Jul 13 Column: Are police shootings racially biased? By Denise Cummins Two decades of scientific investigations suggest a nuanced answer. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 5:23 ‘The shock of this evil has still not faded’: Dallas mourns attack on police By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 11 Watch 11:05 Is Dallas a turning point in the race and policing debate? By PBS News Hour If any good is to come out of the tragedy in Dallas, it is the expanded national conversation on the need for police reforms. There signs of some progress, but all sides agree much more must be done. Judy Woodruff… Continue watching
Jul 11 Of black shootings by police, poet asks: When will it stop? By Mary Jo Brooks Poet Ed Pavlic has written numerous poems and essays about the complicated relationship between black men and the police. Much of it comes from personal experience. Continue reading
Jul 10 ‘Hate does not exist in a vacuum’ — writings on race, policing in the U.S. By PBS News Hour Personal stories, analyses and other commentary from this week following multiple killings. Continue reading
Jul 10 Watch 5:13 Dallas pastor says nation is ‘all but’ post-racial By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jul 10 Black Lives Matter leader arrested as protests spread across the country By Michael D. Regan A leading voice for the Black Lives Matter movement along with a local journalist and dozens of others were arrested by police in Baton Rouge. Continue reading
Jul 09 Watch 3:49 Report finds racial disparities in police use of force By PBS News Hour A report released by the Center for Policing Equity on Friday found that African Americans are more likely than white Americans to be subjected to the use of force by police. University of California at Berkeley Professor Jack Glaser, one… Continue watching
Jul 09 74 #BlackLivesMatter protesters arrested in upstate New York By Michael D. Regan Police in the city of Rochester in upstate New York arrested 74 people during a demonstration of the Black Lives Matter movement on Friday. Continue reading
Jul 09 Bahamas issues travel advisory for U.S., urging ‘extreme caution’ By Omar Etman On the heels of nationwide protests against police violence, the Bahamas issued a travel advisory on Friday for its citizens visiting the U.S. Continue reading