Matt Taylor

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Matt Taylor is the former national editor of The Daily Beast. He was previously a senior editor at VICE and a staff reporter at his hometown newspaper, the East Hampton Star. Send him tips at tips@thedailybeast.com, or use our anonymous document submission system, SecureDrop. Click here to find out how.

TERROR REVISITED

Celeb Prosecutor’s Own Kidnapping Is Now a True Crime Fiasco

She survived a brutal kidnapping and attempted rape—and wrote a book about it. But did it happen the way she says?

Brandon Soderberg

IN THE OPEN

Cops Kept Beating Tyre Nichols as He Screamed for His Mom

Five cops have been charged with murdering the 29-year-old Black man—and the long-awaited video footage shows why.

Eileen Grench

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OVERKILL

Florida Sheriff’s ‘Fugitive’ Game Show Blows Up in His Face

Wayne Ivey loves to have fun on his police Facebook page. But a new lawsuit says at least one of the people he put on blast was not an actual fugitive.

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon