Jun 03 10 videos to watch from Chicago’s police misconduct investigators By Nsikan Akpan, Joshua Barajas On Friday, Chicago officials publicly released hundreds of videos, audio recordings and other evidence related to 101 police incidents to an online portal. There, anyone could sift through about 300 videos from cases that fell under the jurisdiction… Continue reading
Jun 03 Chicago releases hundreds of videos of police-related incidents By Joshua Barajas Chicago officials publicly released hundreds of videos, audio recordings and other evidence on Friday from 101 incidents involving the city’s police department. Continue reading
Apr 19 Watch 6:28 Washington Post honored for deep dive into fatal police shootings By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jan 22 Watch 10:13 To avoid deadly shootings, police deploy new training tactics By PBS News Hour Following two years of highly publicized deadly shootings by police officers, some police departments around the country are looking into new training methods they hope will not only reduce the number of officer-involved shootings, but also keep their officers in… Continue watching
Dec 28 Watch 12:23 No charges in Cleveland’s Tamir Rice case, as latest shooting stokes anger for Chicago police By PBS News Hour There will be no charges filed in the shooting death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice in Cleveland. That decision follows yet another weekend of tension over police shootings in Chicago, where two black residents were killed Saturday by officers, amid a… Continue watching
Dec 27 Watch 3:31 Report: 1 in 10 people fatally shot by police in 2015 were unarmed By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 03 VIDEO: San Francisco police shoot and kill stabbing suspect By Joshua Barajas Five San Francisco police officers fatally shot a man Wednesday, a scene that was apparently captured by an eyewitness and uploaded to Instagram, the San Francisco Examiner reported. Continue reading
Dec 01 Watch 4:58 Chicago police superintendent out amid anger over Laquan McDonald shooting video By PBS News Hour Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has fired his longtime police superintendent Garry McCarthy. The move came one week after the city released a dash-cam video showing Officer Jason Van Dyke fatally shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Gwen Ifill learns more from Paris… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 11:57 Shields and Brooks on protesting police shootings, sizing up GOP contenders By PBS News Hour Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss protests in Chicago against the killing of Laquan McDonald and lethal force by police, how the Paris attacks have affected the fight against the… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 8:08 U.S. at a unique time in history for justice reform, says Attorney General Lynch By PBS News Hour As attorney general, Loretta Lynch leads the Justice Department amid a spike in violent crime in several major U.S. cities, as well as national outcry over police-involved shootings. Gwen Ifill sits down with Lynch to discuss better transparency on law… Continue watching