Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityFamily of Ohio Man Killed by an Officer While Sleeping Awarded $4.4 MillionThe jury found the officer's actions were reckless.ByKalyn WomackPublishedNovember 3, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementMichigan Police Quotas May Target Black Drivers, Judge SaysAn expert found the police quotas make room for cop misconduct.ByKalyn WomackPublishedOctober 27, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementMinneapolis Having Trouble Recruiting Cops Post-George Floyd KillingThe city's mayor, Jacob Frey, has a plan when it comes to hiring and maintaining more officers.ByCandace McDuffiePublishedOctober 24, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementA Black Girl Was Killed By Philadelphia Police. So Why Did An Ivy League School Have Her Bones?Katricia Dotson's parents thought she was buried the year she died. But it turns out her remains were being held at…ByJessica WashingtonPublishedOctober 19, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementMassachusetts Cop Involved in Planning Deadly Charlottesville Rally Might Finally Get The BootThe officer is also a celebrated real estate agent in the city of Woburn, Massachusetts.ByAlexandra JanePublishedOctober 16, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityHow Much Time Behind Bars Should The Lying Cop Who Got Breonna Taylor Killed Do?Kelly Goodlett faces a maximum of five years at sentencing next month. That ain't enough.ByKeith ReedPublishedOctober 10, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementBiden To Give Pardons To People With Federal Weed ConvictionsThousands of Black people with criminal records will have charges erased.ByKeith ReedPublishedOctober 6, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementTwo of George Floyd’s Killers Head to Their New Home: Federal PrisonThe two are set to begin their sentences, yet the facility where they'll serve them out remains undisclosed.ByKalyn WomackPublishedOctober 4, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementHow Memphis Police Failed A Black Woman, And Thus All WomenIf they had listened to Alicia Franklin, Eliza Fletcher might still be alive.ByKeith ReedPublishedSeptember 21, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityFour Georgia Corrections Officers Are About To Be InmatesThey had a history of beating prisoners. Now they'll be prisoners.ByKeith ReedPublishedSeptember 21, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityBreonna Taylor's Neighbors Sue A Cop Involved In Her DeathBut why the hell hasn't anyone yet been charged with killing her?ByKeith ReedPublishedSeptember 15, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityA Gang of Rogue Police in Baltimore Cost the City More Than $15 MillionMost of the former Gun Trace Task Force is still locked up. Some of them are still getting pensions.ByKeith ReedPublishedSeptember 7, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCincinnati Officer Gets the Boot after Getting Caught Saying the N-WordThe racial slur was recorded on her body camera footage.ByKalyn WomackPublishedAugust 30, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityAtlanta Cops Who Killed Rayshard Brooks Won't Be Charged in GeorgiaBrooks' death was a flashpoint in the turbulent summer of 2020ByKeith ReedPublishedAugust 24, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityFinally A Conviction For A Cop Who Helped Kill Breonna TaylorA former Louisville officer pleads guilty on federal chargesByKeith ReedPublishedAugust 23, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementAn Off-Duty Chicago Cop Lands Felony Charges for Pinning Down 14-Year-Old BoyThe officer was also relieved of his policing powers.ByKalyn WomackPublishedAugust 22, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementLouisville Sergeant Fired After Being Federally Charged Over Breonna Taylor RaidMeany is also accused of lying to investigators about the officers’ unannounced entry into Breonna Taylor’s…ByAlexandra JanePublishedAugust 21, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementSalt Lake City Police Refuse First Aid to Black Stabbing VictimThe SLCPD stood over the victim for eight minutes, choosing not to help him.ByKalyn WomackPublishedAugust 4, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityFamily of Teen Slain by Wisconsin Police Officer Files LawsuitAlvin Cole was killed in February 2020 when he was just 17 years old. He was one of three people killed by the…ByKalyn WomackPublishedJuly 29, 2022
Criminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityCriminal JusticeLaw EnforcementPolice BrutalityLight Sentences For the Other Cops Who Killed George Floyd Defy Logic and HumanityThat the former officers who watched Floyd perish will do less than five years is unacceptable.ByKeith ReedPublishedJuly 27, 2022