The Louisville Metro Police Department announced on Monday that its Professional Standards Unit is currently…

The New York attorney general has made a significant change to the state’s body camera policy in the wake of how…

The Louisville Metro City Council passed a vote of no confidence Thursday night over Mayor Greg Fischer’s handling…

White people often think Black people are lying or grossly exaggerating when we tell them that even the simplest…

A police officer in San Leandro, Calif., has been charged and taken into custody for the fatal shooting of a Black…

I really don’t like feel-good cop stories—especially not while there’s a national discussion going on about systemic…

In New York, Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren has fired the police chief and suspended two city officials due to their…

In 2018, The Root reported on a recurring theme that we just can’t seem to escape: the fatal shooting of yet another…

Cop privilege is a thing. I can already hear the Blue Lives Matter crowd collectively rolling their eyes into the…

After videos posted to social media on Saturday showed two officers from the Clayton County Sheriff’s Office in…

In Louisiana, an investigation has been launched into three officers involved in the arrest of two Black teenagers…

After almost 200 days since she was killed, a grand jury is expected to hear evidence in the case of Breonna Taylor.

One of the biggest issues facing meaningful police reform is the arbitration process. An officer could be fired for…

For the first time in Kentucky’s history, a Black woman will lead the Louisville Metro Police Department, and she…

NY Attorney General Letitia James is forming a grand jury to investigate the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who…

A San Leandro, Calif. police officer was charged Wednesday in the shooting death of a Black man inside a Walmart,…

A few things: Erratic behavior shouldn’t automatically be perceived as threatening. People on drugs are still…

White people often don’t understand why Black people tend to respond so aggressively to police officers after being…

The police chief in Hammond, La., has become the subject of community outrage after leaked surveillance footage from…

Racist white people hate being called racist white people.