By Heather Cherone, WTTW News, and Vernal Coleman, ProPublica Reporting Highlights Tipping Point: After years of halting progress and minimal…
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Tyre Nichols case: Jury returns mixed verdict for 3 former Memphis police officers
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Three of the former Memphis police officers who were involved in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols…
Former cop in Mississippi charged with sexual battery, rape
HERNANDO, Miss — A former police officer in Mississippi accused of sexually assaulting someone while on duty has been charged…
Former Memphis cop testifies, said he was ‘angry’ the night Tyre Nichols was beaten
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One of the former police officers charged in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols last year…
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…
L.A. County sheriff’s deputy charged with civil rights violation for violent arrest
LOS ANGELES — Federal authorities charged a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy with a civil rights violation related to a…
Ex-deputy seeks shorter sentence after ‘Goon Squad’ torture of Black men
JACKSON, Miss. — One of the former law enforcement officers who were sentenced to prison for the brutal assault and…
Judge dismisses felony charges against former cops in connection with Breonna Taylor’s death
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Most of the felony charges two former Louisville police officers were facing in connection with Breonna Taylor’s…
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…