The Minneapolis City Council voted Friday to ban city police officers from using chokeholds and neck restraints and put heavier restrictions on the use of chemical irritants as part of a temporary restraining order.
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Responding to more than a week of nationwide protests against police brutality toward black Americans, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights condemned recent killings Friday and urged police to act in line with the Constitution.
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The morning after hundreds of New York City protestors were arrested, both the mayor and the governor insisted Friday that the crime situation in the city is improving.
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Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall issued a new general order to her officers late Thursday night, requiring them to stop fellow officers from using excessive force in response to protests over the death of George Floyd last week.
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Video of a police officer shoving an elderly protester who falls and cracks his head in Buffalo, New York drew widespread condemnation Thursday.
Read moreA writer from a “Law & Order” spinoff and the play-by-play broadcaster for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings found themselves out of jobs after making social media posts this week that their bosses found too incendiary or insensitive, highlighting an apparent surge in such firings across many lines of work.
Read moreProtest organizers in Oakland, California on Thursday vowed to keep marching in the streets and occupying a plaza outside the city’s main government building until their demands for police reform are met.
Read moreJalil Muntaqim, a former member of the Black Panther Party who was convicted in 1975 of killing two police officers along with two accomplices, should not have been granted release despite his argument that he is at high risk for complications related to the Covid-19 virus, an appeals court in New York ruled. Muntaqim reportedly contracted the virus while this appeal was pending.
Read moreA bill that would make it easier to sue police officers and other government officials for violating people’s civil rights was introduced in the U.S. House Thursday by Representatives Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) and Justin Amash of Michigan, a former Republican who joined the Libertarian Party in April.
Read moreA Dallas protester demanded answers from police Wednesday regarding the loss of his left eye after an officer shot him in the face with nonlethal ammunition during a peaceful protest against police brutality on May 30.
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Now a week into sweeping protests against racism and police violence, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio started to return his focus Wednesday to the virus still killing dozens every day in some boroughs.
Read moreThree days after George Floyd died with a Minneapolis police officer choking off his air, another black man writhed on the tarmac of a street in Paris as a police officer pressed a knee to his neck during an arrest.
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WASHINGTON (CN) — Former Democratic presidential candidate and Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren joined thousands of peaceful demonstrators descending on the
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OAKLAND, Calif. (CN) — Conversations with protesters at a demonstration against police brutality and racism in Oakland, California, Tuesday revealed
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No punches were thrown, rocks hurled at police, or store windows broken at a rally for George Floyd in his hometown of Houston on Tuesday, as the thousands who came out abided by his family’s plea for no violence.
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Minnesota governor Tim Walz announced a state civil rights investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department Tuesday in response to the police killing of George Floyd, the 46-year-old black Minneapolis man whose death last week sparked protests and riots across the nation.
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As demonstrations against police brutality and racism rip across the nation, San Francisco city leaders are responding to calls for police reform with a proposal that could ban hiring officers with histories of misconduct.
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Six Atlanta Police officers are being charged with using excessive force against two black college students who were pulled from their car and arrested Saturday night during a protest calling for an end to police violence against black Americans.
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The Ohio Supreme Court grappled Tuesday with the question of whether a city can be considered a victim of a crime under state law and whether it is entitled to restitution for crimes.
Read moreAn 84-year-old woman sued San Bernardino County and Chino, California in federal court, claiming officers pulled her over for no reason, forced her to kneel at the side of the road and raise her shirt up and held her at gunpoint for an excessive and unreasonable amount of time.
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