The NYPD is tossing out hundreds of misconduct cases – including stop-and-frisks – without even looking at them

The department has killed more than 400 cases of alleged misconduct this year that an oversight board had investigated and…

From Michael Brown to Sonya Massey, a decade of police antiblack violence causes grief, worry and coping for Black parents

By Seanna Leath, Washington University in St. Louis and Sheretta T. Butler-Barnes, Washington University in St. Louis A decade ago,…

For Black Americans, higher police pay doesn’t always mean fewer violent confrontations as it does for other racial groups

By Thaddeus L. Johnson, Georgia State University and Natasha N. Johnson, Georgia State University Police unions have come under fire…