By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A relative of Emmett Till is suing to try to make a Mississippi sheriff serve a 1955... More
February 16, 2023
As many as 13 Memphis officers could end up being disciplined in the investigation of Tyre Nichols' death, officials said Tuesday. More
February 8, 2023
6th Memphis officer fired after internal police investigation showed he violated multiple department policies in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols. More
February 3, 2023
Tennessee board suspends EMT licenses of 2 ex-Memphis Fire Dept. employees for failing to render critical care to Tyre Nichols after police beat him. More
February 3, 2023
Tyre Nichols’ family and friends gathered for a funeral intended to celebrate his life 3 weeks after he died following a brutal beating by Memphis cops. More
February 1, 2023
Attorney for ex-Minneapolis cop Tou Thao, who held back bystanders while colleagues restrained George Floyd, said his client and should be acquitted. More
January 31, 2023
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to attend the funeral of Tyre Nichols, who died three days after he was beaten by Memphis police officers. More
January 31, 2023
Tyre Nichols' family plans to gather Tuesday with the Rev. Al Sharpton and attorney Ben Crump at the historic Mason Temple in Memphis. More
January 31, 2023
The five officers charged were part of the so-called Scorpion unit, which stands for Street Crimes Operations to Restore Peace in our Neighborhoods. More
January 30, 2023
Even if Derek Chauvin wins his appeal, his federal sentence will keep him in prison longer than his state sentence likely would. More
January 18, 2023
A look at some cases involving Black rights that Court TV has covered, as well as some of the legal stories that shaped Black History. More
January 15, 2023
5 Louisiana officers were charged with state crimes ranging from negligent homicide to malfeasance in the deadly arrest of Ronald Greene. More
December 16, 2022
Ex-Minneapolis cop J. Alexander Kueng, who kneeled on George Floyd’s back while another cop kneeled on his neck, was sentenced to 3.5 years in prison. More
December 9, 2022
Minneapolis will buy the gas station at the intersection where George Floyd was killed and turn it into a racial justice healing center and memorial. More
December 9, 2022
Aaron Dean, who has pleaded not guilty, has been free on $200,000 bond. He is charged with killing Atatiana Jefferson in 2019. More
December 5, 2022
Jackie Johnson, former Georgia prosecutor charged with hindering the investigation into the killing of Ahmaud Arbery, is ordered to appear in court. More
November 29, 2022
5 Connecticut cops were charged with misdemeanors over treatment of a Black man after he was paralyzed from the chest down in the back of a police... More
November 28, 2022
Wash. Supreme Court won't reconsider opinion that upheld Black man's virtual life sentence for killings committed at 17 despite criticism of racial bias. More
November 22, 2022
The plea deal for J. Alexander Kueng calls for 3 1/2 years in prison, with prosecutors agreeing to drop a count of aiding and abetting second-degree murder. More
October 24, 2022
A crowd of dozens chanted on a sweltering street corner Tuesday as Ahmaud Arbery's hometown unveiled new street signs honoring the young Black man who was fatally... More
August 9, 2022
The white father and son who chased and killed Ahmaud Arbery in a Georgia neighborhood each received a second life prison sentence for committing federal hate crimes.... More
August 8, 2022
Trident Mortgage Co., a division of Berkshire Hathaway's HomeServices of America, deliberately avoided writing mortgages in minority-majority neighborhoods in West Philadelphia like Malcolm X Park;... More
July 27, 2022
A white school teacher in Rochester accused of telling his class of mostly Black students to pick seeds out of cotton during a history lesson... More
June 22, 2022
The Senate confirmed Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, securing her place as the first Black female justice. More
April 7, 2022
The Rev. Al Sharpton told the hundreds gathered Thursday for the funeral for Amir Locke that the 22-year-old Black man who was shot by Minneapolis... More
February 17, 2022
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly a century ago, white leaders of a Southern California city robbed a Black family More
October 1, 2021
By DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, decades even, allegations swirled that R&B superstar R. Kelly was abusing young women and More
September 28, 2021
By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An attorney for one of four former Minneapolis officers charged in George Floyd's death is highlighting More
September 10, 2020
ATLANTA – Court TV, the multi-platform network devoted to live, gavel-to-gavel coverage, in-depth legal reporting and expert analysis of the nation’s most More
June 18, 2020
By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press A white Minneapolis police officer accused of killing a black suspect by kneeling on his neck opened fire on two... More
May 28, 2020
