--- title: Josiah Bates | TIME description: Josiah Bates is a criminal justice reporter and a former TIME staff writer. He currently works for The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence across the country, and is the author of In These Streets. canonical: https://time.com/author/josiah-bates/ og:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates og:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:url: https://time.com/author/josiah-bates/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 300 og:image:height: 300 og:image:alt: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. og:type: profile twitter:card: summary twitter:title: TIME | Current & Breaking News | National & World Updates twitter:description: Breaking news and analysis from time.com. Politics, world news, photos, video, tech reviews, health, science, and entertainment news. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Josiah Bates ## Josiah Bates [Josiah Bates](https://www.josiahbates.com/bio) is a criminal justice reporter and a former TIME staff writer. He currently works for The Trace, a nonprofit newsroom covering gun violence across the country, and is the author of [_In These Streets_](https://www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/23081/these-streets). ## Josiah Bates *  Oct 14, 2025 ### [The Fear Black America Knows](https://time.com/7325375/trump-national-guard-black-america/) What feels like new anxiety for the country has been the daily cost of survival in Black America for... [IDEAS](/section/ideas/) *  Nov 2, 2022 ### [Police Are Turning to an Old Tactic to Fight the Surge in Violence](https://time.com/6227552/hotspot-policing-crime-effectiveness/) Hotspot policing has been criticized as also opening the door to police abuse. [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 19, 2022 ### [These Cities Reported the Highest Homicide Rates in 2021](https://time.com/6223217/homicide-rates-us-cities-2021/) The FBI's 2021 crime stats offer a window into the level of violence in some of America's biggest ci... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 7, 2022 ### [Milwaukee's Homicide Rate Renews Debate Over Cash Bail](https://time.com/6220317/milwaukee-homicides-cash-bail-debate/) As Milwaukee sees one of the highest homicide rate spikes in the U.S., police and some activists bla... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 5, 2022 ### [Homicides Continued to Increase in 2021, According to the FBI's Flawed Crime Report](https://time.com/6216504/fbi-crime-report-2021/) The estimated 22,900 murders and other killings last year would bring the nation's homicide rate to ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 22, 2022 ### [Curfews Don't Reduce Crime, but Cities Still Enforce Them](https://time.com/6215779/curfews-teens-cities-rising-crime/) In Philadelphia, Chicago, and Maryland, local leaders and police are turning to curfews for teenager... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 14, 2022 ### [Police Raided Breonna Taylor's Apartment After 'Gut Feeling': Plea](https://time.com/6213022/breonna-taylor-raid-gut-feeling-plea/) The affidavit from former Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) Detective Kelly Goodlett pulls b... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Sep 2, 2022 ### [A Judge Paused a Local Assault-Weapons Ban](https://time.com/6210760/boulder-assault-weapons-ban-supreme-court/) Experts say it could show the impact of a recent Supreme Court decision that expanded gun rights [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Aug 29, 2022 ### [Guilty Plea in Breonna Taylor Case Raises Questions About Possible Cooperation](https://time.com/6208891/breonna-taylor-officers-charged-status-updates/) Former Louisville Det. Kelly Goodlett is the first to plead guilty to federal charges in the killing... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Aug 4, 2022 ### [For Breonna Taylor's Supporters, Justice Finally Came](https://time.com/6203912/breonna-taylor-officers-federal-charges/) Four officers involved in the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor were arrested on federal charge... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jul 28, 2022 ### [Small-Town Cops Are Quitting en Masse](https://time.com/6201850/kenly-police-resign-small-town/) When all five full-time police officers in tiny Kenly, N.C. handed in their resignations last week, ... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jul 28, 2022 ### [U.S. Crime Rate Still Higher Than Pre-Pandemic](https://time.com/6201797/crime-murder-rate-us-high-2022/) Homicides decreased by 2% in the first half of 2022—but still remain 39% higher than the same period... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 8, 2022 ### ['I Don't Want It to Happen Again.' Brave 11-Year-Old Who Survived Uvalde Shooting Testifies Before Congress](https://time.com/6185512/uvalde-survivors-congress/) "He told my teacher 'Goodnight' and shot her in the head," Miah Cerrillo told lawmakers. "Then he sh... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 8, 2022 ### [Mass Shootings: Gun Violence Across U.S. Likely to Get Worse](https://time.com/6185401/june-gun-violence-shootings/) So far, there have been 247 mass shootings this year, and 13 in the first weekend of June. There hav... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Jun 3, 2022 ### [Mass Shootings Are Only 1% of Child Gun Deaths in the U.S.](https://time.com/6182856/children-gun-deaths-mass-shootings/) Every year, more than 3,500 children and teens—defined as infants through age 19—are shot and killed... 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