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 ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Police officers in Massachusetts fired more than 30 shots at a man who suffered from mental... More
August 11, 2020
By JIM SALTER Associated Press CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — St. Louis County’s top prosecutor announced Thursday that he will not charge the former police officer More
July 30, 2020
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department’s use of plainclothes officers and an unmarked minivan to haul... More
July 30, 2020
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Tuesday lifted a gag order in the criminal case against More
July 21, 2020
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys for a coalition of news organizations are scheduled to appear in a More
July 21, 2020
The death of George Floyd, and subsequent criminal charges brought against the Minneapolis police officers involved, caused reverberations around the world, making it one of... More
July 16, 2020
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and DOUG GLASS Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Body-camera footage made public Wednesday from two Minneapolis police officers More
July 16, 2020
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd's family filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the four police More
July 15, 2020
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Video from the body cameras of two officers charged in George Floyd's death is More
July 15, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Two police officers from a small southern Oklahoma town have been charged with second-degree murder after being accused of using More
July 6, 2020
ATLANTA (AP) — Authorities on Thursday arrested two more people on suspicion of arson in the burning of an Atlanta Wendy's restaurant where a police More
July 2, 2020
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — One of the police officers investigated over photographs connected with the death of Elijah McClain in Colorado has resigned, Aurora More
July 2, 2020
The death of George Floyd has ignited a movement – one that has made people look closer at the relationship between law enforcement and the... More
July 2, 2020
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota judge on Monday warned that he's likely to move the trials of four former police More
June 29, 2020
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the death of George Floyd are due in court Monday. It's the second pretrial More
June 29, 2020
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — Passage of the House Democrats' far-reaching police overhaul bill returned attention to More
June 26, 2020
By PATTY NIEBERG and THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — The Colorado governor on Thursday ordered prosecutors to reopen the investigation into More
June 26, 2020
Two Atlanta police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Rayshard Brooks are charged. Court TV breaks it down. (Episode 45) More
June 25, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Louisville Metro police department has fired one of the police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, more More
June 24, 2020
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A 911 dispatcher who was apparently watching in real time as a Minneapolis police officer pressed a More
June 16, 2020
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Beyoncé has joined the call for charges against officers involved in the shooting of Breonna Taylor, a black woman gunned down... More
June 15, 2020
By RUSS BYNUM and BRYNN ANDERSON The Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One minute, Rayshard Brooks was chatting cooperatively with Atlanta police, saying More
June 15, 2020
By LISA MASCARO and ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Philonese Floyd challenged Congress on Wednesday to “stop the pain" so that his More
June 10, 2020
By The Associated Press Prepared text of the testimony of Philonise Floyd, a brother of George Floyd, before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday: More
June 10, 2020
By JUAN A. LOZANO, NOMAAN MERCHANT and ADAM GELLER Associated Press HOUSTON (AP) — Hundreds of mourners packed a Houston church Tuesday for the funeral... More
June 9, 2020
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Monday set $1 million bail for a Minneapolis police officer charged with second-degree More
June 8, 2020
By BERNARD CONDON and TODD RICHMOND Associated Press Minneapolis was among several cities that had policies on the books requiring police officers to More
June 8, 2020
By JOHN WAWROW Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Prosecutors were investigating Friday after a video captured police in Buffalo shoving a 75-year-old More
June 5, 2020
By AARON MORRISON and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Celebrities, musicians and political leaders gathered in front of George Floyd's More
June 4, 2020
By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors charged three more police officers Wednesday in the death More
June 3, 2020
