Racial justice
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PublishedMay 25, 2021
Rallies, moments of silence mark year since George Floyd’s death
Floyd's death was captured by a bystander on a wrenching video that galvanized the racial justice movement and continues to ripple a year later.
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PublishedMay 18, 2021
No charges will be filed in police killing of Andrew Brown Jr. in North Carolina
Brown was behind the wheel of a car when sheriff’s deputies went to his house to serve arrest and search warrants related to drug charges, and the district attorney said the officers were protecting themselves and others.
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PublishedMay 17, 2021
Former officer charged in Daunte Wright killing will go to trial in December
Kimberly Potter faces one charge of second-degree manslaughter in the April 11 shooting of the 20-year-old Black man.
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PublishedMay 16, 2021
Minneapolis suburb OKs roadmap for policing changes
The Brooklyn Center City Council voted for the creation of new divisions that would handle non-moving traffic violations and respond to mental health crises.
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
Three indicted on federal hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery in Georgia
The case is the most significant civil rights prosecution undertaken to date by the Biden administration Justice Department and comes as federal officials have moved quickly to open sweeping investigations into troubled police departments.
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PublishedApril 28, 2021
Judge denies public release of body cam video in shooting by North Carolina deputies
However, the judge said videos from multiple body cameras and one dashboard camera must be shown to the family of Andrew Brown Jr., who was killed by police, within 10 days.
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PublishedApril 27, 2021
FBI starts probe into death of Black man shot by North Carolina deputies
An independent autopsy released Tuesday shows Andrew Brown Jr. was shot 5 times, including in the back of the head.
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PublishedApril 26, 2021
Justice Department opens Louisville policing probe over Breonna Taylor’s death
Similarly, Attorney General Merrick Garland last week announced a probe into the tactics of the police in Minneapolis following the death there of George Floyd.
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PublishedApril 25, 2021
Police seek attacker who kicked Chinese American man in head
The man, who was collecting cans when he was attacked from behind, is in critical but stable condition.
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PublishedApril 25, 2021
Minority legislators sense moment to pass ‘bold’ legislation
They are seizing on the nation’s reckoning with racial injustice to insist equity be considered in a range of bills.
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