Scripps Howard names top prize finalists, including AL.com’s ‘Mauled’
Updated Mar 09, 2021;
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Scripps Howard Awards has named finalists for its top journalism prizes, including AL.com.
The list of three finalists for Excellence in National/International Investigative Reporting, the Ursula and Gilbert Farfel Prize, includes the series “Mauled: When Police Dogs Are Weapons.”
The investigative series was the work of The Marshall Project, AL.com, The Indianapolis Star and Invisible Institute. The yearlong investigation was published in print and online by dozens of outlets.
Police dogs bite thousands of people every year in the United States. The injuries can be physically and financially devastating—and sometimes deadly. The series identified and tracked individual cases, mostly based on court records, eventually building a nationwide database of more than 150 severe incidents. Many were captured on video from police bodycams or shot by bystanders. Most of the victims were accused of minor offenses or were not suspects at all, and were frequently left with grievous injuries and lifelong scars.