Outrage after NYPD hustles protester into unmarked van
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
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 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
NYC police officers Kenneth Boss, Sean Carroll, Edward McMellon and Richard Murphy are accused of shooting and killing West African immigrant Amadou Diallo. More
July 29, 2020
The 1992 police brutality case made famous by the widely–publicized video of four officers (Powell, Koon, Briseno and Wind) beating Rodney King. More
July 29, 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
The arrests of John Wade, 33, and Chisom Kingston, 23, were confirmed by an Atlanta fire spokesman. 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
Garrett Rolfe's bond has been set at $500,000. The Atlanta police officer is charged in the death of Rayshard Brooks. More
June 30, 2020
A judge ruled that the former Atlanta police officer who fatally shot Rayshard Brooks can be free on bond while his case is pending. More
June 30, 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
Atlanta police officers called out sick Thursday to protest the filing of murder charges against an officer in the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. More
June 18, 2020
Atlanta police officer Garrett Rolfe is facing 11 charges including felony murder and aggravated assault in the death of Rayshard Brooks. More
June 17, 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
Attorney Justin Miller, who is representing the family of Rayshard Brooks, speaks to Court TV special contributor Ashleigh Banfield. More
June 16, 2020
Atlanta police released bodycam and other footage capturing the shooting death of Rayshard Brooks. More
June 15, 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 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