Have Americans Warmed to Calls to ‘Defund the Police’?
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Tag : Police Brutality, Misconduct and Shootings
George Floyd’s Killing Prompts Africans to Call for Police Reform at Home
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenyan and American protesters knelt outside the United States Embassy in Nairobi one morning last month, outraged at George Floyd’s killing and...
As U.S. Confronts Anti-Black Racism, Latinos Wonder Where They Fit In
PHOENIX — “Tu lucha es mi lucha,” several signs declared at a recent Black Lives Matter protest near the Arizona State Capitol. Your struggle is...
2 Officers Face Murder Charges After Using Taser on Man More Than 50 Times, Officials Say
Two Oklahoma police officers have been charged with second-degree murder after they used Tasers more than 50 times on a man who later died, according...
Maya Moore’s Help to Win Jonathan Irons’s Freedom Shows Women Leading Change
Still in her prime, Maya Moore sacrificed her career, stepping away as one of the greats in basketball for a long shot bid to help...
Jonathan Irons, Helped by W.N.B.A. Star Maya Moore, Freed From Prison
Jonathan Irons, whose bid for freedom from a 50-year prison sentence was embraced and pushed by the W.N.B.A. star Maya Moore, walked out of a...
Miami Police Officer Faces Discipline After Punching Woman in Face
A police officer in Miami is facing discipline after punching a woman in the face in an episode that was recorded on body camera footage,...
Can the N.Y.P.D. Handle a $1 Billion Budget Cut? Yes
In a city staring down $9 billion in lost revenue, it is hardly revolutionary to ask the Police Department to share the pain. But this...
Joel Thompson Talks About His “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed”
When Joel Thompson composed “The Seven Last Words of the Unarmed,” he didn’t intend for anyone to hear the piece. It was 2014. That summer,...
Eight Police Officers in Louisiana Face Charges of Excessive Force
When Chico Bell eventually stopped the Chevrolet truck he was driving as police officers pursued him in January, he and another man in the vehicle...