NEW YORK — A 24-year-old Black man was shot in the back by a town official in New York after…
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Trump’s DOJ has frozen police reform work. Advocates fear more abuse in departments across the country.
Federal investigators had identified at least eight police departments with patterns of unlawful behavior. But Trump’s freeze on oversight activities…
Federal investigators were preparing two Texas housing discrimination cases — until Trump took over
The government spent years probing allegations that a Dallas HOA created rules to kick poor Black people out and that…
Pastor Ricky Floyd: Video released shows moments leading up to fatal shooting
MEMPHIS — A video has been released showing the final moments leading up to the fatal shooting of Pastor Ricky…
Family seeks answers after Black twin brothers found dead on top of mountain
ATLANTA — The grisly discovery of the bodies of twin brothers on top of a remote mountain in Georgia has…
Beloved pastor, gun violence activist killed in Memphis; woman charged in shooting
MEMPHIS — A local community is reeling from the loss of a well-known pastor and community leader who was fatally…
How Eric Adams has backed a secretive NYPD unit ridden with abuses
In the fall of 2022, the New York Police Department began posting videos online to promote one of its latest…
Bruised, lifeless 3-year-old boy dropped off at NY hospital
NEW YORK CITY — Police are searching for two people after a 3-year-old boy was dropped at a hospital in…
LAPD officers accused of making racist, sexist comments; Mayor Karen Bass responds
LOS ANGELES -- Officials have confirmed four LAPD officers were assigned to home pending an internal affairs investigation after allegations…
“We’ve been essentially muzzled”: Department of Education halts thousands of civil rights investigations under Trump
In the three-and-a-half weeks since Donald Trump returned to the presidency, investigations by the agency that handles allegations of civil…