POLICE

There’s been some progress in the relationship between the Tulsa police and the city’s Black community in the 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre left as many as 300 Black people dead and thousands of Black residents displaced

Family members and supporters of Anthony Alvarez, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by a Chicago police officer in March, rallied outside a Northwest Side police station Saturday afternoon and demanded justice for Alvarez and all victims of police brutality.

The bill would change the police use-of-force law “from one of simple necessity to one of absolute last resort,” James’ office said in a press release.

Leaders in the Minneapolis suburb where a police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright during a traffic stop in April could vote Saturday on a resolution that would put the city on track to making major changes to its policing practices

Three people were killed, including a suspect, and two were injured in a shooting and fire early Saturday morning in Maryland, according to authorities.

Political commentator Quentin Jiles was pulled over in Houston after an officer said he was driving in the passing lane. He said he livestreamed the talk out of fear the officer would get physically aggressive with him for a minor offense.

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

Cybercriminals seeking to extort Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department have published extensive private dossiers of five current and former officers.

The Washington, D.C., police department said Monday that its computer network was breached, and a Russian-speaking ransomware syndicate claimed to have stolen sensitive data, including on informants, that it threatened to share with local criminal gangs unless police paid an unspecified ransom.

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

“None of the injuries are believed to be life-threatening at this time,” New Orleans police said Saturday morning.

A group of activists gathered outside City Hall Friday after 16-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant was shot and killed by a police officer earlier in the week.

The pervasive “parking issues” at Illinois’ Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks could lead to cars towed and hefty fines for motorists, police warned.

Neighborhoods in several different southern New Hampshire towns were rocked by a mysterious explosion Tuesday night.

A North Carolina sheriff says the deputy who shot and killed a man while serving a search warrant has been put on leave pending an investigation

As he welcomed the guilty verdicts Tuesday against former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin, President Joe Biden pressed Congress to advance the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, named for the Black man Chauvin killed while kneeling on his neck. The bill, approved by the Democratic-led House in March, has yet to receive a vote in the Senate, where 10 Republicans...

Judge Peter Cahill reads the verdict in the trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd. Chauvin was convicted of all three charges including second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.

Biden, who earned a reputation for being tough on crime while in the Senate in the 1990s, faces both political and legal headwinds.

Some journalists covering protests over the police fatal shooting of Daunte Wright in suburban Minneapolis say police have harassed them despite a federal order to leave them alone

Decades before police in Virginia pepper sprayed Army officer Caron Nazario, Black military servicemembers were intentionally targeted by police while coming home from the World Wars. Timothy Berry of the Black Veterans Project explains the history of police violence against Black Americans who served their country.