Mississippi 11-year-old Aderrien Murry is the latest to have a nearly fatal encounter with police after being…
Video shows Wisconsin police wrongfully arresting Jermelle English Jr., as he was holding his one-year-old baby…
The police have one story. A witness has another. The family told The Root that they want answers.
The estate of Joseph Rosenbaum filed a lawsuit against Rittenhouse and local police over the weekend, accusing them…
A Queens man who wielded a bladed glove at Black Lives Matter protesters in 2020 is about to learn his fate.
Antonio Johnson is suing the Aurora Police Department with video evidence of what they allegedly did to him in 2021.
Michael Brown's death helped spark a whole movement. The Root looks back at other incidents of police brutality that…
Kenosha police violently detained the wrong man inside an Applebee’s for a hit-and-run crash that occurred down the…
A Denver police officer fatally shot a man after mistaking a marker for a knife.
The white woman charged in hitting a Black boy said she was “reacting” to his behavior.
From Sidney Poiter to John Legend, these influential figures continue to use their platform for causes bigger than…
Former Columbus Cop Ricky Anderson was indicted on murder charges for the fatal shooting of Donovan Lewis last year.
All four officers involved in the death of George Floyd have now been convicted and sentenced
A man in the Atlanta-area lockup died under awful conditions. His family sued.
It's time for these guys face the music for torturing and sexually assaulting Black men.
Here's how much a federal jury awarded the mother of a Black man shot to death by two local cops.
A typo led Texas police to wrongfully identify an Arkansas family’s car as a stolen Arizona vehicle.
The 23-year-old told dispatchers he didn’t feel safe pulling over his truck. He wasn't wrong.
“I think this is only the beginning for what this new board is set out to do,” said St. Charles County NAACP…
Flint City Hall refused to allow the Black Lives Matter street mural be repainted for traffic safety concerns but…