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 19 St. Louis DA says he knew of lying witnesses in Ferguson grand jury trial By Colleen Shalby In an interview Friday afternoon with St. Louis radio station KTRS 550 AM, Prosecutor Robert McCulloch said he knew that some witnesses were lying to the St. Louis grand jury about the Michael Brown case. Continue reading
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 16 The top 10 political stories of 2014 By Domenico Montanaro, Lisa Desjardins, Rachel Wellford, Simone Pathe Today in the Morning Line: Ferguson, elections, polarization, health care and the GOP’s lawsuit were the top five. A 9/11 report, immigration, President Obama’s unpopularity, taxes, and the debt round out the top 10 Top 10 political stories of… Continue reading
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
Dec 11 Capitol staffers raise their hands to join protest over police killings By Connie Cass, Associated Press Dozens of minority congressional staffers and Capitol employees have gathered to protest the killing of unarmed black men by police. About 200 workers and a few members of Congress stood on the House steps Thursday and silently raised their arms… Continue reading