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The Hawaii Supreme Court on Thursday reined in what police officers can say to suspects in order to elicit confessions.

Chief Susan Ballard also told the Honolulu Police Commission that while more bias training would be helpful, Honolulu officers have a “lot less” implicit bias than on the mainland.

For too many years, lawmakers have turned aside efforts to allow public scrutiny of police misconduct. Now outrage over abuse of power should outweigh any pushback by the police union.

The panel has stopped looking into officer-related deaths and can’t say when it will resume its work despite deep public interest in law enforcement’s use of force.

A Civil Beat review found that Honolulu police officers killed at least 29 people in the past decade, at least 11 more cases than are listed in HPD’s use of force reports.

The Hawaii congressman says some provisions of the proposed federal legislation may go too far.

Both states have protected bad cops’ records from public view for decades. The death of George Floyd has renewed the calls for transparency.

A proposed bill would, among other things, create a national database of police misconduct and ban the use of chokeholds.

The U.S.’ current crises are often compared to the upheavals of 1968. But there are key differences, notably how the struggles with COVID-19 and racial injustice are seemingly bonding us with the rest of the world.

The House and Senate are reviewing a measure requiring more disclosure on the part of police agencies that stalled last year after passing both chambers.