community policing
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DOJ Investigating Police Department That Killed Tyre Nichols
The Feds want to know who else’s civil rights were violated by cops in this Tennessee city
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My Pain. Our Pain: Help Me Help the Mentally Ill Survive Police Interactions Without Being Killed
I need your help. I’ll tell you what kind at the end of this piece. But first I need to tell you a story: One day, I got a call from my Aunt Pat—my mother’s identical twin. Or maybe the call was from my mother—her voice pained. Panicked. Frantic. It’s all a blur now. I…
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Not All Cops: Unarmed Black Teen Not Shot and Killed by Police
Police unions, objective observers and whatever they call white people (I’m using “‘MAGA’ Yeezys” this week) often accuse the media of casting law enforcement officers in a negative light simply because some news outlets believe the public should know about police brutality and the disproportionate killing of black people. But The Root would like to…
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Congressional Black Caucus to Host Twitter Town Hall on Community Policing and Police Accountability
On Tuesday, May 8, the Congressional Black Caucus will be hosting a Twitter town hall focused on community policing and police accountability, during which members will be responding to questions and comments from constituents, celebrities, activists and advocates alike. In the wake of the recent police shootings of Diante Yarber, Saheed Vassell and Stephon Clark—shooting…
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Black People Should Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Call the Police … Unless 1 of These 10 Things Just Happened
The mere threat of murder isn’t really enough because inviting a murder squad to your house just because you heard a bump or a chainsaw in the night is hustling backward. Chasing possible murder with probable murder is like chasing Fireball with Honey Jack. No, the ax needs to be embedded in your spleen before…
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NYC Together Is Building a Bridge Between 2 Groups That Seem Diametrically Opposed: Teens and Cops
Community and police relationships have been strained in recent years, to put it lightly. The two groups have apparently reached a stalemate, with communities furious over the recent slate of officer-involved shootings—when all too often the officers walk away with barely a reprimand—and with the police feeling as if they are being unfairly attacked. Neither…
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Black Police Officer Becomes Tulsa, Okla.’s 1st-Ever Community Resource Officer
Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Amley “Popsey” Floyd, who became famous after his Facebook post in response to the shooting death of Terence Crutcher went viral, will have a new full-time role for the Tulsa Police Department as its first-ever Riverside community resource officer, according to a news release. NewsOn6 reports that Floyd’s new job will…
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How Police Fail to 'Protect and Serve' LGBTQ Communities of Color
Police killings of unarmed black men and women—such as this summer’s shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile—have highlighted the need, long recognized by racial-justice advocates, for a more critical examination of the ways in which police fail to “protect and serve” some of our country’s most marginalized communities. These killings have forwarded a national…
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#WeWontBeSilent: 2 Things the DOJ Can Do Now to Stop Police Violence
Two more black men became a hashtag on Twitter last week: Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. It’s a modern marker of our times, of an unnatural death publicly witnessed through a cellphone-camera lens. They were both killed by police officers for dubious reasons: They owned guns in states where carrying guns publicly is legal, but…