Jan 11 Watch 10:13 Former NYPD officers talk police-minority relations By PBS News Hour A major topic of conversation in recent months has been the often fraught relationship between police and minority communities. Last week, PBS NewsHour Weekend spoke to the President of the Brooklyn chapter of the NAACP and retired NYC police lieutenant… Continue watching
Jan 04 Watch 8:10 What’s the state of relations between the police and communities of color? By PBS News Hour In the wake of police-involved shootings in Ferguson and Cleveland, the death of Eric Garner in New York, and the subsequent protests that followed those events, NewsHour Weekend examines the state of relations between the police and communities of color… Continue watching
Dec 24 St. Louis County officer fatally shoots armed black teen By Joshua Barajas Tensions mounted in a St. Louis suburb Wednesday morning, after a Berkeley, Missouri police officer fatally shot an 18-year-old black man who pointed a handgun at him late Tuesday. Following the shooting, the dozens of protesters that descended onto the… Continue reading
Dec 22 Watch 7:51 New York police killings raise questions of cause and effect after weeks of protests – Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 22 Watch 3:05 De Blasio addresses criticism by NY police union – Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 6:27 Making body cameras part of a police officer’s uniform By PBS News Hour Dozens of American police departments have adopted the use of body cameras for officers to record interactions while they're on the street, and President Obama has called for $75 million to purchase more. Hari Sreenivasan reports from New Jersey on… Continue watching
Dec 16 Watch 8:42 Oakland tries to address how deeply rooted biases affect law enforcement By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 13 Thousands protest police killings in Washington, New York City By Corinne Segal Thousands marched in New York City and Washington, D.C. on Saturday in two of the largest protests this year against fatal shootings by police. Continue reading
Dec 13 Marches to protest police killings planned in DC, New York By Associated Press Protesters plan to converge on the nation's capital on Saturday to help bring attention to the deaths of unarmed black men at the hands of police and call for legislative action. Continue reading
Dec 11 Watch 9:10 How police can cool down confrontations before they turn deadly By PBS News Hour Continue watching