police
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New Prosecutors Taking On Old Police Misconduct Cases
Reformist DAs are reopening cases where cops had been let off by their predecessors
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Minneapolis Officer Charged in Fatal Car Crash Death of Leneal Frazier
Leneal Frazier was the uncle of Darnella Frazier, the teenager who captured George Floyd’s death at the hands of police on video in 2020.
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S.C. Police Chief Sued for Allegedly Sending Racist, Inappropriate Texts
Sullivan’s Island Police Chief Chris Griffin sent 2 women nearly 20 unsolicited and inappropriate images after meeting them at a law enforcement conference.
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In Loving Memory of Tim Scott
Sen. Tim Scott was once a proponent of police accountability. But after he obstructed police reform legislation, even cops are calling him a liar.
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George Holliday, Man Who Filmed Rodney King Police Beating, Dies of COVID-19 Complications
In 1991, Holliday recorded Rodney King getting viciously beaten by four LAPD officers, opening the door for the current movement against police brutality.
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DOJ Announces New Limits on Chokeholds and No-Knock Warrants
The agency acknowledged that the tactics lead to unnecessary deaths but doesn’t outright ban them in the new directive.
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Michigan Prosecutors: No More Searches Without Probable Cause in Routine Traffic Stops. Police Association: Whaaaaah?
If you're a cop and you're upset you can't search vehicles for no reason, maybe you shouldn't be a cop.
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Members of Heavily-Armed Black Militia Shut Down Traffic on Massachusetts Interstate for Nine Hours
The 11 men said they were members of the group known as Rise of the Moors.
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Ronald Greene's Death Prompts Internal Investigation Into Louisiana State Police Unit's Handlings of Black Motorists
The in-custody death of Ronald Greene and the beatings of other Black men have put Louisiana State Police Troop F under investigation.
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US Marshals Fatally Shoot Black Man in Minneapolis. Investigators Say There is No Video Evidence of What Led to the Shooting
If George Floyd’s murder wasn’t recorded by a bystander and shown to the world, there is little doubt that Derek Chauvin would be free today and that he and the other three officers charged in Floyd’s death would still be policing the streets of Minneapolis. It’s also a fact that sometimes cops lie in their…