Despite a 24-hour curfew imposed by the government, hundreds of young Nigerians gathered in Lagos Tuesday afternoon…
Last week, former Wolfe City, Texas, Police Officer Shaun Lucas was charged with murder in the fatal shooting of…
Police body camera footage revealed new details about what happened between 31-year-old Jonathan Price and Wolfe…
The 2009 shooting of Oscar Grant was a pivotal moment in the fight for police accountability: a graphic video…
Over the weekend, a 31-year-old Black man, Jonathan Price, was fatally shot at a gas station by a Wolfe City, Texas,…
A video released by Colorado’s Aurora Police Department on Tuesday shows a former officer ignoring a Black woman’s…
Human Rights Watch, an organization that specializes in investigating and reporting civil rights abuses all over the…
A former Atlanta area cop is forbidden from working in law enforcement again after pleading guilty to using…
In June, The Root reported that 40-year-old Black man Javier Ambler died in police custody in Austin, Texas, in…
The only person to face charges for his actions in the early hours of March 13, the day Breonna Taylor was killed,…
Earlier this month, The Root reported that on August 31, 29-year-old Dijon Kizzee was fatally shot by Los Angeles…
On Friday, the city of Walnut Creek, Calif., announced a $4 million settlement in the federal lawsuit filed by the…
Throughout the investigation into Breonna Taylor’s death, Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron has refused to…
The diversity and political potency of Black voters is no secret, especially during a presidential election many…
A Salt Lake City cop who sicced his K-9 on a Black man complying with his orders has been charged with assault, one…
A police officer in San Leandro, Calif., has been charged and taken into custody for the fatal shooting of a Black…
A cache of documents from the Rochester, N.Y., police department, including emails, police reports and internal…
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Attorneys for the family of Breonna Taylor, the 26-year-old emergency medical technician shot and killed by…
After videos posted to social media on Saturday showed two officers from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office in…
Since 2015, nearly 250 women across America have been shot and killed by police. Despite comprising just 13 percent…