Brian Howey

He/Him | Local Investigations Fellow @nytimes & @MSTODAYnews | Formerly @UCBerkeleyIRP, @SentinelColo | Tips: brianwhowey *at* protonmail *dot* com

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

Incredibly honored that our team was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in local reporting this year.

Enormous congrats to the winners @city_bureau and @invinst for their dogged investigation into missing Black women and girls in Chicago!
https://t.co/fBkto0y2Fb

[Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter]

Videos reveal officers inside the Rankin County, Mississippi, mocking and laughing at an intellectually disabled inmate.

@JMitchellNews, @mukta_jo, @nate_rosenfield, and @SteelandBallast report for @MSTODAYnews.

*Warning: disturbing  images. https://t.co/1kYEqPkqN8

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

To learn more, read @nate_rosenfield 's and my latest for @nytimes & @MSTODAYnews, our final story under the NYT's Local Investigations Fellowship.

It's been an honor, but this is not goodbye. We're not done in Mississippi or the South. More to come!
https://t.co/OBMCAMPgdh

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

We analyzed digital records of Taser deployments at law enforcement agencies across Mississippi and found that officers frequently trigger their stun guns far beyond what is considered safe 🧵
@nytimes @MSTODAYnews
https://t.co/OBMCAMPgdh

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

But across MS, agencies don't use Taser logs to track officer stun gun use & many didn't know how to retrieve their logs when we requested them, so we bought a special Taser download cable and drove it around the state, showing several depts how to use it.
https://t.co/xeWAzxOyQJ

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

So honored that Nate Rosenfield and I were selected for the 2025 Alicia Patterson Fellowship!
Thank you, APF judges, for believing in our work as we continue to investigate the use of torture by law enforcement. Your support means the world!
https://t.co/KPF2Uheysm

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

#breaking Several L.A. sheriff's deputies -- including two detectives -- were relieved of duty in connection with an ongoing federal investigation, officials and sources confirmed.

https://t.co/v36t8OXUz3

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

After our 2023 investigation found that deputies in Rankin County, Mississippi had tortured 22 people over two decades, the DoJ announced today that it would investigate whether the department engaged in a pattern of constitutional violations.
https://t.co/wrPqnnPtTC

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

The @dojphofficial announced today that they would expand their investigation of the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department nearly a year after our @nytimes @MSTODAYnews investigation found that deputies tortured nearly two dozen people over a 20-year period.

Story on the way!

[Keri Blakinger @keribla]

When I interviewed David Ford in 2018, he was in prison & had no teeth - but TDCJ wouldn't give him dentures. Then my story came out & they did.

I promised him that when he got out I'd take him to lunch so he could use them.

Last week, that finally happened.

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

AND 2. investigated & tried to charge the county's watchdog based on "not legally viable" claims his office downloaded LASD files.

Fed prosecutors said nah dude, no thx. But LASD KEPT GOING. You gotta read these!

Killer✍️📰by @keribla & @AleneTchek
https://t.co/g2WnjUiG6X

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

🤯More and more insanity from the LA Sheriff's Dept, which 1. investigated and tried to get former @latimes journalist @mayalau prosecuted for doing her job...

https://t.co/LvokgGAqGE

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

@ByrhondaLyons @CalMatters Congrats Byrhonda!

[Brian Howey @SteelandBallast]

@metraux_julia @MotherJones Congrats Julia that's incredible news!