This category examines those that are marginalized and disproportionately impacted by police brutality, such as police shootings, wrongful arrests and physical abuse of civilians.
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals on Friday dismissed prosecutors’ request to delay next month’s planned More
February 12, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was prepared to plead guilty to third-degree murder in George Floyd's death before More
February 11, 2021
BY MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump's historic second impeachment trial begins Tuesday, forcing the More
February 8, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota prosecutors on Thursday asked a judge to reinstate a third-degree murder count against the More
February 5, 2021
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost today announced the indictment of former Columbus Police Officer Adam Coy for his actions in a December More
February 4, 2021
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A white Ohio police officer was charged with murder Wednesday in the latest fallout following the December shooting death of More
February 4, 2021
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Police in Rochester released two body-camera videos Sunday of officers restraining a distraught 9-year-old girl who was handcuffed More
February 1, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Information about George Floyd’s prior arrests can’t be used at the trials of four former Minneapolis More
January 27, 2021
By BRUCE SCHREINER and DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A petition seeking the impeachment of Kentucky's attorney general was filed More
January 22, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge said he won’t reconsider his decision to hold a March trial for the former Minneapolis police officer who kneeled... More
January 21, 2021
There was a major ruling in the George Floyd murder trial and it was a shocker – one that will have major implications for all... More
January 21, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer who held his knee to the neck of George Floyd for several... More
January 12, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota judge overseeing the case against four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the More
January 8, 2021
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The state investigation into the fatal shooting by Columbus police of a Black man holding a More
December 23, 2020
By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The city of Chicago’s top attorney resigned Sunday in the fallout of a botched police raid on... More
December 21, 2020
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A council of Kentucky prosecutors said Friday it does not have the legal authority to appoint More
December 4, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has rejected a divorce settlement between former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and his wife, citing the More
November 19, 2020
ATLANTA (Court TV) — Two of the three Georgia men accused in the death of Ahmaud Arbery will remotely stand before a judge Thursday morning... More
November 11, 2020
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday declined defense requests to move the trial of four Minneapolis More
November 5, 2020
By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia’s district attorney vowed Wednesday to make his own decision about whether to charge More
November 4, 2020
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police shot and killed a 27-year-old Black man on a Philadelphia street after yelling at him to drop his knife, sparking violent More
October 27, 2020
By DON BABWIN, ED WHITE and TERESA CRAWFORD WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A Black woman who was shot by police last week in suburban Chicago... More
October 27, 2020
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A second person who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury is criticizing Kentucky's attorney More
October 23, 2020
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A second person who served on the Breonna Taylor grand jury is criticizing Kentucky's attorney More
October 22, 2020
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge filed against the former Minneapolis More
October 22, 2020
We have a clearer picture of how the four former Minneapolis police officers intend to defend themselves for the death of George Floyd – by... More
October 22, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Louisville police officer who shot Breonna Taylor after he was wounded by her boyfriend's gunshot said she “didn’t deserve to More
October 21, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky (AP) — A judge has cleared the way for grand jurors to speak about the proceedings in the case against the police officers... More
October 20, 2020
By MATTHEW BARAKAT Associated Press FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) — Two U.S. Park Police officers were indicted Thursday on manslaughter charges in the 2017 shooting More
October 16, 2020
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors in the case against four former Minneapolis officers charged in the death of George Floyd More
October 14, 2020
