In June, The Root reported that 40-year-old Black man Javier Ambler died in police custody in Austin, Texas, in…

On April 5, 44-year-old Tommie McGlothen died while in police custody in Shreveport, La. In June, The Root reported…

In Harper Woods, Mich., protests have been ongoing since the death of Priscilla Slater, a Black woman, while in…

As protests against police brutality began take hold across the country, calls to abolish the police have grown…

In 2016, Sheila Hines-Brim’s niece Wakeisha Wilson died in the custody of the Los Angeles Police Department. During…