Josiah Bates

Josiah Bates is a reporter for TIME based in New York City

Protesters march outside the Brooklyn Center police headquarters on April 13, 2021 in Minnesota. Demonstrations have become a daily occurrence since Daunte Wright, 20, was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police officer Kimberly Potter on April 11.

Reckoning With One Police Shooting and Another Police Trial, Minnesota Activists Are Weary, and Wary of Reform Goals

With jury deliberations in the Chauvin trial set to begin, attention is now...

With jury deliberations in the Chauvin trial set to begin, attention is now shifting between the verdict and another contentious legal battle

Demonstrators chant around a chalk circle that says 'Justice for Daunte Wright' on April 11 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. Protesters took to the streets today after 20-year-old Wright was shot and killed during a traffic stop by a Brooklyn Center police officer.

Amid Derek Chauvin Trial, Minnesota Grapples With Another Police Killing of an Unarmed Black Man

As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged wi...

As the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with the May 2020 murder of George Floyd, entered its eleventh day on Monday, another police killing of a Black man in Minnesota has...

Recovery and clean up crews arrive to the JC Kosher Supermarket in the aftermath of a mass shooting on Dec. 11, 2019 in Jersey City, New Jersey.

What Counts as a Mass Shooting? Why So Much of America's Gun Violence Gets Overlooked

We must be conscious of our country's selective reaction to gun violence

A lock is attached to the security fencing that surrounds the Hennepin County Government Center as the trial continues inside for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd

George Floyd Was 'Terrified, Scared,' Says Witness Who Recorded Derek Chauvin Kneeling on His Neck

Darnella Frazier, who captured video of George Floyd's death, was the fourt...

Darnella Frazier, who captured video of George Floyd's death, was the fourth witness to testify in the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin

People march near the Minnesota State Capitol to honor George Floyd on March 19, 2021 in St Paul, Minnesota.

Derek Chauvin's Trial Set to Begin Over the Death of George Floyd

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) ...

The trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis Police Department (MPD) officer charged with the murder of George Floyd, is set to begin on March 29 in Minneapolis. The trial comes nearly a year after...

A protester holds up a homemade sign that says, Defund the Police during a peaceful protest in New York City June 19, 2020.

How Are Activists Managing Dissension Within the ‘Defund the Police’ Movement?

There are varying perspectives and ideas on what "defund the police" means

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, USA - MARCH 9, 2020

Albert Woodfox at his home in New Orleans, La. A member of the Angola 3, a group of three men who were wrongfully accused of murder, and sentenced to solitary confinement for 44 years. Woodfox was freed from prison in February, 2016.

'America’s Notorious for Saying One Thing and Doing Something Else.' Albert Woodfox Talks Solitary Confinement, Social Distancing and Racial Justice

Feb. 19 marks the five-year anniversary of Albert Woodfox's release from Lo...

Feb. 19 marks the five-year anniversary of Albert Woodfox's release from Louisiana State Penitentiary. (It also marks his birthday.) Woodfox, 74, had spent over 40 years in solitary confinement while incarcerated there, one of the...