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Saturday, May 6, 2023

Hello! In this issue:
* We explore the expanded self-defense laws used to justify killings of roommates, people who are unhoused, and in road rage incidents and child custody disputes.
* Our documentary “Victim/Suspect” is coming to Netflix on May 23.
* We found corporations with a history of job discrimination that opted out of sharing diversity data.


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** No Retreat: The Dangers of Stand Your Ground
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** At a rally in 2012, protesters gathered in front of the office of U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., to ask him to retract his support for Florida's stand your ground gun law. Credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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A few weeks ago, a parent asked their teenage son for a favor: to go pick up his brothers, who were playing at a friend’s house in Kansas City, Missouri.

But Ralph Yarl went to the wrong address.

Two days later in rural New York, a 20-year-old woman named Kaylin Gillis was shot and killed after she drove up the wrong driveway with friends.

Then three days after that – on April 18 in Elgin, Texas – a group of cheerleaders were leaving practice. One of them got into the wrong car by mistake, and a stranger opened fire on them, striking Payton Washington.

This string of shootings has captured the nation’s attention. In each of these cases, the accused shooters have been arrested. But prosecuting them could be complicated by laws that allow people to use deadly force in public places ([link removed]) , if they say they were in fear for their lives – even if they could have safely retreated.

We revisit our reporting on proliferating stand your ground laws in an episode that originally aired in July 2022 ([link removed]) .
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From Center for Investigative Reporting Studios, director Nancy Schwartzman and Motto Pictures, "Victim/Suspect” will be streaming on Netflix starting May 23.

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** After History of Discrimination, These Federal Contractors Fought to Hide Diversity Data
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Companies that receive taxpayer-funded federal contracts are supposed to be held to a higher standard, and they’re subject to audits by the Labor Department office charged with making sure contractors provide equal employment opportunities.

Reveal and USA TODAY found that a majority of the billion-dollar-plus contractors objected to releasing their diversity data – and that includes at least a dozen companies that have paid to settle Labor Department findings of job discrimination ([link removed]) over the last decade.
Collectively, the companies with discrimination history and whose data are still secret are reaping at least $100 billion in public money.


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59%

Deep racial divides cut through the workforces of federal contractors, which employ 1 in 5 American workers. White men dominate the executive ranks, holding 59% of those positions in 2020.

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🏆 Cassandra Jaramillo was named a Livingston Award finalist for her Reveal investigation last year into True the Vote, an organization that promoted the lie that the presidential election was stolen while engaging in a series of questionable transactions ([link removed]) . The Livingston Awards honor the best storytelling by young journalists. Congratulations, Cassandra!


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