police reform

After a year of protests over police brutality, some Republican-controlled states have ignored or blocked police-reform proposals and moved instead in the other direction

Erroll Southers used to run background checks on police officer applicants and worked in law enforcement for decades. He says there should be a registry of officers’ past firings for misconduct – a database like that can help chiefs and police departments ensure they’re hiring someone with a good record in their community.

A family-friendly street festival was also planned at the Minneapolis intersection where Floyd died. The intersection was disrupted by gunfire just hours before the event.

Chauvin’s arrest, trial and subsequent conviction were hailed as watershed moments. But now a year later following Floyd’s death the question must be asked… has anything actually changed?

In the year since George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer kneeling on his neck, more than 260 bills have been approved in state legislatures to ban potentially deadly law enforcement practices

The Minneapolis intersection where George Floyd died was disrupted by gunfire Tuesday, just hours before it was to be the site of a family-friendly street festival marking the anniversary of his death at the hands of police.

On the one year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, Minneapolis activists are still fighting for policy changes they say will help prevent another death due to excessive police force. And they’ve recently moved one step closer to their most ambitious goal — reforming the city charter to replace its police department with a department of public safely. NBCLX storyteller Jalyn...

In the days of slavery, Black people were commonly referred to as subhuman or inherently different than white people. Professor, attorney and former NJ Assistant Attorney General Shavar Jeffries says that racism was built into American law enforcement and manifests today as an attitude that Black people are “presumptively criminal.”

As the anniversary of George Floyd’s murder approaches, some people say the best way to honor him is for Congress to pass a bill in his name that overhauls policing

There’s a new national campaign that is pushing legislators to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. Chicago civil rights attorney, Andrew M. Stroth, is behind the campaign, bringing together mothers who’ve lost loved ones to police violence. The “Rise Up and Stand Together” campaign kicked off on Friday with stories and pictures from these mothers...

There’s a new national campaign that is pushing legislators to pass the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020. NBC 5’s Chris Hush reports.

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee has signed one of the nation’s most ambitious packages of police accountability legislation, prompted by last year’s outcry for racial justice.

Elected officials in a Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April have approved a proposal to dramatically change the city’s policing practices.

Lawmakers in more than 20 states have considered bills this year to make the disciplinary records of police officers public

President Joe Biden called on Congress to come together to enact police reform, referring to the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act that recently passed the U.S. House. “We need to work together to find a consensus, but let’s get it done next month, by the first anniversary of George Floyd’s death,” Biden said.

More than 100 people seeking changes in how Chicago police serve the city turned out for a protest Saturday

At least six people were fatally shot by officers across the United States in the 24 hours after jurors reached a verdict in the murder case against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin

Attorney General Merrick Garland announced on Wednesday the U.S. Department of Justice was opening an investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department.

Maryland lawmakers have overridden Gov. Larry Hogan’s vetoes of three extensive police reform measures

Lawmakers in several states are proposing legislation that would require more training for police in how to interact with someone in a mental crisis following some high-profile deaths