Oct 21 FBI warned of white supremacists in law enforcement 10 years ago. Has anything changed? By Kenya Downs In 2006, the FBI warned that white supremacists infiltrating local and state law enforcement posed a threat to national security. Some are asking, what's been done to curb the trend in the decade since?… Continue reading
Sep 22 Donald Trump’s stop-and-frisk proposal raises questions By Eugene Mason New York City's controversial policing tactic of stop-and-frisk was ruled unconstitutional in 2013. Continue reading
Sep 22 Black men fleeing the police is reasonable, Massachusetts court rules By Kenya Downs A Massachusetts court rules that a history of racial bias in police searches makes it reasonable for black men to flee. Continue reading
Sep 22 WATCH: Charlotte police chief says video doesn’t show Keith Scott pointing gun By News Desk North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory declared a state of emergency late Wednesday after violence erupted during a police brutality protests in Charlotte, leaving one person critically shot and four law enforcement officers, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Continue reading
Sep 21 Obama administration unveils new guidelines for school policing By Evie Blad, Education Week New school policing guidelines are the education and justice department's latest efforts to dial back against zero-tolerance policies, which have disproportionately affected students of color. Continue reading
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
Sep 17 Watch 8:33 How can America narrow divisions between police and community? By PBS News Hour High-profile incidents of police force against people of color have raised anger and protest across the country, but in some cases, law enforcement has maintained that officers were simply doing their job. How can the public and the police bridge… Continue watching
Sep 14 Watch 9:27 What we’ve learned about racial inequity in Ferguson By PBS News Hour A new report by the Ferguson Commission, appointed to respond to racial inequity, calls for 200 changes to policing, education, housing, health care access and more across St. Louis and Missouri. Gwen Ifill discusses the reform recommendations with Rev. Starsky… Continue watching
Jul 02 Watch 3:30 Ta-Nehisi Coates on discussing racism directly, honestly By PBS News Hour How should the U.S. address problems of violent policing? As a nation, we may be asking the police to do certain things that they shouldn't, says Ta-Nehisi Coates. The Atlantic correspondent offers his Brief But Spectacular take on the legacy… Continue watching
Jun 24 Watch 7:12 Charleston’s mayor on confronting racism with honesty By PBS News Hour Long-serving Charleston Mayor Joseph Riley is leading his city through the tragedy and aftermath of the Emmanuel AME shootings. Special correspondent Charlayne Hunter-Gault interviews Riley about effective policing, race relations and reaching Americans who don’t think that racism is their… Continue watching