Aug 28 WATCH: Thousands gather at March on Washington commemorations By Aaron Morrison, Kat Stafford, Ashraf Khalil, Associated Press Thousands gathered at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic "I Have A Dream" address, a vision of racial equality that remains elusive for millions of Americans. And turnout has been… Continue reading
Aug 26 Phoenix will pay settlement after police point guns, curse at Black couple over stolen doll By Associated Press The Arizona Republic reports that city payouts over excessive-force or wrongful-death claims against police have totaled millions of dollars in the last several years. Continue reading
Aug 26 3 shot, 2 killed in 3rd night of unrest over Blake shooting By Mike Householder, Scott Bauer, Associated Press Two people were shot to death and another was wounded during a third night of protests in Kenosha over the police shooting of a Black man, Jacob Blake, and authorities Wednesday hunted for a possible vigilante seen on cellphone video… Continue reading
Aug 24 Watch 5:43 Kenosha becomes latest racial flashpoint after police shoot Black man Kenosha, Wisconsin, has become the latest flashpoint in ongoing national unrest over racism and police violence. Protests erupted Sunday night after an incident caught on video in which Jacob Blake, a Black man, appears to be shot by police, who… Continue watching
Aug 20 Belgian police official steps aside over brutality video By Raf Casert, Associated Press A top Belgian police official has stepped aside a day after the emergence of a 2018 video showing an officer sitting on top of a Slovak man in custody at a local airport and another officer apparently making a Hitler… Continue reading
Aug 09 Watch 6:31 Michael Brown’s death echoes on six years later By Ivette Feliciano The killing of Michael Brown, a young unarmed Black man, by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, six years ago, sparked protests which changed the civil rights movement in the nation. Brittany Ferrell, an activist and organizer for the political… Continue watching
Aug 05 Watch 7:46 Minneapolis officials grapple with question of police reform — or replacement By Fred de Sam Lazaro The killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis in May prompted calls to change the policing structure there. On Wednesday night, the city’s charter commission will decide whether to ask voters to begin the process of abolishing the police force --… Continue watching
Aug 02 Watch 4:17 What led to LAPD restricting neckholds in 1982? A doctor remembers By KCET Since the killing of George Floyd, legislators and police departments have moved to ban the use of neckholds, which have long been controversial. LAPD had restricted the use of these back in 1982. What led to this change in police… Continue watching
Jul 10 Utah district attorney says police justified in killing armed, fleeing man By Lindsay Whitehurst, Sophia Eppolito, Associated Press A district attorney says Utah police officers were legally justified in firing more than 30 times and killing an armed man as he ran away. The case has become a rallying point for protesters in the state amid a national… Continue reading
Jul 09 Transcripts show officer told George Floyd ‘It takes … a lot of oxygen to talk’ before his death By Amy Forliti, Associated Press The officer who pressed his knee against George Floyd's neck dismissed his pleas in the moments before he died, saying "it takes a heck of a lot of oxygen to talk."… Continue reading