Apr 05 Federal overhauls of troubled police departments can be popular, but carry mixed results By Sadie Gurman, Associated Press Attorney General Jeff Sessions is signaling his Justice Department may back out of such federal agreements with troubled police departments. Continue reading
Jan 24 Watch 6:08 School district tries making its police 'more guardian than warrior' By PBS News Hour Since the 1999 shooting at Columbine High School, there's been an increased police presence at schools. But that presence has also sparked concerns. According to a recent analysis, black students are more likely to be arrested on campus than their… Continue watching
Jan 11 Pew survey: Officers feel more reluctant to use force, make stops By Lisa Marie Pane, Associated Press There has been a concern, largely shared in anecdotes, of officers holding back on stopping suspicious people or other policing out of concern that they'd be cast as racist. But the Pew survey provides the first national evidence that those… Continue reading
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