Jul 15 Watch 1:52 News Wrap: Congress releases report on the Saudis and 9/11, Iraqis protest prime minister By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch Social media plays major role in national debate on police violence By PBS News Hour Last week, news broke on social media on the shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, and of police officers in Dallas. Platforms like Facebook Live provided audiences with a front row seat to violent and graphic imagery that sparked… Continue watching
Jul 15 Watch 4:34 What is it like to be a black police officer in America? By PBS News Hour NewsHour's Hari Sreenivasan sits down with the President of the Black Police Association of Greater Dallas for a deeper look at police misconduct, the code of silence, and what it is like to be both a police officer and an… Continue watching
Jul 14 Watch 2:25 U.S. Sen. Tim Scott on racism and the Capitol police By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, Sen. Tim Scott, a black Republican from South Carolina, gave a powerful — and revealing — speech Wednesday on how even in the Capitol, relations between African-Americans and cops are strained. He… Continue watching
Jul 13 Column: Are police shootings racially biased? By Denise Cummins Two decades of scientific investigations suggest a nuanced answer. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 5:23 ‘The shock of this evil has still not faded’: Dallas mourns attack on police By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 12 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Lynch urges end to cop-community divide, ceasefire takes hold in South Sudan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Attorney General Loretta Lynch, testifying at a House hearing, said stopping violence must be a rallying point for both police and minority groups. She also defended the decision not to charge Hillary Clinton in the… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 4:37 Police violence protests intensify as Dallas mourns officers By PBS News Hour President Barack Obama will be in Dallas Tuesday for an interfaith service to mourn the five police officers cut down in last week’s sniper ambush. The killings have done little to muffle growing national protests against police violence as rallies,… Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 11:05 Is Dallas a turning point in the race and policing debate? By PBS News Hour If any good is to come out of the tragedy in Dallas, it is the expanded national conversation on the need for police reforms. There signs of some progress, but all sides agree much more must be done. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jul 10 Hundreds gather in Manhattan to protest police violence By Daniel Moritz-Rabson Hundreds gathered in New York City on Sunday to march against police violence following the killings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, as other protests occurred across the country. Continue reading