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The Untouchables

NBC News examines how federal law enforcement officials are able to harm people with little to no accountability.NBC News examines how federal law enforcement officials are able to harm people with little to no accountability.

  • Jimmy Atchison's aunt Tammie Featherstone, and his father Jimmy Hill hold a sign that reads "Justice for Jimmy Atchison.
    Federal probe

    Watchdog to examine DOJ law enforcement task forces after NBC News report

  • Photo illustration of Raymond Mattia, a Native American man who was fatally shot by Border Patrol near the Arizona border with Mexico; body camera footage during the moment Mattia was shot.
    The Court

    Supreme Court decision leaves family of a man killed at the border searching for justice

  • Photo Illustration of US Marshals working an operation; a silhouette of a handgun; and a report of an officer involved shooting from the FBI.
    Federal secrecy

    Federal law enforcement agencies defy presidents and Congress to keep shootings secret

  • Photo illustration of the death report of Jimmy Atchison, District Attorney of Fulton County Fani Willis, and Jimmy Atchison.
    The Prosecutor

    Fulton County DA Fani Willis battles to hold federal officers accountable after lethal shootings

  • Photo illustration of the gun used that killed Caleb Slay in Missouri; Caleb Slay; Slay's mother, Tina, cries.
    The Family

    A family confronts a 'Constitution-free zone' in their fight to hold the DEA accountable for their son's death

  • Collage of Portland police and Chris David
    Legal blockades

    Years after Portland, protesters are frustrated by legal blockades to accountability

  • Nightly News

    A look at why officers on federal task forces often aren’t charged in questionable shooting cases

  • Data graphic of people fatally shot in operations involving federal agencies from 2018 to 2022. U.S. Marshals shot 114 people; the FBI shot 17; the DEA shot 12; and the ATF shot 8.
    Explore the data

    Tracking 5 years of shootings by federal law enforcement agencies

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