaster
of office stock from 500,000 Prevention and Mitigation; Environment; Natural Resources and Energy.
to 800,000 sqm.
While the pandemic has not af-
fected Tatemono’s revenues, it has
prompted the company to adopt a
new approach to business in line
with its “Becoming a Next-Gener-
ation Developer” long-term vision.
Having launched its office-sharing
business “+OURS”, the company is
also supporting the start-up scene
in the capital’s Yaesu district under
the brand name, “xBridge-Tokyo”.
Such initiatives form part
of Tokyo Tatemono’s efforts to
“engage in business with a com-
pletely new mentality”, says Mr.
Nomura. “In doing so, we aim to
be reborn as a corporate group
that has a ‘next-generation’
perspective with a flexibility to
adapt to any situation.”
Leveraging 120 years of experience to support
the next century of progress
Having celebrated 120 years of
history in 2017, Meidensha Cor-
poration aims to play a major
role in shaping the next century
through its wide-ranging opera-
tions spanning IT, automotive,
energy, water and transport.
At the same time that Meidensha
is contributing to the advancement
of next-generation semiconductors
and electronic vehicles with its pro-
prietary technologies, the company
will also support the rollout of vital
infrastructure projects in fast-grow-
ing Southeast Asia, where its long-
standing expertise in water, electric-
ity and railways will help to support
to Japan and the world
Since its establishment in 1909, Kurimoto has contributed to the improvem
of social infrastructure and extended the lifespan of industrial equipment.
For over 100 years, Kurimoto
has been at the forefront of
industrial equipment, using its
technology to manufacture high-
performance and highly durable
products for both industrial and
social infrastructures.
The company continues to
refine the technology it has de-
veloped, using the philosophy of
monozukuri to ensure its prod-
ucts, which range from iron pipes
and valves to building materials
and machines, are both innova-
tive and essential. “Kurimoto pro-
vides solutions that are vital to
society’s development and that
support essential social infra-
structure,” explains Moriyoshi
Kushida, Chairman of Kurimoto.
The company’s commitment
to excellence and customer-cen-
tricity has allowed it to expand
globally and Kurimoto purchased
“We established a factory
last year in South Carolina
to make our circuit breaker
and it is very popular in the
ecologically friendly states in
North America.”
Takeshi Miida, President,
Meidensha Corporation
the region’s rapid urbanization and
socio-economic development.
While Meidensha is focusing
on state-of-the-art greenfield in-
frastructure projects in emerging
Southeast Asia, back home in Japan
itsfocusisoncomingupwithinnova-
tive solutions to tackle the nation’s
aging infrastructure problem. And
thecompany’s experienceinthisarea
could also prove valuable to other
developed nations like the United
States that face the same issue.
Giving an example, president,
Takeshi Miida, explains that the
traditional and aging circuit breaker,
which is essential for power infra-
Moriyoshi Kushida,
Chairman, Kurimoto, Ltd.
www.kurimoto.co.jp
American manufacturer Readco
in 2006 as part of this expansion.
Readco, itself founded in 1906
and today overseen by president
David Sieglitz, is a global leader in
mixing machinery and its flagship
structure, can be replaced with the
innovative and environmentally
friendly vacuum-type circuit breaker
(VCB) developed by Meidensha.
“Circuit breakers widely used
in various sites of the power sup-
ply network use SF6 gas, which
is a powerful greenhouse gas.
Meanwhile, we have the vacuum-
based circuit breakers that do
not use SF6 gas at all in our
product line up,” he says.
“We established a factory last
year in South Carolina to make
this circuit breaker and it is very
popular in the ecologically friendly
states in North America. We will
continue to develop such markets
David Sieglitz,
President, Readco Kurimoto LLC.
www.readco.com
Continuous Processor has been a
standout product in the field since
the first model was built in 1961.
The processor allows the
customer to mix one or more
dry materials with one or more
with these eco-friendly solutions
while continuing to manufacture
highly reliable products.”
www.meidensha.com
liquid materials continuously,
producing high-quality ho-
mogenous products for a wide
range of industries, including
processed foods and pharma-
ceuticals. The processor is used
in mixing, compounding, knead-
ing, and shearing, among other
processes, and offers companies
using batch mixers an innova-
tive solution to improving their
overall mixing process.
“Readco aims to create value
in partnership with our custom-
ers by supplying customized
machines specifically designed
to suit their precise needs and
requirements,” says Mr. Sieg-
litz. “Our customer’s success is
Readco’s success.”
Bringing the construction site into the
Industry 4.0 era
With 140 years of history in civil engineering and construction, Tobishima Corporation is today at the forefront of
the construction industry’s shift to Industry 4.0.
Established in 1883, Tobishima Cor-
poration has played a vital role in
building modern Japan for almost
140 years – overseeing a diverse
number of iconic projects during the
20th century, including the original
Haneda Airport (later to become
Tokyo International Airport) in
1931, Korakuen Baseball Stadium
(1938), the Tomei Expressway
(1968), Tokyo’s Toei Shinjuku rapid
transit line (1977) and the Onaruto
Bridge between the islands of Hon-
shu and Shikoku (1981).
Today, guided by its mid-term
plan focusing on digital transfor-
mation, innovation, co-creation
and building a ‘Smart Solution
Service’ business, Tobishima con-
tinues to undertake important civil
engineering and construction proj-
ects in Japan and abroad, across
Asia and in Rwanda, Africa.
With Japan increasingly suffer-
ing from natural disasters in recent
years, Tobishima has built deep
expertise in disaster prevention
solutions, which today comprises
four major activities that presi-
dent, Masahiro Norikyo, describes
as the “full package of disaster-
preventive functions”.
“First is the disaster-preventive
measures. Sensors are installed in
the disaster areas or at vulnerable
places that already have a history
of disasters occurring in that area.
Information is also a key factor here.
Second is mitigation, getting ahead
of time, and equipping vulnerable
areas with emergency kits. When a
“Japanese
construction
companies are
more adaptive
towards listening
carefully to what
the customer wants
and implementing
projects according
to their needs.”
Masahiro Norikyo,
President,
Tobishima Corporation
disaster occurs, one needs to have
access to water, food or communi-
cation services,” he explains.
“Third is recovery methods. It’s
about knowing what to do after
a disaster has taken place and
to be able to recover as soon as
possible. Fourth, is decreasing the
disaster to a level as low as pos-
sible; this is connected to on-time
information. If you know that a
disaster is about to happen or if
we can analyze and predict when
a disaster is coming, then we can
evacuate the people or decrease
the level of damages that might be
caused from that disaster.”
Digital transformation
Indeed, adopting the latest tech-
nologies such as sensors, Big Data
and IoT to gather data and infor-
mation now underpins almost all
of Tobishima’s construction ac-
tivities. Having placed itself at the
forefront of construction IT, Tobi-
shima is working in collaboration
with other companies to develop
the digitalized construction sites
that will become the norm in the
era of Industry 4.0. Such collabo-
ration lead to the development of
e-Sense in conjunction with Ro-
setta Co., Ltd. Aimed at improv-
ing operational efficiency, e-Sense
offers simultaneous automatic in-
terpretation and rapid information
sharing – which is extremely use-
ful in multi-national construction
sites where engineers and workers
speak different languages.
“e-Sense is one part of our activ-
ity, obviously other products are
coming up and it’s a big part of
our approach,” says Mr. Norikyo
regarding the company’s digital
transformation. “The first idea is to
simplify the construction site opera-
tions with easy access and under-
standing. The accuracy of delivering
information is very important in
order to understand what is hap-
pening on the construction site.”
Overseas expansion
Amid the dwindling domestic mar-
ket that has prompted a wave of
international expansion, Tobishima
has joined the legion of Japanese
companies looking to play their
part in building developing Asia,
where it has projects in Brunei,
Pakistan, Timor, Indonesia and
Myanmar. While Japanese con-
struction companies face stiff
competition from China in the re-
New Business Contractor
Towards a future that
connects everyone
Beyond the distance,
eliminate the language barrier,
We will create together,
Towards a super
smart society,
The future of “Tobishima”
has begun.
www.tobishima.co.jp/english
gion, they continue to maintain a
competitive advantage through a
focus on high-quality, technology
and customer service.
“Japanese construction compa-
nies are more adaptive towards
listening carefully to what the
customer wants and implement-
ing projects according to their
needs. Some Chinese contractors
are winning the bidding phase and
then drop the project midway or
are unable to provide good qual-
ity,” Mr. Norikyo explains.
“Our company not only provides
high-quality, high-reliable projects
but we also ensure the highest
standards of quality possible, and
we can negotiate a better price
range. It is difficult for Chinese
companies because they all set up
as low a minimum cost as possible.
Japanese companies, therefore,
can be more flexible and adaptive
towards the customers.”
Ensuring constant water supply globally
through high-performance technologies
Through its innovative products that have been designed to withstand Japan’s
frequent and powerful earthquakes, Taisei Kiko is a market leader in ensuring
water supplies keep running around the globe.
Japan’s status as an earthquake-
prone nation has prompted the
country’s SMEs to become world
leaders in infrastructure tech-
nology as they find innovative
solutions to the intense seismo-
logical conditions around them.
Such is the case for Taisei Kiko,
“Many of our fine which has used its 80 years of
experience in water works, sew-
products are installed age and gas systems to develop
throughout the world, a range of high-performance
and such products products built to withstand the
include Yano Stopper, most extreme conditions.
which is used at the Taisei Kiko developed the
Earthquake Resistant Rein-
waterworks project at forcement Fitting, which can
the right bank of the be installed speedily and easily
Seine River in Paris.” without any special tools. The
fitting improves the resistance
Hitoshi Suzuki, of existing water pipelines with-
President & Representative out the need of shutting down
Director, Taisei Kiko the water supply, reducing costs
for the customer. This product
was featured in a program for
overseas viewers on the public
broadcaster NHK, and also re-
ceived the Infrastructure Main-
tenance Award sponsored by
Taisei Kiko’s representative products:
the Yano Stopper & Tai-Flex
the Japanese Government. “It
is crucial to have a water sup-
ply always available to people.
Therefore, we have to improve
the technology for the preven-
tion of earthquake damage. This
is the number one mission of our
company,” says Hitoshi Suzuki,
President of Taisei Kiko.
Taisei Kiko’s highly durable
products are useful not only in
earthquake-prone areas, but
also in places where ground can
become vulnerable such as re-
claimed land or areas with high
amounts of traffic. Here the com-
pany’s Tai-Flex joint allows the
joint section to bend whilst re-
maining connected to the pipes,
preventing damage and water
leakage. The Tai-Flex is now used
across the globe, and Mr. Suzuki
hopes Taisei Kiko’s expansion can
continue as it looks to help more
areas secure their water sup-
ply through the adoption of the
company’s innovative products.
Since its founding in 1941,
Taisei Kiko has strictly followed
a strategy of creating products
and methods based firmly on
customer needs. The Yano Stop-
per is an example of this prin-
ciple in action, allowing custom-
ers to replace pipes and address
water leakages without shutting
down the water service. It is
currently in use in both France
and the UK. In the UK, it is help-
ing water utilities avoid possible
fines for disrupting water ser-
vices during maintenance work.
This commitment to work-
ing towards customer needs
sees Taisei Kiko launch a new
product every eighteen months
on average, and the company
is dedicated to researching
and developing products that
provide solutions to each cus-
tomer’s specific requirements
and demands.
Taisei Kiko has already suc-
cessfully partnered with compa-
nies from all over the world, from
exchanging technology and in-
formation with an Austrian firm
for over 50 years, to exporting
its technology to the US to allow
local engineers to reproduce its
products. This cooperation also
extends to the company lending
equipment and providing train-
ing to allow companies from
other countries to visit its fac-
tory in Hyogo Prefecture. Taisei
Kiko has valid patents in the US,
Europe and Asia, and Mr. Su-
zuki says the company is always
looking for partners overseas,
especially in countries in the
process of creating a modern
infrastructure system such as
China, Australia or other earth-
quake-prone countries around
the Pacific ‘Rim of Fire’.
Taisei Kiko’s dedication to in-
novative infrastructure solutions
has seen it lead the way in secur-
ing Japan’s water supply even
during powerful earthquakes,
and these innovative products
are helping to ensure people
around the world have access
to this most vital of needs.
FujiClean: ‘Our mission is to protect global water resources’
FujiClean has developed its Aerobic
Treatment Unit (ATU) as an
innovative solution to treat domestic
wastewater. This effort will not
only improve the water environment,
but also alleviate water shortages by
recycling wastewater.
With a high-density population and our kind of product: the Aerobic coastal water pollution in Long Is- turers lack basic knowledge of
paucity of land, the Japanese have Treatment Units. Therefore, we’ve land, New York State, the FujiClean how the ATU functions. FujiClean
historically been forced always needed to lis- system was reported by Suffolk has always taken basic knowledge
to dispose of domestic ten to requests from County to be one of the most ef- seriously including R&D and expe-
wastewater into water- our customers and fective systems to upgrade them.” rience. In terms of the purification
ways rather than into to meet their needs,” Founded in 1961, FujiClean. effectiveness, FujiClean is one of
soil absorption systems, says Kaichi Watanabe, Co.,Ltd now has 500 employees, the top companies in the world,”
such as leach fields. To chairman of the board manufactures 50,000 systems says Mr. Watanabe.
avoid this obvious envi- of FujiClean. “We do not annually, and has over two million “As the world becomes more
ronmental hazard, the produce septic tanks, systems installed and operating in aware of water shortages, the ability
onsite treatment indus- which are still com- Japan. The company has recently to recycle wastewater will become
try in Japan has needed monly used all over begun to expand worldwide and increasingly important. In order for
to build a robust, com- the world. We produce now has subsidiaries and dealers global water resources to be avail-
Kaichi Watanabe,
petitive, and innovative ATUs which inject air in Australia, the United States, Eu- able for future generations, they
Chairman,
sector. The result is the into wastewater to ac- rope, Asian countries, and Middle must be treated with respect. Fuji-
FujiClean.Co.,Ltd
technology of the Aero- tivate micro-organisms Eastern countries. Clean intends to be a world leader
bic Treatment Unit (ATU), devel- which purify water very efficiently. “There are many manufactur- in the effort to protect them.”
oped by FujiClean.Co.,Ltd, now a Our ATUs can be installed alone ers of ATUs, but there are few
leading international player. or attached to traditional types of that have a long history of ATU
“We have introduced our prod- septic tanks in order to upgrade production, since septic tanks
ucts to the global market when performance. For example, when have been widely used for a long
often there is no familiarity with conventional systems were causing time. I feel that a lot of manufac- j jp

Built like a tank: Industry-leading infrastructure

solutions developed to withstand every challenge
Abe Nikko Kogyo’s unique technology, built to withstand Japan’s frequent earthquakes,
enables the company to create fuel, water and sewage tanks that can stand up in the
harshest environments.
Since its establishment over 70 The company has expanded into the construction of tanks to fur-
years ago, Abe Nikko Kogyo has the international market on the ther the company’s international
used Japan’s unique topography back of its cutting-edge solutions, expansion, especially as Abe Nikko
and frequent earthquakes to in- completing over 25 overseas proj- Kogyo’s unique technologies can
spire its cutting-edge infrastruc- ects in countries such as Egypt, Sri adapt to different environments,
ture solutions, which Lanka and Bangladesh. from the dry heat of Egypt to the
are built to withstand “We built Sri Lanka’s frozen Japanese lands of Hokkaido.
intense pressure and first ever water tank, The company’s innovative meth-
extreme environmen- and to a large extent, ods not only reduce delivery time
tal conditions. our technology be- and cost, but they can also help
Throughout its his- came a national stan- countries reach sustainability
tory the company has dard there,” Tetsuro goals. Abe Nikko Kogyo’s special-
focused on R&D to de- Ideguchi, President ized technologies allow it to build
velop industry-leading of Abe Nikko Kogyo, small-scale sewage treatment sys-
technology and tech- proudly explains. The tems with precast concrete. “Our
niques. Abe Nikko Ko- Tetsuro Ideguchi, company’s commit- technology can provide an effec-
gyo’s expertise in pre- President of Abe ment to excellence sets tive solution not only for supplying
stressed concrete led Nikko Kogyo Co., Ltd. it apart from its coun- adequate water to remote areas,
to the creation of its terparts in neighboring but also for treating sewage,” says
“tsunami-proof fuel tanks”, which countries, with Abe Nikko Kogyo Mr. Ideguchi, explaining this tech-
can withstand intense pressures seeing it as its duty to honor its nology can help countries ensure
upon impact of a tsunami; and assigned projects even in the face safe water supplies. “Our mission
even after impact, the company’s of unforeseen issues. is to secure water to enable the
technology ensures its products Mr. Ideguchi is aiming to use this clean, safe and secure life of as
return to their original shape. long track-record of excellence in many human beings as possible.” www.abe-nikko.co.jp/english/index.html
From apartment buildings to US military bases:
the “Ever-Evolving DNA” of HEXEL WORKS
HEXEL Works, one of Japan’s leading electrical construction companies, boasts a top-class track record in electrical
work for large condominiums and U.S. military bases, and has received high praise from its customers. Our history is
supported by our outstanding technical capabilities, diverse human resources, and sound financial base. We promise
that our know-how and ability to implement will help you with issues that other companies are not able to.
Outstanding technical capabilities
The strength of our company is
that we have the No. 1 track record
and name recognition for large-
scale condominium construction
in Japan. There are many compa-
nies that avoid large-scale condo-
minium construction because it
is time-consuming and because
there are many items that must
be checked in the process, but we
have not been deterred by that,
and as a result, have been able to “We will continue to
gain the top share in the industry. optimize our business
In addition, we provide highly by grasping the trends
flexible services that allow us to of the times with
respond to all kinds of customer flexible thinking and a
needs by utilizing the high level of
technology and abundant experi- other companies, and as a result, we support staff with strong English broad perspective.”
ence we have cultivated over the have accumulated a track record of skills. Based on the idea that “we
years. Currently, we are involved in success in U.S. military-related facili- don’t want our employees to score Yoichi Nagae,
construction work for a wide range ties throughout Japan and have ac- 90 points in everything they do, President & CEO,
of areas, including medical facilities, quired the top share in the industry. but to be able to score 120 points HEXEL Works, Inc.
accommodation facilities, offices, We are proud of the overwhelming in what they are good at,” we have
and commercial facilities, as well know-how we have accumulated a group of unique employees, each
as large condominiums. so far, and we have completed the of whom has their own strengths. Sound financial position since
electrical work in almost all U.S. In addition, our motto for train- the foundation
Ability to respond to U.S. military bases in Japan. ing is “Let them learn through It is not uncommon for a con-
military-related construction repeated on the job training (OJT). struction project to take several
In 2003, we made a full-scale entry Diverse human resources As soon as they learn the basic years to complete, making it an
into the U.S. military-related con- We have a track record that sur- knowledge, they go out into the industry that requires a great
struction market, which requires passes that of other subcontractors field and take up responsible work, deal of financial strength. In
specifications, technology, and in large-scale condominium con- which results in more opportuni- addition to having no interest-
knowledge based on U.S. standards struction and U.S. military-related ties for young employees to play bearing debt, we have almost no
that are different from those re- work, and one of our strengths is an active role. We also have an real estate or marketable securi-
quired for construction in Japan. the diversity of our human resourc- early training program for new ties, which allows us to make ef-
As in the case of large-scale condo- es, including field agents who have employees called the “Three-Year fective use of the funds we have.
minium construction, we took on the completed large-scale projects Trajectory,” and are working to As a result, our equity capital is
challenge of U.S. military construc- involving more than 1,000 units develop excellent field agents who steadily increasing, and our equity
tion, which had been shunned by in three years without error and will form the basis of our business. ratio is now over 60%.

JAPAN’S LEADING ELECTRIC

WORKS CORPORATION

www.hexelworks.com

General Electric Works / Air Conditioning & Plumbing / Military Facility Installations / Small Scale Construction / Energy Plant Instrumentation
Disrupting the concrete industry: pioneering
de-carbonization and self-healing concrete
Aizawa has positioned itself at the forefront of major innovations in the concrete industry aimed at both reducing
carbon emissions and strengthening the resilience of concrete structures to aging and natural disasters.

“Our focus is on
developing carbon
neutral materials that
look like concrete to
bolster our intellectual
property assets.”
Yoshihiro Aizawa, President,
Aizawa Concrete Corporation

There a fewer industries older

than concrete, whose origins
can be traced back thousands
of years. Concrete has literally
formed the foundation of civiliza-
tions through the millennia and
remains the most widely used
building material in the world.
With the ballooning global
population and rapid economic
growth, particularly in developing
nations, demand for concrete will
continue to rise over the com-
ing decades, during which time
the world also faces an unprec-
edented environmental crisis that
will require the overhaul of many
traditional industries in a bid to
reduce carbon emissions. This
has prompted companies in the
concrete industry, which currently
accounts for around 7% of global
CO2 emissions, to develop new so-
lutions for a de-carbonized world.
“There is increased environmen-
tal awareness, leading to a need for
de-carbonization to slow global
warming and this is having a pro-
nounced effect on the infrastruc-
ture sector. So companies must
adapt their operations to anticipate
and satisfy these requirements,”
says Yoshihiro Aizawa, President of
Aizawa Concrete Corporation, one
of Japan’s industry leaders.
Having played a vital role in the
building of Japan’s infrastructure
over the past decades, Aizawa
has now positioned itself at the
forefront of major innovations
in the concrete industry aimed
at both reducing environmental
impact and strengthening the
resilience of concrete structures
to aging and natural disasters.
“We already see ourselves as
positive disruptors of the tra-
ditional concrete industry by
pioneering de-carbonization and
self-healing concrete,” Mr. Aiza-
wa states proudly. “We handle
one million tons of concrete per
year, so you can imagine the size
of the task to introduce these
innovations at this scale.”
A monumental task, indeed, but
a challenge that Aizawa has faced
head on through the development
of new materials. “The main chal-
lenge now is to come up with new
materials and alternative materials
for conventional concrete. Regard-
ing de-carbonization, our focus is
on developing carbon neutral ma-
terials that look like concrete to
bolster our intellectual property
assets and have this become an in-
tegral part of our business model.”
Aside from environmental is-
sues, Aizawa has also taken on
the challenge of developing novel
solutions to improve the strength
and durability of concrete struc-
tures, which is of extreme im-
portance in Japan, where aging
infrastructure and the impact of
natural disasters are major issues
for the construction industry.
“Our ultimate goal is to create
a kind of non-breakable concrete.
The idea is similar to that of the
human immune system in that the
material will be capable of healing
itself. The unavoidable fact is that
all concrete is liable to cracking
no matter how well prepared and
applied it is. Variations in tempera-
ture over time will crack it, so our
company has been one of the first
to advance this idea of unbreak-
able concrete and we are doing so
through Basilisk, a self-healing con-
crete that we promote in Japan,”
explains Mr. Aizawa, adding that
the use of self-healing concrete to
reinforce older projects built with
traditional concrete could help to
reduce maintenance costs.
Today, Aizawa is introducing
earthquake-resilient pre-stressed
concrete into its manufacturing
process so that it can be used in
pre-cast components assembled
on the construction site, thereby
saving on labor costs, lead times
and space used. As international
recognition for Aizawa’s innova-
tive solutions have grown, it is
now in talks with Saudi Arabia,
which wants to apply the com-
pany’s latest technologies in pre-
stressed concrete manufacturing
as it looks to build 400,000 hous-
es for its growing middle-class.
www.aizawa-group.co.jp
 Bringing Japanese safety and evacuation
equipment overseas
Katsuyuki Sakuma,
President, Naka Corporation
Japanese companies across all in-
dustries have placed themselves at
the forefront of challenges posed
by the COVID-19 pandemic thanks
to new and existing technologies.
In the case of Naka Corporation,
a manufacturer of building safety
equipment, the company’s anti-viral
handrails, which it first launched in
2015, have come into the spotlight
amid the unprecedented hygiene
concerns due to coronavirus.
Naka’s handrails contain the com-
pany’s ownpatentedanti-viralpowder
named ‘Viruan’, which is based on
photocatalysts technology (visible-
light-sensitivephotocatalysts)andhas
www.nakacorporation.com the ability to eliminate coronavirus.
Japan’s expertise in infrastructure
maintenance and seismic strengthening
The Japanese leader in preventative maintenance, SHO-BOND aims to support other
countries dealing with issues posed by earthquakes and aging infrastructure.
As a result of Japan’s aging infra- Since then, SHO-BOND has played
structure and the nation’s prone- an essential role in infrastructure
ness to earthquakes, construction maintenance and seismic strength-
contractors have gained deep ening in Japan, during which time its
expertise in preventative mainte- unrivalled technology, solutions and
nance and seismic strengthening products (which include injection
for vital social infrastructure such adhesive fillings, seismic resistant
as roads, bridges and tunnels. devices, pipe-fitting products and
Established in 1958, anti-seismic synthetic
leading infrastructure resin materials) have
maintenance company continued to evolve. The
SHO-BOND’s first major company’s proven track
challenge came when record in successfully
it was tasked with applying its technologies
supporting the recon- to all types of infrastruc-
struction of bridges tures – regardless of size,
following a devastating weight and location –
earthquake in 1964. Tatsuya Kishimoto, have ensured it remains
“This turned out to President, the leader in its field.
be the point-of-origin SHO-BOND Holdings “Our approach is to
event for us to become Co., Ltd. provide fully-integrated
a technology-oriented company that solutions to our maintenance sites.
combines chemical and civil engi- From such an on-site-centered ap-
neering technologies for structural proach, we perform our investigation,
maintenance,” explains president, diagnosis, technology development,
Tatsuya Kishimoto. design, construction and manufac-
“The deactivation of COVID-19 us-
ing photocatalysts technology was
confirmed by Tokyo Institute of Tech-
nology, Nara Medical University and
Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Sci-
enceandTechnology,”explainsNaka’s
president, Katsuyuki Sakuma.
“Naka’s handrails are expected will remain the company’s main
to have a large effect on prevent- business activity. Having cemented
ing coronavirus infection. This is a its reputation as the leader in hand-
one-of-a-kind advancement and is rail manufacturing over the past
being used all over the world; and 50 years, Naka also manufactures
quite a distinguished achievement other evacuation equipment defined
for our company.” by safety and reliability, including
Mr. Sakuma envisions Viruan be- access hatches; the UD Escape se-
ing adopted as an infectious disease ries for the evacuation of wheelchair
counter-measure in other industries users released in 2017; slim CK Stair
and Naka has already received inqui- Nosing, which provides emergency
ries from other manufacturers. “We lighting during building evacuation;
are aiming to introduce the anti-viral and the TASCARL escape ladder,
technology to the material manu- which has been widely used in
facturing companies so they can apartment buildings across Japan
produce garments and clothes with since its launch in 1974.
the anti-viral features threaded into Moving forward, Naka aims to
them,” he says, giving one example of grow its international presence by
Viruan’s manypotentialapplications. providing its ‘Made in Japan’ qual-
But health, safety and disaster ity disaster prevention equipment
prevention equipment for buildings to countries across Southeast Asia.
turing,” Mr. Kishimoto explains. “Our
own project sites create synergies
and enable us to develop a compre-
hensive maintenance system.”
Indeed, earthquakes and aging
infrastructure are not issues exclu-
sive to Japan, which is why SHO-
BOND partners up with Mitsui &
Co., Ltd., and aims to support other
countries looking to tackle such
challenges with its world-leading
technologies, including the US, and
those in Europe and Southeast Asia.
“Aging infrastructure is becom-
ing a global social issue and sustain-
ability and resilience of infrastruc-
ture is coming under the spotlight,”
says Mr. Kishimoto. “We believe
that our technology has a global
competitive edge due to our expe-
rience repairing in Japan’s diverse
climate, harsh natural and earth-
quake-prone environment, and con-
sidering the level of fatigue damage
beyond what was expected at the
time of construction.” www.sho-bondhd.jp/english/
Monozukuri quality in food service equipment
that is a cool cut above the rest
Boasting the leading market share for ice shavers, Chubu Corporation boasts an extensive range of Japanese-quality
equipment used by hotels, restaurants, fast-food chains, convenience stores and caterers around the world.
“We are always
working hard to
improve our products
with the aim of making
small improvements
and functional
improvements.”
Yoshinori Mitsubayashi,
President, Chubu Corporation
Japanese companies have long
distinguished themselves from the
competition through a dedication
to the monozukuri manufacturing
craftsmanship philoso-
phy, which focuses
on pride, skill, dedi-
cation, high-quality
production and
the constant pursuit of innova-
tion and perfection.
The monozukuri philosophy
is also very much grounded in
acutely responding to customer
and market needs. And in the
case of Chubu Corporation, the
company’s president, Yoshinori
Mitsubayashi, says that that has
involved making “small changes”
and “minor adjustments” based
on customer demands over the
past 80 years, which has allowed
Chubu to become a leader in the
construction materials and food
service industry.
Today, the company’s Japanese-
quality food service equipment is
usedbyhotels,restaurants,fast-food
chains, convenience stores and ca-
terers around the world, for whom
Chubu’s solutions remain a cut above
the competition thanks to the com-
pany’s dedication to monozukuri.
“We are always working hard to
improve our products with the aim
of making small improvements and
functional improvements. We do not
compete at low cost and with low
quality,” Mr. Mitsubayashi explains,
emphasizing that Chubu’s successful
product development has been the
result of an “accumulation of minor
changes to meet the market needs
and this is one of the main methods
of our R&D strategy.”
“We have our Food Service Equip-
ment division and the Construc-
tion Material division, and we are a
company that pursues new develop-
ments based upon the requirements
of clients,” he adds. “We believe that
customer needs are very important
for monozukuri.”
Chubu was established in
1942 as an iron works foundry.
Leveraging on its expertise in
iron technology, Chubu spotted
an opportunity to use its cast iron
products to develop ice shaver
machines, pioneering the world’s
first ice shaver machines that
could handle small ice cubes. Lat-
er, the company utilized its cast
iron technology in the same way
to develop metal construction
materials such as manhole covers,
traps, roof drains, stainless-steel
gratings and floor hatches, which
it continues to supply to clients in
Japan and across the world.
“Looking back at our history, in
the past all we could find in the
market was ice shaver machines
which could shave big blocks of ice
only,” recalls Mr. Mitsubayashi.
“However, we realized that
Hoshizaki, a Japanese company
which is famous for ice-making
machines, had introduced the
new type of ice-making machines
which could be installed in res-
taurants so the owners could eas-
ily make small ice cubes at each
shop. As a result, we became the
first manufacturer who developed
ice shaver machines which could
shave the small ice cubes.”
Since then the company has
become the market leader in
commercial ice shaver machines,
with its food service equipment
portfolio expanding to cover
ice crushers, vegetable cutters,
smoothie makers, table-top bar-
becue roasters, bamkuchen ovens,
rice cookers and cast-iron pans.
In the Construction Material di-
vision, Chubu continues to develop
new products finely attuned to
the demands of clients, especially
Japan’s “five general super con-
struction companies”. “We listen
to the actual needs of their de-
sign and development divisions
and procurement divisions and
also work with them to promote
commercialization,” says Mr. Mit-
subayashi, adding that Chubu aims
to join the Woven City project, a
project led by Toyota and NTT
based on the smart city concept,
by supplying its high-performing
construction materials.
At the same time, Chubu will
continue to leverage its R&D
capabilities to introduce new
innovations for the food service
industry of tomorrow, bringing
its highly reputed food service
equipment to a broader base of
global customers.
“We are confident that we can
make further positive contributions
to the ever-changing food prepara-
tion business market,” concludes
Mr. Mitsubayashi. “We hope that
more and more people worldwide
will discover our products and enjoy
the services we offer. Chubu is dedi-
cated to the advancement of food
preparation technology and we are
committed to making it available via
our highly professional international
sales and service network.”
www.chubu-net.co.jp/
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Following the news that Derek Chauvin
had been convicted of murder—viewed as
a pivotal test of police accountability— two
Atlanta women embrace, against the fitting
backdrop of a mural of George Floyd.

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AMERICA
SEIZE
THIS
To move the country forward after the
historic conviction of George Floyd’s killer,
Joe Biden must fix the criminal justice

MOMENT?
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want us to have a hard conversation—
about race, about injustice and about the
possibility that America could seize the un-
precedented moment we are in right now,
the aftermath of prosecutors and a jury finally
holding a violent police officer accountable for
killing an unarmed Black man, to finally address
the systemic problems that brought us to this point.
But first I’d like to talk not about racism and mur-
der, but about peanut butter. Yeah, peanut butter.
Imagine with me for a moment that the FDA
has issued an emergency nationwide recall on
peanut butter. All of it. Creamy and crunchy. The
organic expensive stuff and the super processed
store brands. Even products that have peanut
butter in them, from Uncrustables to Captain
Crunch, they’ve all gotta go. I don’t know if other
countries use peanut butter like we do, but in the
United States it’s everywhere—breakfast, lunch,
snacks, desserts—you can’t get
away from it. About 94 percent
THE AFTERMATH
(Bottom) People gather of American homes have at least
at George Floyd Square one jar of it in their cupboard
in Minneapolis after the and that doesn’t even count the
verdict was announced.
(Across) Chauvin, in other myriad other products
his new uniform. (Far with peanut butter as an ingre-
right) Floyd’s lawyer, dient. It’s ubiquitous. But in my
family and friends take
a moment to celebrate dystopian America we’ve tragi-
their trial victory. cally learned that this treasured
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food staple is killing several people a day, day in and
day out, including kids, all over the country.
Now picture the local and national news cov-
ering one family sadly going through their home
and carefully identifying all of their tasty peanut
butter treats and tossing them in the garbage. It
was a painful process, but they got it done. And
it was on film for the whole world to see. Except
they accidentally forgot the box of peanut butter
granola bars and one pint of ice cream that has a
peanut butter swirl in it. Hopefully, they’ll catch
those things later, and toss them, but who knows?
Are you able to see this scenario with me? As
a lifelong peanut butter aficionado, it’s my worst
nightmare, but believe it or not, it’s about the best
metaphor I can provide for where we are right now
as a country when it comes to the intersection of
civil rights, human rights, police brutality and mass
incarceration. Convicting Minneapolis Police Of-
ficer Derek Chauvin for his cen-
tral role in the murder of George
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Floyd was a good thing. Hell,
even evangelical conservative
Pat Robertson thought Chauvin
should be “thrown under the jail.”
And in a few months, I suspect
he’ll likely receive the harshest
sentence available.
But to me, as a social-justice
activist who has been fighting
for civil and human rights now
for 25 years, I see the conviction
of Chauvin, and the wall to wall
coverage of the trial and verdict, as something akin
to admitting that peanut butter is killing thousands
of people, that the whole peanut butter industry is
rotten and crooked and dangerous, and then think-
ing that one family throwing out some of their pea-
nut butter products somehow scratches the surface
of solving the real problem. It doesn’t. It doesn’t
even fully solve it for that family.
The United States has a complex, systemic, na-
tionwide crisis of police violence and mass incar-
ceration. This nation arrests nearly 10 million peo-
ple per year. On any given day nearly 2.5 million
Americans are in jail and prison. That’s not only the
largest number for any country in the world, that’s
the largest number of people jailed for any single
country in the history of the world. Nearly 5 million
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more people in this country are on probation or
parole—also a world record.
We live in the incarceration nation. Prisons cost
this country a staggering $80 billion a year. Policing
costs at least $115 billion more, but experts think that
estimate is low. Last year, the NYPD alone spent over
$10 billion. Billions more are spent covering the con-
tinuous costs of gross misconduct. It’s simultaneous-
ly an addiction and an industry—and it’s outrageous.
What we just achieved with the conviction of
Derek Chauvin, in comparison to the size and depth
and complexity of the problem we’re up against, is
absolutely better than nothing, but I need you to
understand that it’s closer to being nothing than it is
to being the deep systemic change this nation needs
right now. It’s a major breakthrough for the family
of George Floyd, and for all of us who fought for
this accountability, to be sure. But whether or not
the impact ripples out to the nation is yet to be seen.
This country has averaged about three people
killed per day by police for years now. Sometimes
the number climbs much higher, but it’s rare for
police in this country to go a single day without
killing someone. Police in the entire United King-
dom killed five people last year. I took a quick look
at the Killings by Police database for 2020, starting
from December 31st and working my way back-
wards through the year to see if I could find any
days where American police killed five people in
a single day. It didn’t take long to find one. On De-
cember 10, 2020, American police killed five people
in five different states—one each in Delaware, In-
diana, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. I scrolled
back a little bit more and found they killed five
more people in five different states on December
4—Arizona, New York, Ohio, West Virginia (again)
and Washington. And so it went.
Do you understand what I’m saying? Police in the
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U.S. kill more people in a day than police in most

developed nations kill in a year. Police in some coun-
tries go an entire year without killing a single person.
Daily, people from all over the world write to ask
me to explain to them how it is possible that so many
men, women and children are killed by police here.
They aren’t rubbing it in or being facetious—they
are stumped. They genuinely can’t even imagine it.
When people around the world saw what police actu-
ally did to George Floyd, as he told the officers hold-
ing him that he couldn’t breathe 27 times, then died
under the pressure and weight of the police, only for
them to remain on top of him for four more minutes,
it caused so much outrage and anger that protests
broke out in more than 100 countries.
And last week, when an incredibly diverse jury of
seven women and five men quickly convicted the
disgraced Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin
on all charges for his brutal murder of George Floyd,
it was an undoubtedly important moment. It was a

“POLICE IN THE U.S. KILL MORE PEOPLE

IN A DAY THAN POLICE IN MOST
DEVELOPED NATIONS KILL IN A YEAR.”
crossroads moment. Had the jury decided to go the
other way, I truly believe our nation would have bro-
ken out in anger and a depth of despair not seen since
the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King in 1968,
when riots broke out in over 100 American cities.
But in this case, the jury did their job. They didn’t
have even a single question for the judge. The pros-
ecution, assembled not from the local prosecutors
that all but refused to file charges, but put together
by Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison, who
was the first Muslim in Congress, and is now the
first African American and Muslim Attorney Gen-
eral in the state, did their job. It was the single most
masterful and meticulous prosecution of an Ameri-
can police officer in the history of this country. And
as a singular moment, it’s historic. It matters.
But let’s back to the peanut butter.
The conviction of Derek Chauvin is something
akin to the FDA calling for a nationwide recall of
peanut butter and that one single family cleaning
most, but not all, of the products containing pea-
nut butter out of their house. That doesn’t even
solve the whole problem for that one family. It
damn sure doesn’t solve the peanut butter problem
for their block or their neighborhood, or their city,
or county, or state, or region. What happens for one
isolated family does next to nothing for the nation.
Every officer involved in the murder of George
Floyd hasn’t even been tried and convicted yet. That
accountability is still elusive for the family of George
Floyd. And it’s fully elusive for nearly 99 percent of
families whose loved ones are killed by police. Police SIGNS OF TROUBLE
in the same county where George Floyd was mur- On any given day, 2.5
million people in the U.S.
dered were just charged with shooting and killing a are in jail or prison—more
young Black father named Daunte Wright during the than anywhere else in the
Derek Chauvin trial. And countless officers all over world (top left: Louisiana
State Penitentiary).
the state who’ve done tremendous harm have never (Bottom left) A blue wall
been held accountable. That’s still the norm right now. forms in Brooklyn, New
I know the family of George Floyd. I am close York last June following
a protest against police
friends with all of the attorneys that represent them. brutality. (Above)
It touched my heart, minutes after the verdict, to Minnesota Attorney
see President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala General Keith Ellison,
who assembled the
Harris call them and congratulate them on the out- team of prosecutors who
come of the trial. I am a harsh critic of Joe Biden’s tried the Chauvin case.

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ugly history when it comes to criminal justice. I
truly see him as the father of modern-day mass in-
carceration. His signature legislative achievement
during the generations he spent in the Senate was
what he used to proudly call the “Biden Crime Bill,”
which institutionalized, funded and grew mass in-
carceration at an explosive pace. That law, passed in
1994, caused more harm to Black communities than
any single piece of legislation of the past 40 years.
But in the moments after Chauvin was convicted,
President Biden called on what I think is his greatest
superpower. Face to face with a person in pain, he is
the most empathetic president in the modern his-
tory of this country. Having lost his wife and young
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ONRACEANDRACISM;
WENEEDJUSTICE,
ACCOUNTABILITY,
CHANGE AND RESTORATION.”
daughter in a horrible car accident, and his son Beau
to the tragic turn of brain cancer, he is as well-ac-
quainted with loss as any elected official we know.
The persistent challenge for Biden is the same as
the challenge for America: Can he take the sincere em-
pathy and attention that he has shown the family of
George Floyd, this one family that has suffered what
thousands of families have suffered across the years,
and point it toward the deep systemic problems of
injustice, police brutality and mass incarceration that
actually caused his murder? That’s the big question.
When Joe Biden offered sweet words to Gigi, the
young daughter of George Floyd, and said he wanted
to fly her to the White House, I think it came from
the best place in his heart. What I want to know is
whether Joe Biden is willing to tilt the empathy he
has for individuals harmed by police violence and
mass incarceration toward the unjust systems that
he actually imagined and constructed himself.
In a weird way, I’ve always thought that Joe Biden,
having crafted the blueprint for the most punitive
and carceral federal legislation in modern American
history, should be uniquely skilled and qualified to
tear it back down. Because without addressing the
deep systemic civil rights crisis facing this nation,
and the bloody stream of victims it produces, his
person-by-person friendliness rings a bit hollow.
A Prescription for Progress
i’ve been descriptive of our problems, and
the dilemma our nation finds itself in right now,
but please allow me to be prescriptive, and even
hopeful, for the remainder of our time together.
Because I have good news: Joe Biden can make a
whole lot of things better.
Biden doesn’t even need Congress for so many
important policies that he can advance. Congress
can and should also seize this moment to address
civil rights and human rights in a way not seen
since the first years of Lyndon Johnson’s presiden-
cy. Your governor, your attorney general, your state
legislature, your local mayor, your district attorney,
your local city council and even your school board
can all address the problems we’re facing head on.
If they say they can’t, or don’t have the power to do
anything, they’re lying. They all built these unjust
systems together and it’s going to take every person
in power to dismantle them.
But the President of the United States has the
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chance to set the tone for the entire country moving
forward on racial and criminal justice. He must. And
if he doesn’t, it will give so many other leaders across
the country permission to shrink in this moment.
I lead an organization called the Grassroots Law
Project. Our staff of nearly 30 organizers, policy
writers and civil rights attorneys has authored and
passed legislation, helped elect dozens of change
agents across the country and provided essential
support to nearly 100 families impacted by racism,
police violence and mass incarceration, including
the families of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and
George Floyd. Nearly a year ago our staff began craft-
ing the single most robust plan of action on these
issues ever created for a presumptive presidential
nominee. For months, we met with the Biden-Har-
ris transition team to strategize about more than 60
policy positions on racial and criminal justice that
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we hoped they would adopt and make their own. De-
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lays in filling key positions to lead the charge—just
last month, nearly 100 days into the administration,
the Senate narrowly confirmed civil rights attorney
Vanita Gupta as the No. 3 official in the Department
of Justice; Kristen Clarke, slated to lead the Civil
Rights Division of the DOJ, has yet to be confirmed—
has no doubt stalled some of Biden’s work on these
issues. But he must press forward. MOBILIZING FORCES
(Left, from top) Kristen
The Biden administration must immediately file Clarke, Biden’s pick to
federal charges against the worst officers in this head the DOJ’s Civil
country who’ve caused deep harm. Many of these Rights Division; a Black
Lives Matter protest in
cases, like those against the officers who killed Eric Paris—one of hundreds
Garner and Tamir Rice, were opened during the of protests worldwide
Obama administration, which tragically allowed following Floyd’s death.
Many proposals call
them to pass on to the Trump DOJ, which in turn for redirecting funds
tanked each and every one of them. Officials in the to policing alternatives,
Obama DOJ told me personally that they believed such as facilities to help
the homeless (below:
with such confidence that Hillary Clinton would
a shelter in North
win in 2016 that they never imagined those cases Hollywood, California).
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FEDERAL RESPONSE
Joe Biden’s pivotal role in
crafting tough, often-
criticized criminal justice
laws in the 1990s could
give him an edge in
addressing the systemic
problems that resulted,
the author says (above:
the president delivering
remarks to the nation
after the Chauvin verdict).
(Right) House Democrats
speaking on behalf of the
George Floyd Justice in
Policing Act last year.
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“JOE BIDEN, HAVING
MOST PUNITIVE FEDERAL
SHOULD
being handed over to men like Trump’s former At-
torney Generals, Jeff Sessions and Bill Barr.
Neither here nor there now. Current Attorney
General Merrick Garland must prosecute those old
cases, and many more like them, including those of
the officers who murdered Philando Castile, Breon-
na Taylor and more. These most grievous wounds
must be addressed. The United States doesn’t sim-
ply need more conversation on race and racism; we
need justice, accountability, change and restoration.
The Biden administration must increase the
DOJ’s pattern and practice investigations into ev-
ery form of police and prosecutor misconduct—
that is, trying to establish if there is evidence of
a pattern of discriminatory behavior vs. isolated
incidents—and push for extremely robust consent
decrees, which are binding agreements to change
policies and outcomes on the local level. The DOJ
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has announced that such investigations are now
underway into the Minneapolis and Louisville Po-
lice Departments. I could name 100 more that need
this same treatment immediately, including the
Chicago Police Department, the NYPD, the LAPD,
the Houston Police Department and many more.
The Biden administration must widen these pat-
tern and practice investigations and consent decrees
beyond police departments to include the offices of
local prosecutors. Every single person who has been
wrongly charged and convicted in this nation was
the victim of gross misconduct by prosecutor’s of-
fices that are almost never held accountable in any
meaningful way. That has to end immediately.
The Biden Administration must also seriously in-
crease the funding and staffing of the DOJ Criminal
Division’s unit, which prosecutes police and prison
guard misconduct and hate crimes. It is woefully
underfunded and understaffed—and as a result it
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is often ineffective.
Within that unit, create a database of police mis-
conduct that is publicly available and includes state
reporting, much like police departments report
data now to the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report. This
reporting must be mandatory and include every sin-
gle form of police misconduct. Failure from police
departments to fully participate should result in the
revocation of any federal funding they receive.
Furthermore, the Biden administration must sig-
nificantly expand DOJ investigations into law enforce-
ment abuse inside immigration detention centers. It’s
been widely documented by journalists, but the ad-
ministration doesn’t appear to be taking it seriously.
When time ran out on the Obama administra-
tion, they had over 10,000 applications for pardons
and commutations that they never responded to.
Again, I was told that they always assumed that the
incoming Clinton administration would simply
pick up where they left off. In the final days that
the Obama DOJ had left, they rushed and powered
through as many of those applications as they
could, but left thousands of families heartbroken
by lack of action. The Biden administration does
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not need to wait years to do this. The President has
the power to commute and pardon individuals held
in federal prison. The Biden administration should
use that power to pardon those who do not pose
a risk to the community, especially the elderly or
those who were convicted under unjust laws.
To accomplish this, the Biden administration must
start by expanding the office of pardons and commu-
tations, and staff it with current and former public
defenders. A primary reason this system failed in the
waning weeks of the Obama administration was not
just because it was understaffed and underfunded,
but also because it didn’t have the diversity of staff
who truly knew their way around those cases and
applications.
Additionally, Joe Biden must commute all exist-
ing death sentences to no more than life in prison.
Failing to do so, again as they did in the Obama ad-
ministration, simply meant that the people previ-
ous administrations chose not to execute were then
brutally executed by the Trump administration.
Biden has to commute their sentences or cases may
again be punted to the next conservative president.
President Biden should also grant immediate par-
dons to all people in federal prison incarcerated on
non-violent drug charges—many of them having al-
ready served decades of prison time for selling drugs
that are functionally legal across the country. Again,
many of them are incarcerated under laws that he
wrote. Painful or poetic, he now has the power to
undo this harm. Biden must also immediately release
incarcerated people who are at particularly high risk
for COVID-19 and can safely return to society.
Joe Biden has repeatedly said something that has
stumped most of us fighting for justice and change.
He keeps saying that police departments need more
funding and support. They don’t. They are the most
heavily funded police in the world and the percent-
age of local budgets their funding takes up has bal-
looned to over 50 percent in some cities. I repeat:
American police do not need more funding.
But Joe Biden could indeed smartly fund other
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 pathways to public safety that a vast majority of
Americans are calling for. Congress passes a budget,
but the President presents it. The Biden-Harris ad-
ministration should include several criminal justice
priorities for public safety in their budget presen-
tation. They should provide grants to local jurisdic-
tions and states to invest in alternatives to policing
including highly skilled, well-trained unarmed first
responders for all mental health calls, substance
use calls, homelessness calls and all other non-vi-
olent calls. The Biden administration should fund
a complete overhaul of local 911 response centers
so that they can properly route calls to more exact
and skilled mental health and substance use teams.
Right now, when any families call 911 for help, an
armed and often angry police officer shows up.
The Biden administration could also fund treat-
ment facilities for substance use and mental health
crisis centers. They should provide grants to local
jurisdictions and states to invest in alternatives to
incarceration, including restorative justice, drug
and mental health treatment, educational oppor-
tunities, job training programs and housing assis-
tance. They should fully fund grants to local juris-
dictions and states to invest in systems to track, and
make public, all criminal justice data, including
data on police contacts with citizens, police stops,
arrests, convictions and sentencing. And lastly, they
should fully fund the federal departments, staffs
and programs that will be tasked throughout the
government with conviction integrity review as
well as police and prosecutor accountability.
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All of this must be done without recklessly
dumping more money into police departments.
Everything I’ve just described is within the pres-
idential powers of Joe Biden to act on post haste.
However, before Congress right now are two very
important bills that will likely need to be merged
in smart ways before they are passed—the George
Floyd Justice in Policing Act, which aims to combat
police misconduct, excessive force and racial bias
in policing, and the BREATHE Act, which seeks to
divert federal resources from jails and police and
invest them instead in other methods of commu-
nity safety. The George Floyd Act passed the House
of Representatives along a near party line vote in
March but has not advanced in the Senate; the
BREATHE Act has not yet come up for a vote.
Joe Biden needs to make it clear to Congress that
he wants this legislation passed in 2021. Now is the RIPPLE EFFECT
Among the proposals the
time. If he fails to pressure his allies on this now, author hopes will come
the momentum to get such things done next year to pass in the wake of
may be gone and he may not even have a congres- Chauvin’s conviction:
Biden putting an end to
sional majority to work with in two years. the death penalty (left:
Lastly, nearly 150 different very credible reforms a protest against capital
have already passed across the country on qualified punishment outside
the Supreme Court).
immunity, the decriminalization and legalization (Above) People gather
of cannabis and other drugs, an overhaul of 911 sys- at George Floyd Square
tems to take a significant percentage of calls away in Minneapolis after the
verdict of guilty on all
from police, the expungement of criminal records charges was announced.
impacted by the war on drugs and so much more.
But ending qualified immunity, which protects po-
lice from lawsuits and more, has still not passed in
48 states. The possession of pretty much any drug
other than cannabis is still illegal in 49 states. And
those are just two policies among hundreds that
need to be addressed. This shows you the sheer
scale of what’s left to be done.
It can be done. All of it. Piece by piece. Policy by
policy. If it isn’t? America will continue the vicious
cycle that we’re in right now—one where racial in-
justice and police violence repeatedly bring this
country to its knees. I sense that a growing majority
of Americans are exhausted with this predictable
and traumatic cycle, but will we actually break it?
We can. I see the path forward, but seeing it, and
doing it, are two very different realities.
Ơ Shaun King, a long-time social justice activist, is
co-founder and executive director of the Grassroots
Law Project, which works to transform policing
and criminal justice in America.
NEWSWEEK.COM 29

I’M A PRACTICING LAWYER OF 49-
plus years in Los Angeles, who in
March of 1990 became involved
in the tragic case of Rodney King.
Although Mr. King was my most
notable client, I have represented
numerous individuals who were
assaulted and killed at the hand of
police officers, and have tried these
cases in both state and federal court.
Now that the trial of Derek Chau-
vin has resulted in the jury finding the
former police officer guilty on three
How far has America charges—including the most serious
come since the first charge of second-degree murder—
shocking video of a we can see how far our nation has
Black man treated come since the Rodney King beating.
brutally by white police Officers from multiple law
officers 30 years ago? enforcement agencies pulled over
King’s lawyer weighs in. Mr. King following a pursuit on a
California freeway. He was suspect-
ed of speeding, and possibly driving
under the influence. Mr. King also
BY STEVEN A. LERMAN
had two African-American friends
in the vehicle he was operating.
30 NEWSWEEK.COM
OPINION
Following the pursuit, he pulled
over and immediately encountered
four Los Angeles Police Department
(LAPD) officers, among officers
from other agencies, who sense-
lessly beat him with their police
batons. Officers struck and clubbed
Mr. King approximately 56 times.
He sustained significant and perma-
nent injuries to his skull and body.
As fate would have it, a bystander
with a video camera (cell phones did
not have video capacity at that time)
filmed the beatdown. An LAPD heli-
copter hovering over the scene illu-
minated the whole gruesome scene.
The video was aired all over the
nation, and has been replayed by
thousands of networks across the
world. People worldwide saw the
shocking video, which forced them
to wonder how the beating could
happen in America in the 1990s.
The officers who beat King—all of
whom were white—were eventu-
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ally charged criminally. However,
although the King incident offered
the first actual video of a police
beating, the jury in the trial of the
four officers refused to convict
any of them, even after seeing the
horrifying video over and over.
The trial of Derek Chauvin in
Minneapolis had a far different out-
come—the conviction of Chauvin.
Both the Rodney King and George
Floyd videos caused great outrage
around the world, particularly
among communities of color. Both
cases led to outbreaks of violence
in America, including looting and
riots in cities around the country.
I immediately observed several
similarities between the two cases,
along with one glaring difference:
Social media sent the Floyd video
instantaneously around the world.
The Floyd case became a rallying
cry for various social groups, in-
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left) Two of the officers charged with beating
King(second from left and far right) are led
out after their acquittal; scenes from the
ensuing riots in Los Angeles: People burn
flags on a freeway overpass; walking amid the
rubble; National Guard soldiers standing by;
protesters overturn a parking attendant booth.
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attorney in Los Angeles and the
former lawyer for Rodney King.
The views expressed are his own.
NEWSWEEK.COM 31
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What cops really learn in the academy

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llyou at any time.”
and hoW it impacts their policing by Rosa Brooks

Photog raph b y D R E W a N G E R E R NEWSWEEK.COM 33


When Rosa Brooks, a Georgetown University tenured
law professor, decided to become a reserve police of-
ficer with the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police
Department in 2015, she explored the “blue wall of
silence” from the inside. Through her experience, she
discovered that today’s hot-button issues about polic-
ing are not easy to solve; in her recent book, TANGLED
UP IN BLUE (Penguin Press), Brooks shares what she
learned on the force, her recommendations for better
laws and policing and her analysis of the complex
issues surrounding race and policing that are increas-
ingly timely in a world wracked by the use of deadly
force by police and the resulting public protests. In
this excerpt from her book, Brooks explores the indoc-
trination cops get as part of their training about their
own vulnerability—both at the hands of the people
they’ve sworn to protect and their own department—
and how that affects their actions on the job.
anyone can kill you at any time.”
The chief lesson learned at the
academy was this: Anyone can kill
you at any time. This topic wasn’t
listed on the formal lesson plan, but was implicit
in the stories the instructors told and the videos
the recruits obsessively watched both in class and
during break time. Week after week, we watch foot-
age of cops getting attacked, injured or killed. The
world, it seemed, was a dangerous place for police
officers; they were perpetually being stabbed, shot,
punched, kicked, run over, drowned, poisoned by
fentanyl and bitten by savage dogs.
The instructors referred to these as “officer safe-
ty” videos. When we had breaks or “got ahead of the
curriculum” and had nothing else to do, which hap-
34 NEWSWEEK.COM
pened a lot, we huddled around iPads and laptops
and watched more videos. Like kids bonding over
their favorite YouTube clips, recruits sat around in
the lunchroom and swapped suggestions of cops-
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in-trouble videos to watch.
There were, we learned, a thousand ways for
cops to be hurt or killed. On our screens, unwit-
ting police officers conducted traffic stops, only
to be gunned down by meth-heads previously
invisible behind invisible tinted rear windows.
Officers rushed heedlessly toward disabled trucks
and inhaled fatal levels of anhydrous ammonia.
They stopped to assist stranded motorists and
were struck by passing cars. They responded to
domestic violence calls and were hit over the
head by poker-wielding husbands. They were
pushed off bridges by fleeing felons and drowned
in raging river currents. They were overpowered
by combative suspects who grabbed their service THIN BLUE LINE
weapons and shot them in the head. They were Clockwise from top:
beaten to death by crazed PCP addicts who kept Cadets at the California
Highway Patrol Academy
right on pummelling them despite being repeat- in West Sacramento,
edly Tasered. They were poisoned, strangled and California, in 2015;
pushed off the roofs of tall buildings. Washington, D.C., MPD
FDGHWV RIɿFHUV DQG
The dead cops were all heroes. But, it was quietly recruits on the front lines
intimated, they were also failures. Mostly, we were of the demonstrations
told, they died because they weren’t prepared. meet with Police Chief
Newham at the Martin
They let down their guard. They neglected to Luther King Jr. Memorial
take appropriate tactical precautions. They decid- on June 5, 2020; and
ed their ballistic vest was hot and uncomfortable, people sit-in at a rally in
Minneapolis, Minnesota,
so they left it at home when they went on patrol, on May 29, 2020, after
and suffered the consequences when they were shot George Floyd was killed.
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six times in the chest! They sat in their cars, too

busy scrolling through personal text messages on
their phones to notice the deranged drug addict
lurching toward them—until it was too late and
he shot them in the head! They interviewed domes-
tic violence suspects in their kitchens, forgetting
that kitchens are full of weapons—until the suspect
grabbed a butcher knife from a drawer and stabbed
them in the heart! They told the meek-looking el-
derly driver to go ahead and retrieve his registra-
tion and insurance, figuring he was harmless—un-
til he shot them in the neck with the gun he pulled
from the glove compartment!
“There’s no such thing as a routine call,” the in-
structors told us. Even the most seemingly quotid-
ian and benign situations could turn lethal in an
instant. You had to approach every situation “tac-
tically,” which meant you had to always be thinking
about the numerous ways in which you could be
killed, and act in a manner calibrated to keep you
from becoming a dead hero.
“A good day is a day you go home safe,” the in-
structors told us.
Accordingly, Saturdays at the academy were
devoted to physical training and defensive tactics.
Our PT instructor was Sergeant Flanagan, a short,
well-muscled Irishman in his 50s. I liked Flanagan,
despite the fact that he immediately announced
that we should come in each Saturday wearing
white T-shirts with our surnames written in black
marker on the back, rendering obsolete all the gray
T-shirts we had previously been told to acquire.
As spring turned to summer, Reserve Recruit
Class 2016-01 progressed from learning how to
walk (“You are never, ever going to turn your back
on a suspect! You need to move away from a sus-
pect, you’re going to take a step sideways and back,
never straight back, or you’ll lose your balance
and fall on your ass!”) to learning to fight and use
“control holds” and “pain compliance” measures.
We practiced on punching bags, rubber dummies
and one another, learning kicks, palm strikes and

Any situation, no matter how seemingly

low risk, could turn—deadly—in an instant.

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 LAW E NFO R C E M E N T

elbow strikes. We learned how to break someone’s

finger grip and how to twist an arm back painfully Restraining a subject
to force a bad guy into compliance. by putting your knee
Chokeholds were forbidden by Washington,
D.C., Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Too or foot on his back
many people placed in a chokehold ended up dead. while he lay facedown
“Like Eric Garner, in New York City. So no choke-
holds. Prohibited, verboten,” said Flanagan. was also prohibited
Wentz, a former NYPD copy, broke in. “That’s by department policy,
idiotic. Properly used, chokeholds are perfectly
safe. It’s just a training issue. People don’t just un- because being prone
derstand how to use them. Eric Garner didn’t die for an extended period,
because he was put in a chokehold. He died because
particularly with

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of positional asphyxia.”
Flanagan was unmoved. “Technically, yes. But weight on the back
what everybody and their cousin saw on TV was
Eric Garner being choked. We’ll talk about position- could—kill—someone.
al asphyxia in a minute, but for now, just remember,
no chokeholds. The policy is what the policy is.”
“Better to be judged by 12 than carried by six,”
countered Wentz.
Flanagan was getting impatient. “Look, Wentz,
you find yourself in an actual life-or-death situation
and you have to grab someone around the neck to
keep him from killing you? I’m not going to tell
you not to do that. If it’s life or death, you do what
you have to do. But the department’s policy is, no
chokeholds. So here in MPD, we don’t use choke-
holds just because someone’s a pain in the ass and
resists cuffing. No chokeholds. Okay?”
We moved on to discuss positional asphyxia. Re-
straining a subject by putting your knee or foot on
his back while he lay facedown was also prohibited
by department policy, because being prone for an ex-
tended period, particularly with weight on the back
could kill someone, especially if the subject hap-
pened to have a weak heart or other medical issues.
“You’re struggling with a suspect, it’s a fight, you
end up on top of him and his face is in the dirt? It
happens.”
“But you don’t stay in that position,” Flanagan
went on. “You get the guy under control and you get
off him, fast, because the longer he’s facedown, the
more risk there is.” Four years later, George Floyd’s
death became an infamous and tragic case in point.
Wentz looked like he was about to argue.
“It’s the same as chokeholds,” said Flanagan. “Pol-
icy says no. You need to understand that. But if it’s
life or death? If you’re all alone, and you can’t get

36 NEWSWEEK.COM
 the cuffs onto his wrists, and the guy weighs 300 way that made the department look bad, you would
pounds, and the second you shift your weight off be hung out to dry. The department would not give
his back he’s going to throttle you? Well, you have you the benefit of the doubt. You’d be suspended,
a right to go home at the end of the day.” fired or prosecuted in a millisecond.
Wentz nodded, satisfied by this concession. Even for us reserve recruits, this created a constant
DANGERS ABOUND “Just be aware,” Flanagan added, “you’re still go- gnawing feeling of vulnerability. Soon, we’d be sent
Counterclockwise from
top: An MPD police cadet ing to have to explain why you violated department out to the streets, where, according to our instructors,
demonstrates a drill that policy.” we would find ourselves trapped between a hostile
includes dragging a body This tension was articulated over and over, in the public, full of people eager to hurt or kill us, and a
in Washington, D.C., in
2016; Chicago Police academy and, later, out on the streets. Cops had two hostile departmental burreaucracy,
RIɿFHUV LQYHVWLJDWH WKH messages drilled into them. eager to throw us to the wolves if
scene of a shooting in July On the one hand: You were in constant danger. Any required by PR considerations.
2020; and U.S. Capitol
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(YDQVŠ FDVNHW LV FDUULHG turn deadly in an instant, and you had to always be Ơ From tangled up in i blue
down the Capitol steps on ready to do whatever it took to protect yourself. by Rosa Brooks. Publ ished by
April 13, 2021 after he was
killed when a man rammed On the other hand: You had to abide by MPD arrangement with Pengu
uin Press.
the security barriers. policies, because if you deviated from them in a Copyright ©2021 by Rosa Brooks.

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Encounters
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(40), Moreno Valley, CA; Samuel Yeager (23), Castle Pines, CO 04/02/2021 Angel Nelson
(23), Corona, CA; Name withheld by police, Hurdle Mills, NC; Name withheld by police,
Long Beach, CA; Natzeryt Layahoshua Viertel (22), Salem, OR; Noah R. Green (25),
Washington, D.C. 04/01/2021 DeShawn Latiwon Tatum (25), Rock Island, IL; James
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Chicago, IL; Matthew Blaylock (38), Los Angeles, CA; Name withheld by police, Maysville,
KY; Robert Lee Canchola (33), Corpus Christi, TX 03/28/2021 Krys Brandon Ruiz (26),
Lompoc, CA 03/27/2021 Russell Lindemeyer (49), Parkwood Acres, FL 03/26/2021 Daniel
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Seaford, DE; Malcolm D. Johnson (31), Kansas City, MO; Travon Chadwell (18), Chicago, IL
03/24/2021 Name withheld by police, Newark, CA; Name withheld by police, Phoenix, AZ;
Name withheld by police, Mount Pleasant, TX; Peter Joseph Wayne (57), Stuart, FL; Tony
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Charlotte, NC 03/22/2021 Edward Kayer (42), Prescott Valley, AZ; Name withheld by
police, Fruithurst, AL 03/21/2021 Eduardo Parra (24), Sylvania Township, OH; Name
withheld by police, Empire, CO; Sergio Gutierrez Chairez (31), Dexter, NM 03/20/2021
Gerald Wayne Marlon Jr. (41), Odenville, AL; James Zambrotto (79), Hudson, FL; Kevin L.
Duncan (38), Bellefontaine, OH; Shawn Michael Evanuk (48), Centerville, GA 03/19/2021
Mykel Dexter Jenkins (29), Chattanooga, TN; Name withheld by police, Los Angeles, CA
03/18/2021 Daryl Lenard Jordan (50), Miami, FL; Juan Jimenez-Salas (46), Arlington, TX;
Leonard Popa Sr. (79), Pasadena, MD 03/17/2021 David Suarez (44), Fort Totten, ND;
Name withheld by police, Cypress, TX; Name withheld by police, Pensacola Beach, FL;
Shawn Myers (36), Wylie, TX 03/16/2021 Jorge Armando Cerda (36), University Park, CA;
Name withheld by police, Hayward, CA 03/15/2021 Stephen James Hughes (62), Temple,
PA 03/14/2021 Angel B. Degollado (21), Laredo, TX; Christopher Ruffin (28), Palm Bay, FL;
Name withheld by police (34), Los Angeles, CA; Ryan White Mountain-Soft (30),
McLaughlin, SD 03/13/2021 Douglas Stroble (25), Wasilla, AK; Dustin Black (24), Austin,
AR; Kelly Shannon Bowen (51), Reidsville, GA; Name withheld by police, Monahans, TX
03/12/2021 Benjamin Price Cotton (24), Dayton, OH; Gary Brown (43), Harrison Township,
OH; Nika Nicole Holbert (31), Nashville, TN; Raymond Tarbox II (43), Valdosta, GA; Timothy
Jonas Johnson (33), Kimberling City, MO 03/11/2021 Christopher Lefande (49), Cape
Coral, FL; Tyrell Wilson (32), Danville, CA 03/10/2021 Ivan Gutzalenko (47), Richmond, CA;
Martin Louis Douglas Jr. (30), Columbus, IN; Michael Laduca (42), Coushatta, LA; Tyshon
Jones (29), Rochester, NY 03/09/2021 David Robert Ruozi Jr. (30), Reedsport, OR; Jim
Wright (67), Minneola, KS; Name withheld by police (19), Riverside, CA 03/08/2021 David
Kahler (30), Burbank, CA 03/07/2021 Howayne Gale (35), Lakeland, FL; Joel R. Weldon
(43), Sparkman, AR 03/06/2021 Jessie Peter (27), Fairbanks, AK 03/05/2021 Andrew
Teague (43), Columbus, OH; Gregory Williams (32), Gainesville, FL; Justin Lynn (44),
Midland, TX; Thomas Mack (39), San Antonio, TX 03/04/2021 Judson Albahm (17),
Jamesville, NY 03/03/2021 Broderick Woods (33), Houston, TX; Dwight Brown (41),
Abbeville, LA 03/01/2021 Adam Cunningham (46), Ozark, AK; Chandra Moore (55), Detroit,
MI 02/28/2021 Farrah Rauch (17), Muskogee, OK; Fred Bowman Trundle (54), Alabama
Highway, GA 02/27/2021 David Savela (42), Sebeka, MN; Roger Dale Gibson (27), Dora,
AL; Rudy Duvivier (32), Orange Park, FL; Shannon Savela (36), Sebeka, MN 02/26/2021
Dakota G. Richards (29), Stanley, VA; Frederick Earl Height (26), Empire, AL; Isaiah Strong
(41), Kalispell, MT; Maggie A. Dickerson (29), Liberty, IN; Thomas Mack (29), San Antonio,
TX 02/25/2021 Adam John Lundt (24), West Sacramento, CA; Benjamin Tyson (35),
Baltimore, MD; David Joseph Wayne Conwell (37), Duluth, MN; Donald Francis Hairston
(44), Culpeper, VA 02/24/2021 Arturo Gomez Calel (33), Antioch, CA; Michael Richard
Stambaugh (39), Vici, OK; Name withheld by police, St. Michaels, AZ 02/23/2021 Dale
Amstutz-Dunn (39), Eagle Point, OR; Name withheld by police, Ontario, CA 02/22/2021
Carlton James “CJ” Adams (30), Nebo, NC 02/21/2021 Andrew Allen Courser (38),
Blanchard, MI; Daniel Newton Neal (37), San Jose, FL; Dominic Lucas Koch (38), Braham,
MN 02/20/2021 Arnell States (39), Cedar Rapids, IA; Christian W. Alexander (26), Lincoln,
NE; Claude Trivino (40), Albuquerque, NM; Hailey Stainbrook (30), Lincoln, NE; Randall
Lockaby (57), Villa Hills, KY; William Ice (38), Lonoke, AR 02/19/2021 Chad Curtis
Loynachan (29), Yreka, CA; Name withheld by police, Costa Mesa, CA; Ryan Shirey (27),
Catasauqua, PA; Timothy Frandson (34), Chillicothe, MO 02/18/2021 Juan Carter
Hernandez (33), New Wilmington, PA; Timothy Statham (37), Athens, GA; William Clayton
Blackwell (39), Greer, SC 02/17/2021 Adrian Castro, Houston, TX; Dustin A. Crain (28),
Mount Hermon, LA; Hector Javier Puga, Hesperia, CA; James Edward Coe (28), Salisbury,
NC 02/16/2021 Derek J. Hayden (44), Seattle, WA; Juan Carlos Pena-Noda (51), Miami, FL
02/15/2021 Francisco Flores, El Monte, CA; Royce Robertston (33), Indian Wells, CA; Troy
Alton Allen (50), Rexburg, ID 02/14/2021 Adam Bruce Connors (32), El Paso, TX; Bruce
Diehl (51), Blackfoot, ID; Name withheld by police, Taos Pueblo, NM; Phillip N. Davenport
(20), Corbin, KY 02/13/2021 Daverion Kinard (29), Fontana, CA; Name withheld by police,
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(44), Russelville, KY; Clifford E. Wilbur Jr. (38), Williamsport, PA; Edwin Adan Velasquez
(20), Houston, TX; Eric J. Porter (32), Waterville, ME; Gregory Chandler Metz (25), Clemson,
SC; Jacob Aaron Thomas (29), Malvern, AR; Jonathan Turner (39), Gulfport, MS
02/10/2021 Cortez Lee Bogan (27), Cleveland, OH; Jordan Walton (21), Austin, TX
02/09/2021 Demarko Montez Henderson (39), Las Vegas, NV; Gregory Taylor (45), Seattle,
WA; Trey Bartholomew (27), Pennsburg, PA 02/08/2021 Clay Tatum (38), Oxford, MS;
Joseph Johnson (37), Idaho Falls, ID; Shae Estelle Jones (33), Gastonia, NC 02/07/2021
Brian Gregory Scott (49), Bettendorf, IA; Brooke Leann Blair (27), Redding, CA; Dustin
Demaurean Powell (34), Lakeview, TX; Keenan Sailer (23), Mesa, AZ 02/06/2021 Anthony
Greco (29), Phoenix, AZ; Anthony Loia, Long Beach, CA; Dennis Denham (60), Kearns, UT;
Kevin Costlow (52), Gaithersburg, MD; Phillip Francis (43), Pine Hills, FL 02/05/2021
Andrew Hogan (25), Trotwood, OH; Christopher Hagans (36), Stratford, CT; Dino Raul
Morales (28), Ogden, UT; Josue Drumond-Cruz (34), High Point, NC; Name withheld by
police, Martinsville, VA 02/04/2021 Ariella Sage Eloise Crawford (33), Alta Sierra, CA;
Dontae Green (34), Baltimore, MD; Jenoah Donald (30), Hazel Dell, WA; Omar Felix Cueva
(39), Las Cruces, NM; Tilford “TJ” Barton (30), Oklahoma City, OK; Treyh Webster (18),
Mobile, AL 02/03/2021 Anthony Andrew Reunart (52), Franklinton, NC; Marvon Payton Jr.
(27), Las Vegas, NV; Nicholas Pingel (30), Kewaskum, WI; Tracy Hope Walter-Hensley (56),
Lenoir City, TN 02/02/2021 Joshua Crites (19), East Peoria, IL; Name withheld by police,
Meridian, MS 02/01/2021 Andrew Scott Kislek (34), Tucson, AZ; Kevin Hayes (57), Snyder,
TX; Richard Fenton Thomas (58), Ruther Glen, VA 01/31/2021 Chad William Songer (42),
Pikeville, TN; Ezekiel Meza (41), Albuquerque, NM; Franklin Gray (39), Broken Bow, OK;
Karl Walker (29), Dixon, CA; Keith Scales (60), Carmel, IN 01/30/2021 Kenneth Michael
Dallas (61), Paradise Valley, AZ; Name withheld by police, Louisville, KY 01/29/2021 Chase
Coats (34), Baylor, TX; Javier Magdaleno (60), La Quinta, CA 01/28/2021 Roger D.
Hipskind (37), Wabash, IN 01/27/2021 Erick Mejia (26), San Antonio, TX; Randy Miller, Los
Angeles, CA 01/26/2021 Edward Bittner (37), Mobile, AL; Felix Santos (48), San Antonio,
TX; Harmony Wolfgram, Aurora, CO; Mark Meza (61), Vacaville, CA; Name withheld by
police, Hemet, CA 01/25/2021 John Eric Ostbye (50), Graham, WA 01/24/2021 Caleb
McCree (43), Slidell, LA; Tyree Kajawn Rogers (38), Wichita Falls, TX 01/22/2021 Steven
Verdone, Homosassa, FL 01/21/2021 Brian Richard Abbott (34), Caneyville, KY; David
Tovar Jr. (27), San Jose, CA; Name withheld by police, Bronx, NY; Ryan Daniel Stallings (33),
College Station, TX 01/20/2021 Bradley Alexander Lewis (19), Casas Adobes, AZ; Eusi
Malik Kater Jr. (21), Titusville, AL; Frank Gonzales (38), Fresno, CA 01/19/2021 Christopher
Austin Dockery (32), Evans, CO; Robert Laudell Bull (55), Perryville, AR 01/18/2021
Christopher Harris (27), Toledo, OH; Kevin Darion Wells (56), Cropwell, AL; Robert Stephen
Calderon (46), Sacramento, CA 01/17/2021 Daniel Canales Jr., Goodyear, AZ; Daniel
Young (25), Marion, IN; Zonterious Johnson (24), Lawton, OK 01/15/2021 Jean Paul
Stanely, El Paso, TX; Justin Pegues (26), Rusk, TX; Kershawn Geiger (24), Carmichael, CA;
Name withheld by police (65), Prescott Valley, AZ; Reginald Johnson (48), Biloxi, MS
01/14/2021 Jeffrey D. Kite (36), South Chesterfield, VA 01/13/2021 Joshua Van Machado
(43), Visalia, CA; Lymond Maurice Moses (30), Wilington, DE; Name withheld by police,
Oklahoma City, OK 01/12/2021 Antonio Carbajal (23), Phoenix, AZ; Gary Rodriguez Jr. (54),
Montegut, LA; Ty Walvatne-Donahey (32), Lakewood, CO 01/11/2021 Daryl Dye (45),
Warrenville, SC; Jesse Daniel Davila, Edinburg, TX; Junius Thomas (31), Liberty Township,
OH; Allen Mirzayan (48), Altadena, CA 01/10/2021 Brian Williams (37), Bentonville, AR;
Joseph W. Howell (49), Topeka, KS; Mark Bivins (28), Munster, IN; Patrick Warren Sr. (52),
Killeen, TX 01/09/2021 Betty Francois (91), Victorville, CA; Jason Nightengale (32),
Evanston, IL; Matthew Oxendine (46), Pembroke, NC; Paul Bolden (37), Phoenix, AZ;
Xzavier D. Hill (18), Ridge, CA 01/08/2021 Brian Andren (47), Robbinsdale, MN; Charles
Edward Williams (47), Sparta, TN; Kwamena Ocran (24), Gaithersburg, MD 01/07/2021
John R. Neitling (40), Chesaning, MI 01/06/2021 Ashli Babbitt (35), Washington, D.C.;
Benicio Vasquez (34), Hartford, CT; Jacob Ryan McDuff (26), Tigard, OR; Robert “Lil Rob”
Howard (30), Memphis, TN 01/05/2021 Alexander Gonzales (27), Austin, TX; Jose
Guzman (27), Houston, TX; Michael Conlon (28), Newton Highlands, MA; Shawn McCoy,
Spokane, WA; Vincent Belmonte (18), Cleveland, OH 01/04/2021 Amanda Faulkner,
Columbiana, AL; Micahel Romo (28), Payson, AZ 01/03/2021 Henry Martinez Jr. (49),
Ontario, OR; James Reising (59), Jefferson City, MO; La Garion Smith (27), Homestead, FL;
Tre-Kedrian Tyquan White (20), Richburg, SC 01/02/2021 David Alvarado Jr., San Gabriel,
CA 01/01/2021 Carl Dorsey III (39), Newark, NJ; Isaac Matheney (37), Lakeview, OR
12/31/2020 David Randall Shephard (39), Beaumont, TX; Jeffrey Marvin (63), Elkhart, IN;
Rodolfo Caraballo Moreno, Miami, FL 12/30/202 Christian Hall (19), Stroudsburg, PA;
Dolal Idd (23), Minneapolis, MN; Jason Williams (37), Wichita, KS; Peter K. England (21),
Ammon, ID 12/29/2020 Shyheed Robert Boyd (21), Highland, CA; Samuel Lorenzo (18),
Brooklyn, NY; Jaquan Haynes (18), Atlanta, GA; Jason Cooper (28), Charleston, SC; Trevor
Seever (29), Modesto, CA 12/28/2020 Helen Jones (47), Phoenix, AZ; Alaina Burns (31),
Warrenton, OR; Bryan Cruz-Soto (28), Brockton, MA; Caillen Paoakea Gentzler (45),
Kaneohe, HI; Jordan Crawford (30), Phoenix, AZ; Larry Hamm (47), Denver, CO; Name
withheld by police (33), Hesperia, CA; Name withheld by police, Holyoke, CO 12/27/2020
Cole Blevins (40), Lewiston, ID; Marquavious Rashod Parks (26), Davisboro, GA
12/26/2020 Shamar Ogman (30), Hartford, CT 12/25/2020 Isaac Frazier (31), Houston,
TX; Jesus Perez (43), Philadelphia, PA; John Moreno, Rio Rico, AZ; Sheikh Mustafa Davis
(20), Midway, GA 12/24/2020 Michael Brandon Joyner (39), Oakland, TN; Tara Rae
Liubakka (39), Redding, CA 12/23/2020 Mark Clermont (45), Dalton, NH; Angelo Quinto
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(30), Antioch, CA 12/22/2020 Andre Maurice Hill (47), Columbus, OH; Christopher Cuevas
(45), Glendale, AZ; Joseph Tanner Casten (19), Joliet, IL 12/21/2020 Larry Taylor (39),
Mobile, AL; Paul Peraza (50), Wichita, KS 12/20/2020 William A. Riley-Jennings (34),
Anchorage, AK 12/19/2020 Moises Arreola, Lennox, CA 12/18/2020 Daniel Russell (38),
Oshtemo Township, MI; Jacob E. McClure (41), Jefferson, ME; Johnathan George Brown,
Bakersfield, CA; Leonel Salinas (34), Nampa, ID; Name withheld by police, Lucerne Valley,
CA 12/17/2020 Johnny Bolton (49), Smyrna, GA; Andrew Mansilla (25), Daytona Beach,
FL; Joshua Hoffpauir (33), Sevierville, TN; Nicholas Ellingson (37), Auburn, WA 12/16/2020
Adam Robertson (34), Orlando, FL; Benjamin Marley Manley aka Christopher Reeves (36),
Deming, NM; Jeremy Maurice Daniels (29), Concord Mills, NC 12/15/2020 David John
Donelli (42), Greenfield, IN; Ernie Teddy Serrano (33), Jurupa Valley, CA; Name withheld by
police (85), Pearland, TX; Reno E. Casanova (25), Kennewick, WA 12/14/2020 Michael
Anthony Dilbeck, Houston, TX 12/13/2020 Jordan Zenka, Sacramento, CA; Joseph Evans
(29), Farmington, UT; Luis Manuel Vasquez Gomez (52), New York, NY; Matthew T. Melzoni,
Huntington, IN 12/11/2020 Bennie Edwards (60), Oklahoma City, OK; Charles E. Jones
(36), Houston, TX; Name withheld by police (35), Trout Creek, MT 12/10/2020 Kurtis Kay
Frevert (79), Montclair, VA; Earl Robert Caperton (55), Middleway, WV; Eric Drake Feenstra
(47), Bivins, TX; Evelio Rivera (37), Rehoboth Beach, DE; Whitney J. Crawley (23), Gary, IN
12/09/2020 Joseph R. Crawford (23), Fort Atkinson, WI; Joshua Feast (22), La Marque, TX;
Kenneth Dale Miller (47), Oxford, MS 12/08/2020 Brad Tyler Masters (27), Gates, OR;
Nathaniel Sironen (40), Las Vegas, NV; Dylan Ray Scott (27), Riverview, FL 12/07/2020
Thomas Reeder III (44), Flint, MI 12/06/2020 Christian Juarez (28), Rowland Heights, CA;
Donald Edwin Saunders (37), Dayton, OH; Mark Brewer (28), St. Louis, MO 12/05/2020
Estavon Dominic Elioff (19), Mountain Iron, MN; Kwamaine O’Neal (47), Toledo, OH; Name
withheld by police (30), Mesquite, TX; Oldrich Fejfar, Savannah, GA 12/04/2020 Randy
Ward (34), Prichard, WV; Andre K. Sterling (35), Bronx, NY; Casey Christopher Goodson Jr.
(23), Columbus, OH; Leonard Francis Kieren (60), Buckeye, AZ; Nancy King (70), Spokane,
WA 12/03/2020 Maurice Jackson (42), Phoenix, AZ; Craig Steven Wright (60), Mansfield,
OH; Larry Eugene Boyd (43), East Nashville, TN 12/02/2020 Dolores Hernandez (62),
Redding, CA; Dominique Harris (20), St. Petersburg, FL 12/01/2020 Ethan Tyler Calton
(28), Rutherfordton, NC; James David Hawley (47), Pineville, LA; Kevin Fox (28), Detroit, MI
11/30/2020 Mickee McArthur (28), Ferry Pass, FL; Udofia Ekom-Abasi, Phoenix, AZ
11/29/2020 Cory Donell Truxillo, Houma, LA; Adam Lee Mendez (38), San Angelo, TX;
Alonzo Leroy Landy (32), Fayetteville, GA 11/27/2020 Duane W. Rich (74), Amberg, WI;
Michael Anthony Pena (31), Lubbock, TX; Name withheld by police, Wilsonville, OR;
Nicolas Segura (27), San Bernardino, CA 11/26/2020 Ellis Frye Jr. (62), Culpeper, VA
11/25/2020 Joshua Lee LaPlace (30), San Antonio, TX 11/24/2020 Lorenzo Aguilar (37),
Deming, NM; Rondell Goppy (41), Queens, NY 11/23/2020 Anthony Arias (29), Miami, FL;
Stavian Rodriguez (15), Oklahoma City, OK 11/22/2020 Brian Allen Thurman (49),
Louisville, KY; Brittany Nicole Yoder (34), Ohatchee, AL; Name withheld by police,
Beaumont, CA; Nicholas Cory Kausshen (41), Spokane Valley, WA; Randy LaCoursiere, Eau
Claire, WI 11/21/2020 Douglas Hatfield (75), Oro Valley, AZ; Matthew Thomas (25), New
Smyrna Beach, FL 11/20/2020 Peter Russell (43), Evansville, IN; Jordan D. Patterson (27),
Robert, LA; Name withheld by police (38), Upper Darby, PA 11/19/2020 Duane Scott
Murray (30), Lawton, OK; Terrell Smith (17), Atlanta, GA; Kenneth Jones (35), Omaha, NE;
Michael Dansby (43), Oklahoma City, OK; Rodney Applewhite (25, Los Lunas, NM
11/18/2020 Pedro Martinez (66), Tyler, TX 11/17/2020 Dustin James Acosta (28), St.
Augustine, FL; James Horton (42), Bonnieville, KY; Javon Brice (39), La Vergne, TN; Name
withheld by police, Miami, FL; Shawn Lequin Braddy (37), Laurel, MD 11/16/2020 Joshua
D. Evans (32), Batesville, IN; Shane K. Jones (38), Dania Beach, FL 11/15/2020 Christina
Markwell (50), Lubbock, TX; Name withheld by police, Inglewood, CA 11/14/2020 Angelo
Castigliola Jr. (66), Corpus Christi, TX; Augustine Morales (38), Sacramento, CA; David
Donovan (35), Meredith, NH; Jake Settle (40), Cantonment, FL 11/13/2020 Angelo “AJ”
Crooms (16), Cocoa, FL; Arthur Keith (19), Cleveland, OH; Charles Craig Meeks (38),
Columbus, MT; Cody William Amman (31), Gillette, WY; Sincere Pierce (18), Cocoa, FL;
Tracey Leon McKinney, Gulfport, MS 11/12/2020 Henry Frankowski, Gulfport, MS; Name
withheld by police (39), Philadelphia, PA 11/11/2020 Brandon Milburn (37), Oklahoma
City, OK; Chris Mellon (61), Scottsdale, AZ; Eric Lyn Clark (52), Winchester, VA 11/10/2020
Daniel David Reyes (27), Oildale, CA; Daron Jones (29), Nederland, TX; Douglas E. Rash
(44), Jefferson, OH; Vusumuzi Kunene (36), Lanham, MD 11/09/2020 Rodney Eubanks
(25), Baltimore, MD; Ronny Dunning (22), Woodinville, WA; Saul Robert Salgado, Santa Fe
Springs, CA 11/08/2020 Fredrick Cox Jr. (18), High Point, NC; Rodriguez Duandre Pam
(33), Evansville, IN; Terry David Fox (58), Kingston Springs, TN 11/07/2020 Jesse James
Kale Brown (34), Missoula, MT; Steven Campos (43), Lilburn, GA; Wendy Jones (56),
Sedona, AZ 11/06/2020 David Viveros (26), Rialto, CA 11/05/2020 Jacob Rucker (36),
Tulsa, OK; Javier Magana (32), Ventura, CA; Luis Robert Zaragoza Barbosa (36), Crestview,
FL; Reginald Alexander Jr. (25), Dallas, TX 11/04/2020 Darren Butrick (60), Kent, WA; Dean
Trasente, Colorado Springs, CO; Justin Hammack (26), Lewistown, IL; Justin Reed (34),
Jacksonville, FL; Michael Moza (30), Detroit, MI; Michael Wright, Sacramento, CA
11/03/2020 Guy Bradly Able (56), New Port Richey, FL; Jason Neo Bourne (38), Henderson,
NV; Jessee Duane Bowers (55), San Antonio, TX; John Wesley Seymour (59), Beaumont,
TX; Jonathan Torres Ramirez (20), Oakland, CA 11/02/2020 Caleb Slay (25), Springfield,
MO; John Mellone (39), Lynn, MA; Thomas Celona (35), Winchester, MA 11/01/2020 Jason
S. Cline (43), Seymour, IN; Quincy Ivan Bishop (30), Puyallup, WA; Trifton Stacy Wacoche
(26), Kenwood, OK 10/31/2020 John Pacheaco Jr. (36), Denver, CO; Matthew Daniel
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Johnston (44), Maryville, TN 10/30/2020 Brandon Keith Davis (27), Chattanooga, TN;
Frank Murphy (43), El Paso, TX; Name withheld by police (42), Detroit, MI 10/29/2020
Kevin Peterson Jr. (21), Vancouver, WA; Rodolfo “Rudy” Martinez-Cortez (30), Salem, OR
10/28/2020 Bennie Biby (44), Cadiz, KY; Charles Robert Arviso (35), Tucson, AZ; Justin
Esqueda (30), Bakersfield, CA 10/27/2020 Clifton Gorman Spencer (35), Chattanooga,
TN; Isaac Lemoine Christensen (38), Herriman, UT; Maurice Parker (34), Las Vegas, NV;
Ryan Fallo (20), Lake Worth, FL 10/26/2020 Bruce Allan Shumaker (54), Citrus Heights,
CA; Michael K. Nelson (27), Alexandria, VA; Walter Wallace Jr. (27), Philadelphia, PA
10/25/2020 Paul Sarver (53), Phoenix, AZ 10/24/2020 Brandon Evans (33), Lawrenceburg,
IN; Jakerion Shmond Jackson (19), Sylvester, GA; Name withheld by police (36), Warren,
MI; Richard “RJ” James Jones (35), Garden City, MO 10/23/2020 Daniel Angel Villalobos-
Baldovinos (30), San Diego, CA; Ennice “Lil Rocc” Ross Jr. (26), Kansas City, MO; John
Lipski (62), Goodman, WI; Marc Nevarez (25), Chicago, IL; Name withheld by police,
Laredo, TX; Name withheld by police, Loma Linda, CA; Name withheld by police, Huntsville,
UT 10/22/2020 Francisco Danny Flores (30), Casa Grande, AZ; Keith Beecroft (43), Eagle
River, AK; Mark Matthew Bender (35), San Bernardino, CA; Michael Nichols (63), Kettle,
WV; Name withheld by police (35), Barstow, CA 10/21/2020 Steven Belville (35),
Bradenton, FL; Gregory Jackson (45), Moss Point, MS 10/20/2020 Dominique Mulkey (26),
Tampa, FL; Emmett Cocreham (44), Phoenix, AZ; George Cocreham (43), Phoenix, AZ;
James Collins (61), Spring Hill, FL; Marcellis Stinnette (19), Waukegan, IL; Name withheld
by police, Perdido Key, FL; Rodney Arnez Barnes (48), Elmwood Place, OH 10/19/2020
Bryan Selmer (38), Emmitsburg, MD; Ethan Freeman (37), Thornton, NH; Joey Hoffman
(40), Jim Thorpe, PA; Jose Alfredo Castro-Gutierrez (39), San Diego, CA; Name withheld by
police (43), South Milwaukee, WI; Paul Sulkowski (46), Coram, NY 10/18/2020 Chistopher
John Kitts (43), Lakeview, GA; Gregory Putnik (32), Fresno, CA; Name withheld by police
(56), Sunrise, FL; Tutuila Pine Koonwaiyou (37), Tooele, UT 10/17/2020 Bradley Pugh (41),
Huntsville, AL; Darren W. Randolph (53), Greenville, KY; Paul Bailey (21), Davisville, WV;
Richard Romero, Laguna, NM 10/16/2020 Akbar Muhammad Eaddy (27), Rock Island, IL;
Alberto Rivas (57), Huntsville, AL; Fred Williams III (25), Los Angeles, CA; George Ludrou
Job (19), Sioux Falls, SD; Jason Edward Galliart (41), Albuquerque, NM; Justin Dawley,
Callahan, FL 10/15/2020 Christopher Allen Kanouff (48), Clearfield, PA; Dana Mitchell
Young Jr. (47), Los Angeles, CA; Name withheld by police, Los Alamitos, CA; William Earl
Lane (46), Riesel, TX 10/14/2020 Edwin Morales (29), Hyattsville, MD; Jason Arpad Peters
(45), Kingman, AZ; Jericho Wynos, Cookson, OK; Kevin Carr (23), Los Angeles, CA; Steven
Vest (30), Chico, CA; Yoel Arnaldo Mejia Santel (28), Frostproof, FL 10/13/2020 Jose
Marcos Ramirez (27), Bakersfield, CA; Miguel A. Nevarez Jr. (36), Houma, LA; Rodney Ross
(30), South Bend, IN 10/12/2020 Anthony Jones (24), Bethel Springs, TN; Cole F. Stump
(29), Billings, MT; Julie Fandino (51), Barre, VT; Matthew Montoya (52), Albuquerque, NM
10/10/2020 Cesar Vargas (21), San Francisco, CA; Shawn Campbell (29), Kingman, AZ
10/09/2020 Anthony Michael Legato (25), Hinkley, MN; Ariel Esau Lujan (29), Houston, TX;
Kalun Purucker (29), Salina, KS; Sylvia Kirchner (41), Myrtle Beach, SC 10/08/2020 Justin
Caldwell (47), Palm City, FL; Shayne Allen Sutherland (29), Stockton, CA; Stanley Cochran
(29), Philadelphia, PA; Tyran Dent (24), Queens, NY; William Sendelbach (32), Wabash, IN
10/06/2020 Chester McDonald (44), Georgetown, KY; Crystal Renee Starling Mcclinton
(48), Hillard, FL; Douglas Sanchez (54), Sterling, CO; John Hare (62), Fayetteville, NC; Nick
Burgos (34), Torrance, CA 10/05/2020 Juan Adrian Garcia (47), Napa, CA 10/04/2020
Andrew A. Williams (41), Vancouver, WA; Austin Manzano (24), Camarillo, CA; Christopher
Ulmer (30), Chula Vista, CA; Diego Eguino-Alcala (27), Las Cruces, NM 10/03/2020 John
Aycoth (20), Myrtle Beach, SC; Jonathan Price (31), Wolfe City, TX 10/02/2020 Eric Marc-
Matthew Allport (43), Madison Heights, MI; James Edward Baker (38), Tallahassee, FL;
Jason Rodriguez (46), Fresno, CA; Justin Lee Tofte (33), Longview, WA; Mickel Erich Lewis
Sr. (39), Mojave, CA 10/01/2020 Name withheld by police, Coal City, WV 09/30/2020
DeMarco Riley (27), Decatur, GA; Jarred Kemp (41), Manhattan, KS 09/29/2020 Kirby
Joseph Michael Hengel (27), St. Cloud, MN 09/28/2022 Name withheld by police (18),
Victorville, CA; Willie Shropshire Jr. (57), Waggaman, LA 09/27/2022 Eloy Mares Gonzalez
Jr., Modesto, CA; James Lucachevitz (43), Dearborn, MI 09/25/2020 Angel Benitez (21),
Tempe, AZ 09/24/2020 Christopher Michael Straub (38), Paso Robles, CA; Erik “Ace”
Mahoney (43), Spokane, WA; Jessie A. Hudnall (29), Whitehall, LA; Matthew Nocerino (30),
Sebring, FL; Randy Fedorchuk, La Quinta, CA 09/23/2020 Kurt Andras Reinhold (42), San
Clemente, CA 09/22/2020 Jeffery Ryan Blunk (30), Geneseo, IL; Victor Sanchez (44), San
Antonio, TX 09/21/2020 Dearian Bell (28), Atlanta, GA; Julia Anne Moss (40), Athens, GA;
Name withheld by police, Nogales, AZ; Patches Vojon Holmes Jr. (26), Bellefontaine
Neighbors, MO 09/20/2020 Andrea Churna (39), Redmond, WA 09/19/2020 Charles Eric
Moses Jr. (33), Brunswick, GA; Derek Cooper (52), Talking Rock, GA; Joshua Sarrett (32),
Auburn, WA 09/18/2020 Matthew C. Knowlden (22), Midvale, UT; Matthew Lyvon Paul (46),
Lakewood, CO; Name withheld by police, Stanton, CA; Name withheld by police (39),
Redlands, CA; Rickey Wayne Riney (41), West Odessa, TX; Scott Heisler (45), West Des
Moines, IA 09/17/2020 Nicholas Morales-Bessannia (37), Immokalee, FL 09/16/2020
Name withheld by police, Denver, CO 09/15/2020 Clay A. Reynolds (27), Bountiful, UT;
Darrell Wayne Zemault Sr. (55), San Antonio, TX 09/13/2020 Ricardo Miguel Munoz (27),
Lancaster, PA 09/12/2020 Christopher Escobedo (33), Denver, CO; Robert Coleman (88),
Sacramento, CA 09/11/2020 Joshua Clayton Brant (31), Spokane Valley, WA 09/10/2020
Glenn “G” Alvin Eldridge (48), Fayetteville, NC; Jonathan Darsaw (28), Moscow, TN; Robert
Ray Doss Jr., Mountain Home, NC; Robert Samuel Craig Lusk, Norcross, GA; Samuel
Herrera Jr. (41), Compton, CA 09/09/2020 Antonio Black Bear (41), Denver, CO; Chad
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Delray Beach, FL 09/07/2020 Jeffrey Meyer (51), Altoona, IA 09/06/2020 Refugio
Reynaldo Olivo, Virginia Beach, VA; Seth Holliday (40), Summerlin, NV; Verlon Billy Stiles
(54), Spruce Pine, NC 09/05/2020 Andrew Blowers (22), Battle Creek, MI; Major Carvel
Baldwin (61), San Antonio, TX; Shaon Jermy Ochea Walker, Chicago, IL 09/04/2020 Joshua
Beedie (38), Lucerne Valley, CA; Steven D. Smith (33), Syracuse, NY 09/03/2020 Fernando
Napoles (37), Bakersfield, CA; Michael Forest Reinoehl (48), Lacey, WA; Timothy Clevenger
(53), Bettendorf, IA 09/02/2020 Deon Kay (18), Washington, D.C. 09/01/2020 Albert
Wheeler (50), Sacramento, CA 08/31/2020 Arthur Zalman Ferrel (58), Meridian, ID; Dijon
Kizzee (29), Westmont, CA; Marco Antonio Benito (36), Aztec, NM; Miguel Vega (26),
Chicago, IL; Robert Earl Jackson (54), Thorsby, AL 08/30/2020 Jesse David Nava (25),
Anaheim, CA; Nikolas Frazier (26), Clovis, CA 08/29/2020 Kurt Phelps, Loma, CO; Michael
Anthony Harris (44), Daytona Beach, FL; Name withheld by police (43), Dearborn Heights,
MI 08/28/2020 Jesus Alvarez Pulido (50), San Bernardino, CA; Julio Cesar Moran-Ruiz (36),
Elkridge, MD 08/27/2020 Damien Evans (38), Salt Lake City, UT 07/26/2020 Julius Paye
Kehyei (29), Houston, TX; Simon Pancho (17), Tucson, AZ 08/252020 Casper Brown (47),
Marshall, MI; Charles Garland (30) Gray, KY; Damian Lamar Daniels (31) San Antonio, TX;
Joey Middleton (41), Gray, KY 08/24/2020 Corey Lee Cutler (31), Lincolnton, NC; David
Sanchez, Albuquerque, NM 08/23/2020 Gearil Leonard Williams (47), Kingsland, GA
08/22/2020 Brandon R. Laducer (35), Belcourt, ND; Christopher Walker (29), Rancho
Cordova, CA; Mark Dawson Jr. (39), Rancho Cucamonga, CA; Trayford Pellerin (31),
Lafayette, LA 08/212020 Hasani Best (39), Asbury Park, NJ; Scott Huffman (42), Nipomo,
CA 08/20/2020 Cesar Sanchez Ruiz (36), Bakersfield, CA; Jeffrey Wratten (37), Cabot, AR;
Name withheld by police, Brooksville, FL; Nathan Harrington (43), Driftwood, TX; Shiloh D.
Smith (35), Amity, MO 08/19/2020 Jack Lamar Harris (60), Chickamauga, GA; Ronald
Stuart Chipman (39), Lake Havasu City, AZ; Samuel Mata (21), San Benito, TX 08/18/2020
Adrian Jason Roberts (37), Hope Mills, NC; Erik Jon Perez, Bay City, TX; Trevor Edwards
(38), Pollocksville, NC 08/17/2020 Everardo Gonzalez Santana, Bakersfield, CA; Jimmy
Ferrer ( 35), Barstow, CA; Keith Allen Fileger (34), Avon Park, FL; Marco Antonio Sigala Jr.
(27), Weslaco, TX; Santos Anthony Villegas (36), San Bernardino, CA 08/16/2020 Jeffrey
Hubbard, Las Vegas, NV; Jose Manuel Castro (27), Dos Palos, CA; Name withheld by police
(30), Hemet, CA; Thomas Moles (35), Theta, TN 08/15/2020 Anthony McClain (32),
Pasadena, CA; Donald Timothy Miller (49), Guerneville, CA; Fred John Henry Arcera (41),
Oak Ridge, TN; Kendrell Antron Watkins (31), Tuscaloosa, AL; Rick Lee Miller (52), Ocala,
FL; William Wallace, Denver, CO 08/14/2020 Daniel Rivera (37), Pacoima, CA; Derick
Manuel Bonilla (39), Phoenix, AZ; Joshua Gay (28), Fort Lauderdale, FL; Name withheld by
police, North Miami, FL 08/13/2020 Rafael Jevon Minniefield (29), Moreland, GA
08/11/2020 Kenneth Reiss (50), Albuquerque, NM; Lyana Gilmore (48), Pueblo, CO; Name
withheld by police, Tulsa, OK 08/10/2020 Americo C. Reyes Jr. (40), Grand Island, NE;
Chris Minor (38), Robbins, NC; Jose Vallejos (48), Albuquerque, NM; Joshua Squires (32),
Las Vegas, NV; Robert Land (45), Casper, WY 09/08/2020 Donald Anderson (39), Graham,
WA; Earl Barton Jr. (42), Tulsa, OK; Ryan Shane Hinojo (26), El Paso, TX 08/08/2020 Aaron
Michael Griffin (21), Clinton, UT; Johnathan Randell (25), Tulsa, OK; Jonathan Jefferson,
Bossier City, LA; Matthew Hilbelink (39), Holladay, UT; Terry Treleven, St. Croix Falls, WI
08/07/2020 Anthony Budduke (26), West Alton, MO; Jefferey Alexander Monroy Perez,
Rancho Mirage, CA; Jeffrey Scott Haarsma (55), St. Petersburg, FL; Julian Edward
Roosevelt Lewis (60), Sylvania, GA; Nicholas Kocolis (51), Dover, FL; Salaythis Melvin (22),
Orlando, FL 08/06/2020 Amir Johnson (30), Ventnor City, NJ; Name withheld by police,
Ontario, CA; Vasquinho Bettencourt (35), Oakland, CA 08/05/2020 Roberto Hernandez Jr.
(29), San Angelo, TX 08/04/2020 Andrew S. Gwynn (30), West Valley City, UT; Ashton
Broussard (30), Houston, TX; Christopher Lawings (67), James Island, SC; David James
Pruitte (36), Port Orchard, WA; David Lee Rigg (44), Warren, OH; Melissa Halda (39), Fort
Dodge, IA; Ramon Timothy Lopez (28), Phoenix , AZ 08/03/2020 Christopher Kimmons
Craven (38), Mooresville, NC; Jesse Lee Vanloozen, Culver City, CA 08/02/2020 Adrean
Stephenson (63), Sarasota, FL; Cryus D. Carpenter (17), West Jordan, UT 08/01/2020
James Justin Munro Jr. (56), Homestead, FL; Russell Van Liddell (73), Stanley, ID
07/31/2020 Ronald Pope (49), Morristown, TN; William Sears (30), Brunswick, OH
07/30/2020 Colin E. Davis (25), Troy, NY; Darrien Walker (28), Detroit, MI; Gabriel Salinas
(39), Mission, TX; Gary Hardy Jr. (41), Chino, CA 07/29/2020 Giovanni Cedano-Amaro
(21), North Las Vegas, NV; Jason Matthew Henke (42), Golden Valley, AZ; Juan Rene
Hummel Jr. (25), Bothell, WA; Winston Joseph Latour III (37), Lake Charles, LA 07/28/20
Howard Owens (47), North Port, FL; Jacob Wilbur Wright (32), Canton, NC; Ray Adrian
Lara (36), El Paso, TX 07/27/2020 Julio Cesar Virula (26), Carmel, IN 07/26/2020 Samuel
Solomon Cochran Jr. (22), Mount Airy, NC 07/25/2020 Andrew Jacob Preece (35), Salt
Lake City, UT; Christopher Poor (49), The Village, OK 07/24/2020 Chester Jenkins (60),
Stockton, CA; Dane Norris (41), Baytown, TX; David Earl Brooks Jr. (45), Roxboro, NC;
Name withheld by police, West End, FL 07/23/2020 John Karl Sieger (51), Eureka, CA;
Name withheld by police, Detroit, MI 07/22/2020 Deborah White (49), Clearwater, FL; Kyle
Elrod (30), Oklahoma City, OK; Scott M. Kontowicz (37), Waukesha, WI 07/21/2020 Jeremy
Southern (22), Sacramento, CA 07/20/2020 David Angulo (33, Chula Vista, CA; Vincent
Harris (51), Baton Rouge, LA 07/19/2020 Grant King (35), Indianapolis, IN 07/18/2020
Darius Washington (24), Chicago Heights, IL 07/17/2020 David Martin, Fruita, CO;
Malcolm Comeaux (24), Houston, TX 07/16/2020 Aaron Anthony Hudson (31), Syracuse,
NY; Chase Rountree (33), Benjamin, TX; Name withheld by police, Shoreline, WA; Name
withheld by police, North Fort Myers, FL 07/15/2020 Antwane Burrise (39), Stockton, CA;
Tyler Blevens (22), Shepherdsville, KY 07/14/2020 Cristhian Eliud Ramos-Murillo (32),
Knoxville, TN; Julio Jaramillo (28), Deming, NM; Sean Ernest Ruis (43), Grand Ledge, MI;
Tim O’Shea (24), Morris Township, NJ 07/13/2020 Arlan Kaleb Schultz (31), Mendota
Heights, MN; Glynn Farse Young (59), Rockwood, TN; Vincent Demario Truitt (17), Austell,
GA 07/12/2020 Marcos Reyes (28), Chamblee, GA; Rodney Morrison (47), Leesburg, GA;
Terena Nicole Thurman (36), Dayton, OH 07/11/2020 Antonio Mancinone (23), Monument,
CO; Michael Joseph Culbertson (26), Greenville, SC 07/10/2020 Daniel Matheson (29),
Reston, VA; Hakim Littleton (20), Detroit, MI; Kanavis Dujuan Glass (31), Panama City
Beach, FL; Kevin Michael Norton (60), Forksville, PA 07/09/2020 Eduardo Martinez (44),
Brentwood, CA; Name withheld by police, Calexico, CA; Richard Lewis Price (49), San
Diego, CA 07/08/2020 Adam Lucas Carroll (37), Pascagoula, MS; Erroll Johnson (31),
Monroe, LA; Malik Canty (36), Paterson, NJ 07/07/2020 Carlos Baires (36), Fresno, CA;
Paul Eugene Armstrong (62), Etowah, TN; Paul Williams, Houston, TX 07/06/2020 Erick
Gilmore (40), Cornwall, NY; Joey Hoffman (40), Smithfield Township, PA; Joseph W.
Denton (35), Milwaukee, WI; William Wade Burgess III (27), St. Louis, MO 07/05/2020
Matthew Blake Dixon, Chino, CA; Taylor Christian Warner (30)Muncie, IN 07/04/2020 Axel
Perez (17), Jacksonville, FL; James Porter Garcia (28), Phoenix, AZ; Rodney Liveringhouse
(70), Phoenix, AZ; Rogelio Castro, Irving, TX 07/03/2020 Doug Diamond (58), Welches, OR
07/02/2020 Kevan O. Ruffin (32), Sheboygan, WI; Ky Johnson (31), Kansas City, MO;
Name withheld by police, Kansas City, MO 07/01/2020 Constantin Filan, Houston, TX;
Jason Noble Snow (34), Durango, CO; Wade Protus Phillips (49), Myrtle Beach, SC
06/30/2020 Kevin Lee Catlett (62), Johnson City, TN; Lance Bowman (30), Liberty, MO
06/29/2020 Brittany S. Teichroeb (26), Midland, TX; John Parks (57), Paducah, KY; Nick
Costales (34), Montclair, CA; Wade Russell Meisberger (48), Hazleton, PA 06/28/2020
James Tober Sr. (68), Kettering, OH 06/27/2020 Aloysius Larue Keaton (58), Little Rock,
AR; Bonnie Jo Figueroa-Ortiz (40), Port Richey, FL; Leonardo Hurtado Ibarra (25), San
Diego, CA; Louis Lane (31), Red Bluff, CA; Michael Pelley (33), Hebron, KY 06/26/2020
Aaron Wesley Keller (30), Elko, NV 06/25/2020 Julie Colon, Plano, TX; Martin Humberto
Sanchez Fregoso (37), Cumberland, GA; Rasheed Mathew Moorman (26), Roanoke, VA;
Robert D’Lon Harris (34), Vinita, OK; Sabastian S. Noel (27), Auburndale, FL 06/24/2020
Skyleur Young (31), San Bernardino, CA; Sunshine Kamille Salac, Lake Forest, CA
06/23/2020 Chazz Hailey (22), Sherman, TX; Kevin Pulido (43), Pueblo, CO; Matthew L.
Fox (40), Wasilla, AK 06/22/2020 Aaron Solorio Granados, Palm Desert, CA; David Guillen,
Aurora, CO; Derrick Canada (43), Giddings, TX; Jason James Kruzic (51), Nevada, IA;
Robert Wenman, North Las Vegas, NV 06/21/2020 Brandeis Codde (19), Milpitas, CA
06/20/2020 Michael Kristopher Torres (35), Lake Charles, LA 06/19/2020 Cody W. Cook
(24), Sodus, NY; Henry Barnes Jr. (25), Jay, OK 06/18/2020 Andres Guardado (18),
Gardena, CA; Buddy Edward Weeks (35), Maiden, NC; David Lee Jacobs (38), Westminster,
CO; Kellen Fortune (19), Billings MT 06/17/2020 Isaiah Pama (28), Kaneohe, HI; Jack Harry,
Lovelock, NV; Keith Willliam Brunelle (48), Collinsville, MS; Terron Jammal Boone (31),
Rosamond, CA; Troy Willey (50), Kennard, IN 06/16/2020 Brandon Gardner (24), Beach
Park, IL; Donald Ward (27), Phoenix, AZ 06/15/2020 Nicholas Hirsch (31), Lawrence, KS
06/13/2020 Anthony Angel Armenta (21), San Bernardino, CA; Hannah R. Fizer (25),
Sedalia, MO; William Slyter (22), Kansas City, MO 06/12/2020 Caine Van Pelt (23), Crown
Point, IN; Rayshard Brooks (27), Atlanta, GA 06/11/2020 Gregorio Cruz Vanloo (28),
Dowelltown, TN; Michael Blu Thomas (63), Lancaster, CA; Phillip Jackson (32), Tunnel Hill,;
Tiffany T. Bingham (42), Tunnel Hill, GA 06/10/2020 Jerry M. Bethel (59), Weippe, ID;
Mason James Lira (26), Paso Robles, CA; Phillip Dibenedetto (36), Winter Haven, FL
06/09/2020 Lewis Ruffin Jr. (38), Orlando, FL; Marcus James Uribe (31), Englewood, CO;
Morgan James Davis (37), Redding, CA; Richard L. Mason (59), Bigfork, MT 06/08/2020
Michael Seltzer (81), Las Cruces, NM 06/07/2020 Donald L. Hunter (39), Adrian, MO;
Jarrid Hurst (35), Industry, CA; Jeffrey McClure (26), East Northport, NY; Juan Carlos
Alvarez (24), Bakersfield, CA 06/06/2020 Erik Salgado (23), Oakland, CA; Gerard John
(25), Gallup, NM; Gregory Lee Turnure (37), Clarkrange, TN; Ray Lee Jim (21), Gallup, NM
06/05/2020 Benjamin Ballard (42), Mustang, OK; James Pharr (60), Socorro, TX; Kamal
Flowers (24), New Rochelle, NY 06/03/2020 Eric Anthony Galvan (25), Corpus Christi, TX;
Gregory W. Hallback (44), Aiken, SC; Mary Lawrence (39), Poteau, OK; Scott Hutton (36),
Bryant, AR 06/02/2020 Robert James Lyon (65), Cottonwood, CA; Sean Monterrosa (22),
Vallejo, CA; Tyquarn Graves (33), Brooklyn, NY 06/01/2020 David McAtee (53), Louisville,
KY; Jorge Gomez (25), Las Vegas, NV; Ryan Emblem Moore (36), Fayetteville, AR
05/31/2020 Israel Berry (49), Gresham, OR; Thomas Jeffery Sutherlin (32), Watertown, WI
05/30/2020 Derrick Thompson (46), Fountain, FL 05/29/2020 Caleb Rule (37), Sienna
Plantation, TX; Heba Momtaz Alazhari (21), Temple Terrace, FL; Jarvis Sullivan (44), Yulee,
FL; Momodou Lamin Sisay (39), Snellville, GA; Robert Melton Colvin, Lancaster, CA; Ronnie
Kong (32), San Diego, CA; Terrell Mitchell (34), Philadelphia, PA 05/28/2020 John Benedict
Coleman (52), Ogden, UT; Name withheld by police, Fontana, CA; Robert Anthony “Jordan”
Whitehead (26), Portland, OR; Ruben Smith III (35), Little Rock, AR; Sarah Grossman (22),
Columbus, OH; Steven Edward Ferguson (31), Centennial, CO 05/27/2020 Alexander Scott
(30), Wilburton, OK; Channing Lamar Spivey, Luverne, AL; Hector Hernandez, Fullerton, CA;
Joshua Blessed aka Sergei Jourev (58), Geneseo, NY; Modesto “Marrero Desto” Reyes (35),
Marrero, LA; Rommel Mendoza (50), North Hollywood, CA; Tony McDade aka Natosha
McDade (38), Tallahassee, FL 05/26/2020 Jason Jesse Gallegos (37), Lansing, MI; John
Allen Dunaway III (61), Jacksonville, FL; John Alvarado (22), Corpus Christi, TX; Kenneth
Bennett (61), Manlius, NY; Richard Councilman (56), Jamestown, CA; Robert Avitia (18), Los
Angeles, CA; Thomas David Marquez, Thornton, CO; Tracy Drowne (42), Avalon Park, FL
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MUSIC

A Musical
Chameleon Goes
Retro St. Vincent takes inspiration from the 1970s
for her latest record Daddy’s Home

like david bowie before her, annie clark,
the innovative singer-songwriter-guitarist
who goes by the stage name of St. Vincent (the
moniker, she says, comes from a line in a Nick Cave
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kind of sifting through the rubble, we’re singing
from the burned-out building.’ We’re in this period
of transition where we’re reassessing and tearing
down old institutions of power.”

song), has come up with alter egos tied to each of The music on Daddy’s Home is an homage to the
her albums. For 2011’s Strange Mercy, she told Bill- old vinyl records that Clark’s father introduced
board, she was a “housewife on pills;” for 2017’s her to when she was a kid, recalling such acts as
Masseduction, she was a “dominatrix at a mental Parliament-Funkadelic, the Pointer Sisters, Stevie
institution.” On her latest Daddy’s Home (due May Wonder, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd and Bowie during
14), she’s gone back to the early 1970s as an Andy his Young Americans period. “This kind of music
Warhol-esque character living in gritty and bohemi- has been in my ears forever,” Clark says. “I wanted
an New York City, the kind of downtown scenester to approach some of the sophistication of it. As a
Lou Reed celebrated in “Walk on the Wild Side.” musician, I probably wasn’t ready to learn some of
This era has always fascinated the Tulsa-born the lessons that this kind of music taught me until
Clark, 38. “It was this period of time this moment. But I was just instinc-
in downtown New York where cultur- tively drawn to it.”
ally things were really tumultuous: BY
The new record still has the famil-
life was bad, but music was great,” she iar aspects of St. Vincent’s previous
tells Newsweek. “It kind of reminds DAVID CHIU works: surrealistic soundscapes and
me of where we are now: ‘Okay, we’re @newbeats edgy lyrics in addition to her guitar

Illustration by A L E X F I N E NEWSWEEK.COM 43

heroics and exquisite singing. But the
most striking aspect of Daddy’s Home
is its warmth and its reflective mood
in contrast to the futuristic bombast
of her last album. “Masseduction was
like, ‘Here, drink this cup of acid and
then dance till your feet bleed,’” ex-
an incredible story
plains Clark. “[Daddy’s Home] is like,
“Hey, come sit in the beat-up leather
armchair and I’ll pour you a glass of
tequila.’ I think there is something
more inviting in the tone of the
songwriting, because I’m writing
ascent to heaven is
about the human condition with
humor and empathy. It’s sort of like I
can write about flawed people doing
their best to get by, because I’ve been
44 NEWSWEEK.COM
ICONOGRAPHY
Top: St. Vincent in her
latest incarnation. Left:
Andy Warhol Superstar
Candy Darling. Below:
David Bowie pioneered
the idea of taking on a
series of different personas
throughout his career.
“I thought what
Candy Darling
is. I was thinking
about how her
sort of like taking
the final uptown
train of the night.”
M US I C
almost every character on the album.”
In keeping up with the theme of
imperfect people is the down-and-
dirty funk of the album’s first single,
“Pay Your Way in Pain,” which Clark
describes as a blues for 2021. “I think
we live in a society that often makes
people choose between dignity and
survival,” she says. “It’s all of the
classic blues tropes: ‘I don’t have any
money,’ ‘my baby left me,’ ‘I’ve been
kicked out of polite society’—that
feeling of alienation.”
The soulful “The Melting of the
Sun” is Clark’s acknowledgment of
women artists “who inspired me and
made great work, and were met with
hostility from the world for being
political like Nina Simone, or Tori
Amos talking about sexual assault.
Joni Mitchell was just so head and
shoulders above a lot of the male art-
ists at the time but people [were] not
willing to give it up for her genius.”
Amid the predominant soulful
and spacey rock sounds of the re-
C LO CK WI SE F ROM TO P : Z ACK ERY M I C H AE L ; CH R I S WA LT ER / WI R E I M AG E /G ET T Y; JACK M I TCH E L L /GE T T Y
cord is the folk-inflected “Somebody
Like Me,” which recalls “Everybody’s
Talkin’” by Harry Nilsson. It’s Clark’s
meditation on relationships “in the
way that love is a mutually agreed-up-
on delusion. It’s something that you
build together and there’s an aspect
of love, which is similar to an aspect
of faith or self-mythology, where you
truly can just believe it into existence.
I think that’s really powerful. That
might not seem romantic to some
people where the predominant feel-
ing about love is it’s just something
that happens to you.”
Daddy’s Home (which marks St.
Vincent’s second collaboration with
producer Jack Antonoff) concludes
its late-night, downtown vibe with
“Candy Darling,” a tribute to the late
transgender actress and Warhol Su-
perstar, who actually was featured in
“Walk on The Wild Side” (“Candy came
M a y 14 , 2 0 2 1
 from out on the Island...”). “I thought
what an incredible story Candy Dar-
ling is,” Clark says. “I was thinking
about how her ascent to heaven is
sort of like taking the final uptown
train of the night. I wanted to write a
love letter to somebody who was truly
themselves and powerful [with] her
particular kind of glamor, but would
also stick you with a shiv if you
crossed her.”
Clark admits the album’s title
might sound “funny,” “cringey” or
“pervy.” But it has a poignant backsto-
ry: In 2010, her father was sentenced
to 12 years in prison in connection
with a multi-million dollar stock ma-
nipulation scheme (he was released
in 2019). “It’s so sad,” Clark recalls
of the episode. “It’s all the emotions.
You’re angry, you’re sad. At the time, I
dealt with it the way that I knew how,
which was to write about it.”
Since bursting onto the scene with
her 2007 debut album Marry Me,
Clark has evolved from a critically
acclaimed indie rock artist to a for-
midable pop star. “I’m not indifferent
to it,” she says of the attention. “I’m
at the occasional ‘free-coffee-at-the-
coffee-shop’ level, not the ‘severed-
pig’s-head-to-my-front door’ level.
So that’s a pretty cool place to be. The
interactions that I have with fans on
the street or anything, it’s so lovely.
I got to learn how to be a person in
the midst of also learning how to be
a musician because I didn’t blow up
at age 18. I feel pretty chill about it.”
Not only her music, but also her
stage appearance has gone through
periods of reinvention, as indicated
with her current ‘70s Candy Dar-
ling-inspired alter-ego.
Asked if there was one particular
persona from her career that perhaps
represents her real life, she says, “I
think that everything is sort within
me, and it’s just a question of which
aspects of your personality do you
turn up and what aspects do you turn
down. It’s all in there somewhere. I
think I’m a little more interested in
what I can make than what I am.”

Further Listening

Marry Me Actor Strange Mercy St. Vincent Masseduction

Beggars Banquet 2007 4AD 2009 4AD 2011 Loma Vista 2014 Loma Vista 2017
After performing with the In a 2009 interview St. Vincent’s third album Until Masseduction, this Her first album to
Polyphonic Spree and with NPR, St. Vincent was released in 2011, a record was Clark’s most reach Billboard’s Top
Sufjan Stevens, Clark said watching movies difficult period for Clark brash-sounding effort, 10, Masseduction saw
released her full-length provided the inspiration and her family. A sense with memorable cuts like Clark go mainstream.
debut as St. Vincent. for her second album. of tension runs through the New Wave-ish “Birth Co-produced by
(The stage name comes The jagged “Marrow” the record in tracks like in Reverse,” a meditation hitmakerJack Antonoff,
from the line “Dylan drew from The Wizard the pulsating “Cruel,” on the mundane, and hard-hitting tracks like
Thomas died drunk in of Oz, while “The the avant-garde pop of the funk-driven “Digital the “Los Ageless,” the
St. Vincent’s Hospital” Strangers” came from “Chloe in the Afternoon,” Witness” a commentary industrial-leaning “Fear
from Nick Cave’s 2004 Snow White and the and the metallic stomp on our obsession the Future,” the pointed
“There She Goes, My Seven Dwarfs; another of “Cheerleader.” The with social media. and satirical “Pills” and
Beautiful World”). The standout was the dramatic “Surgeon” the thrilling title cut
hallmarks of her sound frenetic-sounding yet was inspired by a line pummel the listener .
are all here: theatrical catchy single “Actor from Marilyn Monroe’s Subdued numbers like
art pop arrangements Out of Work.” diary referencing the “New York” and “Happy
and surreal lyrics. famed acting teacher Birthday, Johnny”
Lee Strasberg. counteract the bombast.

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Culture
01 The BeltLine
Atlanta
In a massive, 22-
mile loop around
the city, the BeltLine
connects many Atlanta
neighborhoods with
parks, trails, restaurants
and art installations.
Although it is not yet fully
completed, the sections
that are open to the
public act as alternative
transportation options
and a space to enjoy the
outdoors in the middle
of the sprawling city.
U N C H AR TED
UniqueUrbanGardens
AroundtheWorld
For even the most die-hard city dweller, a quick escape into nature is always a welcome breath of fresh air. Rather than
journey hours away to the mountains or forest, try looking for an urban garden nearby—they are often tucked away
just around the corner. From a historic oasis in the Iranian desert to a secret Australian garden built by one determined
woman, here are some of the coolest gardens in cities around the world. Take a deep breath and say aah! —Sarah Dreher
46 NEWSWEEK.COM
03 Sky Garden
London
As London’s highest public garden,
this social space offers spectacular
360-degree views of the city. With
a restaurant, an open-air terrace,
observation decks and beautiful plant
life, there is something for everyone in
this city-center escape from urban life.
02 Dumbarton
D Oaks
Washington,
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garden at this historic estate in Georgetown
li ted as one of the 10 best gardens in
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Barcelona
This walled, shady garden is
in the courtyard of the historic
Hospital de la Santa Creu.
Adorned with lilac and mandarin
trees—and string lights in the
evenings—this small garden
square is the perfect place to
sip a coffee tucked away from
Barcelona’s bustling atmosphere.
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history, this garden is canopied
by orange trees and offers one
of the best views of the city—an
ideal combination for enjoying the
skyline views from the cool shade.
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Singapore
In the middle of Singapore’s
downtown business
district, this modern hotel’s
most noticeable feature
is its plant life. Three
tiered gardens jut out
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07 The Company’s Garden
Cape Town for everyone who stumbles upon it.
Located right in the heart of the city is South
Africa’s oldest public garden. It was originally
a produce garden for sailors of the Dutch East
India Company to restock their ships. Now, it’s
a local favorite for grabbing lunch, observing
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rose garden, vegetable garden and more.

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Culture

P A R T I NG SHOT

Aidy Bryant
Saturday Night Live’s Aidy BryAnt is very Busy; when she’s not Bril- What can people expect from the
liantly portraying characters on SNL, she’s producing and starring in Shrill final season of Shrill?
on Hulu (final season premieres May 7). “There’s a lot of juicy new fun,” Bryant This final season gets her to a better
says about the season. Based on the bestselling book by Lindy West, Bryant plays place. She’s finally taking herself
Annie, a plus-size woman on a mission of personal growth that has nothing to out on the town and being okay with
do with her size. “I feel really proud that we gave a fat character a lot of dignity.” “What if I actually put myself out there
Like her character, Bryant says she too made an active choice to not lean into without diminishing myself and
shame. “In college I was kind of like, ‘Oh I see these cool young women who are hating myself?”
not hating themselves, and I want to be like that.’ Things got quite a bit better
for me and it was mostly because I was less hard on myself.” She sees positive How do you relate to Annie and her
changes at SNL, too. “When I first started, it wasn’t as typical to see women struggles?
play men. It kind of opens up this freedom of just who’s got the vibe and who I relate to so much of it. It takes time
can do it.” Watch her as Ted Cruz and there’s no doubt about it: she can do it. to change the culture, but you can
decide what you find valuable. To
be fed up and decide to actively try
and change your line of thinking, that
“I feel really touches every single place: work,
proud that home, love, friendships, all of it, and

we gave a fat that fully happened to me.

character With Annie’s story coming to an

a lot of dignity. end, what do you hope people take

We never from the series?

The number one thing I hear is how
saw her get meaningful it was for people to see a
on a scale fat person in the lead of a show who

and sigh.” had a fully dynamic life. We never

saw her get on a scale and sigh. I
think that’s important to see.

How do you feel about being

so associated with your SNL
character Lil’ Baby Aidy?
C O R E Y N I CKO LS /C ON TO UR /G E T T Y

When I first started on SNL I was like

25, so I was kind of the baby of the
cast. Sometimes I’ll be on a plane or
something and someone will be like
“Lil’ Baby Aidy!” and I’m like, “No, I’m
a 33-year-old woman with like four
bags and in America’s biggest jacket.”
[laughs] —H. Alan Scott

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