14 15 Minneapolis Police Union President: “I’ve Been Involved in Three Shootings Myself, and Not a One of Them Has Bothered Me” The Intercept was the first to highlight concerning comments made by the head of Minneapolis’s police union, Lt. Bob Kroll, demonstrating how the Minneapolis Police Department has normalized police violence within its standard practices. This post received over 1 million views in its first week and mobilized calls for police reform in the city. Date: June 2, 2020 Link: https://theintercept.com/2020/06/02/minneapolis-police-union-bob-kroll-shootings/ Eric Branstad, China’ s Man in Washington The Intercept published an investigation of Eric Branstad, son of the former U.S. Ambassador to China Terry Branstad, exposing his use of family connections — both in Iowa and nationally — to lobby for several Chinese companies and interest groups. Following our investigation, Campaign Legal Center filed for an ethics investigation into Eric Branstad’s work. Date: October 15, 2020 Link: https://theintercept.com/2020/10/15/eric-branstad-trump-china-ambassador/ Inside Biden’s Meeting With Civil Rights Leaders The Intercept obtained a recording of a meeting between then-President- elect Joe Biden and key civil rights leaders, which aired on the Deconstructed podcast. In the recording, Biden was unenthusiastic about executive action and warned against police reform before Georgia’s Senate runoffs. The scoop was picked up by dozens of media outlets, including CNN, the New York Times, NBC News, and HuffPost. Date: December 10, 2020 Link: https://theintercept.com/2020/12/10/biden-audio-meeting-civil-rights-leaders/ NYPD Officer Caught Planting Marijuana in a Car — Again The most-watched Intercept video of the year showed new footage of an NYPD officer apparently planting marijuana in Jason Serrano’s car to justify a stop and search. The piece received over 15 million views across platforms and sparked an internal NYPD review. Following the publication of the video, the Legal Aid Society filed a motion to vacate Serrano’s conviction. Date: March 18, 2020 Link: https://theintercept.com/2020/03/18/nypd-misconduct-body-cameras-marijuana/ The Trump Administration Embarked on an Unprecedented Execution Spree In the midst of the pandemic, the Trump administration embarked on an unprecedented execution spree, killing 13 people over the course of six months in the federal death chamber in Terre Haute, Indiana. Liliana Segura’s series of investigations was cited, shared, and discussed by lawyers, activists, and lawmakers. The ongoing movement against the federal death penalty includes voices first heard via Segura’s reporting. Her work received an Izzy Award, where the awards committee deemed it a “crucial public record of a killing surge that was largely unnoticed but nevertheless led to a new push to abolish the federal death penalty.” Date: December 29, 2019 - January 14, 2021 Link: https://theintercept.com/collections/out-for-blood/ Dustin Higgs at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Ind. Photo: Courtesy of Dustin Higgs’s defense team The Intercept The Intercept Illustration: The Intercept