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Baltimore police unit under fire for deadly shootings, questionable stops
District Action Team officers fatally shot someone again on Tuesday. But concerns about the unit — created after the disbanding of the Gun Trace Task Force — have been rising…
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Justice Department launches probe into Lexington police practices
By Jerry Mitchell On November 8, 2023 The Justice Department is now investigating the city of Lexington and the Lexington Police Department. “No city, no town and no law enforcement…
Read MoreFederal Lawsuit Claims Kansas City Enabled Police To Exploit Black Community For Years
The lawsuit filed by five Black women against the Kansas City, Kansas, police force compares the alleged misconduct and violence to the Jim Crow era. By Taiyler S. Mitchell Five…
Read More1 of 2 Colorado officers convicted in Elijah McClain’s death after neck hold, ketamine injection
By Collen Slevin & Matthew Brown On October 13, 2023 BRIGHTON, Colo. (AP) — Jurors convicted a Denver-area police officer of homicide Thursday and acquitted another of all charges in…
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Aurora is the first Colorado city under state oversight to reform policing. Two years in, how’s it going?
By Rachel Estabrook On October 10, 2023 The announcement came suddenly, though it confirmed what people in the community had known for years. In September 2021, Colorado Attorney General Phil…
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Judge upholds most serious charges in deadly arrest of Black driver Ronald Greene
By Jim Mustian On October 9, 2023 FARMERVILLE, La. (AP) — A judge delivered a victory Monday to the state prosecution of white Louisiana lawmen in the deadly 2019 arrest…
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No Charges Against Georgia State Troopers Who Killed ‘Cop City’ Activist
Manuel “Tortuguita” Teran, an activist protesting a police training center near Atlanta, was shot 57 times by police. By Sebastian Murdock On October 6, 2023 No charges will be brought…
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Reform plan still has Paterson police responding to mental health crises
Some changes made, but not yet addressed is what many see as main problem — armed officers intervening instead of mental health experts By Taylor Jung On October 2, 2023…
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Police Blame Some Deaths on ‘Excited Delirium.’ ER Docs Consider Pulling the Plug on the Term.
By Markian Hawryluk and Renuka Rayasam On October 2, 2023 The way Sheldon Haleck’s parents see it, the 38-year-old’s only crime was jaywalking. But that March night in 2015, after…
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