Jun 03 Watch 7:28 Why Chicago made scores of police brutality videos public By PBS News Hour Chicago’s Independent Police Review Board today released scores of video and audio recordings from police-involved shootings and some of them are pretty shocking. The release is part of sweeping police reforms instituted by Mayor Rahm Emanuel after the shooting death… Continue watching
May 23 Watch 5:03 The implications of Baltimore police officer’s acquittal in Freddie Gray case By PBS News Hour A Baltimore Circuit judge on Monday found police officer Edward Nero not guilty on all counts for his role in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African-American whose alleged mistreatment in police custody prompted violent citywide protests… Continue watching
May 23 Baltimore officer acquitted of all charges in second Freddie Gray death trial By Joshua Barajas Baltimore Police officer Edward Nero was acquitted of all charges Monday for his involvement in the arrest and death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died while in custody last year. Continue reading
Apr 25 Cleveland agrees to pay $6 million over fatal shooting of Tamir Rice By Joshua Barajas The city of Cleveland agreed to pay $6 million, in two yearly installments, to settle a federal lawsuit over the November 2014 fatal shooting of 12-year-old Tamir Rice by a police officer. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 7:48 Inside the Chicago Police Department’s race problem By PBS News Hour An accountability task force appointed by Mayor Rahm Emanuel found that the Chicago Police Department has engaged in a long pattern of institutionalized racism that has alienated black and Hispanic residents. For more on what the report means for Chicago,… Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 7:01 How one chief tried to reverse police wrongs of the civil rights era By PBS News Hour As a young officer in Montgomery, Alabama, Kevin Murphy wondered why no one had ever acknowledged past injustices committed by police against civil rights activists. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault talks with Murphy about his initiatives as police chief to promote… Continue watching
Feb 08 Attorney General to visit 6 cities to highlight police work By Eric Tucker, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch plans to visit six cities in the coming months to highlight police departments she sees as role models for law enforcement. Continue reading
Feb 05 Police officials push back against use-of-force proposals By Tami Abdollah, Associated Press WASHINGTON — A dispute is erupting among police organizations over new proposals that would govern when officers should use force during violent arrests, amid national outrage over questionable shootings. Continue reading
Feb 01 Justice Department opens probe into San Francisco’s police practices By Joshua Barajas Federal investigators opened a probe into the fatal police shooting of Mario Woods, a black man, in San Francisco, the Justice Department announced Monday. Continue reading
Feb 01 How police harassment and hip-hop turned a Chicago teen into a poet By Corinne Segal Years after a troubling interaction with police, Nate Marshall would confront the experience in poetry. Continue reading