Chicago to pay reparations to police torture victims
Victims of police torture would share $5.5 million, receive an apology and see their story taught in school under a reparations package.
Baltimore prosecutor brings murder, manslaughter charges against six police
The officers are charged with second-degree murder, manslaughter, and assault.
Media coverage of Baltimore youth misses the mark completely
People know what they see and hear; the protests will continue and grow until justice is served and the people are listened to.
Chicagoans stand with Baltimore against police violence
Peaceful demonstrators gathered at a police station in the Windy City last night, giving voice to millions across the country.
Death at the hands of the police - this time in Baltimore
No city, town or hamlet can any longer feel immune from the devastating news that, once again, a Black man's life has been taken by the police
Family of Tamir Rice launches petition for justice
"My 12-year-old cousin Tamir Rice was tragically shot to death by Cleveland police on November 22, 2014."
Police settle lawsuit on use of chemical agents in Ferguson
"We had not seen this kind of excessive police force used against protestors since the civil rights movement of the 1960's"
Calls grow for investigation into Chicago's Homan Sq. 'Gestapo tactics'
Danny Davis and Richard Boykin join a chorus of voices demanding justice over the "CIA or Gestapo tactics" discovered at Homan Square.
U.S.: Ferguson police routinely discriminated against African Americans
An investigation released today finds sweeping patterns of racial bias within the Ferguson, Missouri, police department.
People lobby for police accountability bill filed in Maryland state legislature
It's a sign of the effectiveness of protests that have occurred here - as well as nationwide - against police killings of unarmed African Americans.
