by October Gallery
Top St. Louis prosecutor Kim Gardner, the city’s first Black circuit attorney, defeated a former city homicide prosecutor in her Democratic primary race on Tuesday, all but ensuring her reelection…
A retired top New York City detective is recommending “throwing out the book” on training for would-be police officers across the country and starting from scratch. Kirk Burkhalter, who is…
Erica Perry has spent years on the front lines of the police abolition movement. An organizer with the Memphis, Tennessee, chapter of Black Lives Matter and a lawyer with Law…
Philonise Floyd will appear before the House Judiciary Committee June 10, 2020, 8:10 AM 5 min read 5 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article George Floyd’s brother,…
While former Vice President Joe Biden has firmly rejected the calls to “defund the police,” the challenge remains for him to both lead a national conversation around criminal justice reform…
In the criminal justice system, tweets from President Donald Trump are considered especially heinous. On Sunday, as protests raged nationwide in response to the death of George Floyd, the Black…
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has been fighting for criminal justice reform since she was a teenager. Growing up, she witnessed firsthand the devastating effects of the criminal justice…
San Francisco’s new district attorney, Chesa Boudin (D), officially ended his office’s use of money bail for all criminal cases. Prosecutors at the San Francisco district attorney’s office will no…
ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner on Monday filed what she called an unprecedented federal civil rights lawsuit, accusing the city, the local police union and…
Democratic lawmakers announced broad legislation on Tuesday aiming to decriminalize migration and disrupt the “prison-to-deportation” pipeline. The ”New Way Forward Act” from Rep. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-Ill.) ― co-sponsored by…