After Ferguson, black men still face the highest risk of being killed by police
These numbers are “conservative,” and many killings likely go unreported, researchers said in this recent study.
4 Chicago officers fired for Laquan McDonald shooting cover-up
None of the four were charged criminally, however they were stripped of police powers and assigned to desk duty as their case proceeded.
Eric Garner’s mother says there’s been ‘no justice’ five years after his death
Speaking on the year anniversary of her son's death, Eric Garner's mother urged the New York City police commissioner to fire the officer involved, saying the family has "been failed by every other source."…
Special prosecutor named to investigate South Bend shooting of Eric Logan
A judge appointed a special prosecutor Wednesday to investigate a white police officer's fatal shooting of a black man in the Indiana city where Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg is mayor.
The 2020 presidential candidate faced an emotional crowd in South Bend, Indiana, a week after a white police officer fatally shot a black man in the city where he is mayor.
South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg said the circumstances of the death would be thoroughly investigated.
Julián Castro's plan would set a federal standard for use of deadly force, requiring de-escalation tactics and the use of lethal means only as a last resort.
A Tarrant County grand jury indicted Arlington Officer Bau Tran eight months after he shot 24-year-old O'Shae Terry in the Dallas suburb.
The jury needed little more than a day to convict a black Minneapolis police officer of murder in the fatal shooting of an unarmed white woman who had called 911 to report a possible crime, delivering a guilty verdict that…
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