The Marshall Project

Wilbert L. Cooper Joins The Marshall Project

He will focus on policing at a time of widespread protests about use of force and racial discrimination.

Wilbert L. Cooper is becoming a staff reporter for The Marshall Project, the Pulitzer Prize-winning nonprofit that covers the U.S. criminal justice system. He has previously worked as a correspondent for Vice on HBO, and his writing has appeared in

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