The Truth Behind the ‘No-Knock’ Police Raids that Led to Breonna Taylor’s Death
Breonna Taylor was killed in a drug raid as Louisville police executed a no-knock search warrant in March. The 26-year-old EMT had no criminal record, and … source
Why These Sexual Assault Survivors Support Defunding The Police
As the rallying cry to “defund the police” reverberates across the country, some critics have claimed that women will be irrevocably harmed if police budgets are downsized, pointing specifically to…
ProPublica posts NYPD records, bypassing judge’s blockade
A news website has published a database containing complaint information for thousands of New York City police officers days after a federal judge paused the public release of such records…
Minnesota Adopts Police Reforms Following George Floyd Protests
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signed new police accountability reforms into law on Thursday, after nearly two months of protest following the police killing of George Floyd. The Minnesota Police Accountability…
How ‘Qualified Immunity’ Protects Cops From Being Held Accountable
There are a number of reasons justice is so slow ― and often nonexistent ― for victims of police brutality. Lack of police reform in the United States has given…
House Passes Police Reform Bill
WASHINGTON ― Exactly one month after George Floyd was killed in police custody, House lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Thursday to pass a sweeping police reform bill in Floyd’s…
NYPD officer charged in swift test of state’s chokehold ban
A New York City police officer who was suspended after putting a man in what authorities said was a banned chokehold now faces criminal charges By TOM HAYS and MICHAEL…
Police Reform Stalls Out In The Senate
A GOP-backed police reform bill stalled in the Senate Wednesday amid historic protests against police brutality across the country, leaving the issue in limbo just one month after George Floyd’s…
Democrats Threaten To Block ‘Woefully Inadequate’ GOP Police Reform Bill
Senate Democrats on Tuesday called Republican police reform legislation “woefully inadequate” and threatened to block debate on the measure, a move that elicited partisan sniping from both sides of the…
‘Abolish The Police’ Isn’t New. This Energy 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…