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
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
D.C. Parks and Rec employee Jason Lewis turns self in to face second-degree murder while armed charges. He shot 23-year-old shot Karon Blake on Jan.... More
January 31, 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
Officers used physical force and a stun gun during a confrontation lasting several minutes, during which Keenan Anderson screamed for help and struggled. More
January 13, 2023
D.C. cops found 13-year-old Karon Blake suffering from gunshot wounds after being shot by a local resident who said Blake was breaking into area cars. More
January 11, 2023
“Whatcha doing here, man?” Officer Chris Smith asked as he walked up to Jennings, who held a hose with a stream of water falling on... More
September 1, 2022
The white man who initiated the neighborhood chase that resulted in the fatal shooting of Ahmaud Arbery is asking a federal judge to show leniency... More
August 3, 2022
Former star of "The Real Housewives of Atlanta" NeNe Leakes sued the companies behind the show on Wednesday, alleging that they fostered and tolerated a... More
April 20, 2022
Federal jury's $14 million award to Denver protesters hit with pepper balls and bag filled with lead during 2020 demonstrations over police killing of George... More
April 1, 2022
Six weeks after the shooting, Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder; he would be acquitted the next year. But the ferment unleashed by Trayvon Martin’s... More
February 25, 2022
The 2018 conviction of former police Officer Jason Van Dyke for the killing of Black teenager Laquan McDonald marked an important moment in Chicago's history.... More
February 2, 2022
Outside courtroom where Jussie Smollett fights charges of lying to Chicago police about being the victim of an anti-gay racist attack - publicist has introduced... More
December 7, 2021
A look at the jurors who will hear testimony in the manslaughter trial of former suburban Minneapolis police officer Kim Potter - charged in the... More
December 3, 2021
Four jurors were seated in a process that may take as much as a week or more. Opening statements are Dec. 8. More
November 30, 2021
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys began sifting through potential jurors Tuesday in the trial of a suburban More
November 30, 2021
The prospective jurors in former Brooklyn Center Officer Kim Potter’s manslaughter trial have already responded to questionnaires similar to those used this year in Derek... More
November 30, 2021
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — Attorneys made a final push Monday to persuade the jury in the killing of Ahmaud Arbery,... More
November 22, 2021
The Justice Department said it's curtailing federal agents’ use of “no-knock” warrants and would prohibiting its agents from using chokeholds in most circumstances. More
September 14, 2021
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington state is embarking on a massive experiment in police reform and accountability following the racial justice protests that erupted after George... More
July 26, 2021
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — One of the jurors who convicted Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd on Monday defended his participation in a protest last More
May 4, 2021
After about 10 hours of deliberation over two days, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been found guilty of all charges including second-degree murder,... More
April 20, 2021
BROOKLYN CENTER, Minn. (AP) — A Black man died after being shot by police in a Minneapolis suburb during a traffic stop and crashing his... More
April 12, 2021
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A jury has been seated for the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer... More
March 23, 2021
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A man who said he has a “very negative" impression of Derek Chauvin nevertheless More
March 12, 2021
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge on Thursday granted prosecutors’ request to add a third-degree murder More
March 11, 2021
By CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press The issue of race looms large over the trial of a white former Minneapolis police officer charged in the death last... More
March 11, 2021
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Potential jurors in Derek Chauvin's murder trial return Thursday to continue a More
March 11, 2021
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Attorneys in the trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George More
March 10, 2021
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM Associated Press/Report for America MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd's death More
March 9, 2021
