Police Violence

The Dallas Police Department already faced criticism from activists. The Guyger trial has made everything worse.

And why some civil rights groups are worried that the bill doesn’t go far enough.

A new study finds that fatal police violence is a leading cause of death for young men in America. The study’s lead author tells Vox why that matters.

Michael Brown’s death made America more aware of police violence. But police reform is still a work in progress.

Policing affects voters across the country. Presidential candidates aren’t really talking about it.

The 2020 Democratic candidate is the first to release a comprehensive policing reform platform.

Five years after the rise of Black Lives Matter, activists are still protesting. But national attention to police misconduct has waned.

Lesley McSpadden lost her race for the Ferguson City Council on Tuesday night.

A new study finds that research on the effectiveness of police body cameras has been very mixed.

Hambrick’s family says poor training and a police culture of “fear, violence, racism, and impunity” played a role in his death.

His death highlights how officers are rarely charged or convicted in police shootings.

Nearly three months after Jemel Roberson’s death, officials have released video of the aftermath of the shooting.

The police shooting of Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr. drew national attention after the police changed their story. But it won’t lead to charges.

Nearly one year after the shooting, the district attorney has not announced if the officers will be charged.

Body cameras are praised as a key police accountability tool. Some departments say they’re too expensive to use.

The ruling comes months after Van Dyke was convicted on charges of second-degree murder and aggravated battery.

A judge ruled that the officers did not break the law when they filed reports backing Jason Van Dyke’s account of the 2014 shooting.

The conspiracy trial challenging the Chicago Police Department’s “code of silence,” explained.

Inglewood officials say they’re just purging “obsolete” data. Civil liberties groups disagree.

The shooting of Emantic Bradford shows how gun rights don’t protect black Americans from police violence.

The Chicago police officer was convicted of second-degree murder on Friday.

The verdict marks the first time in nearly 50 years that a Chicago officer has been convicted of murder for an on-duty shooting.

Weeks after she walked into the wrong apartment and killed the 26-year-old, Amber Guyger is no longer a police officer.

Sen. Ted Cruz recently said Democrats are “quick to always blame the police officer.”

An off-duty Dallas police officer shot Botham Jean in his own apartment. A week later, there are more questions than answers.

In a newly released video, the officer tells the girl, “This is why there’s no grocery stores in the black community.”

The article argued that there were “virtually no shootings of unarmed black children” in recent years.

Convictions in police shooting cases are still very rare.

Protesters are angry that Betty Shelby is teaching the course two years after shooting Terence Crutcher.

Why body camera footage isn’t enough to quiet anger over Chicago’s latest police shooting.

Michael Rosfeld was new to the East Pittsburgh Police Department. A lawsuit suggests he shouldn’t have been hired.

A South Carolina police union president said suggesting students read The Hate U Give and All American Boys is “almost an indoctrination.”

A jury’s ruling that the shooting was unjustified but based in “reasonable” fear led to the reversal.

The jury argued that Gregory Hill was responsible for his own death, so the award was later reduced to 4 cents.

Incumbent Sacramento DA Anne Marie Schubert has been heavily criticized for her response to the shooting.

Diante Yarber’s family says the young father’s death is the result of excessive force.

The rumored 2020 presidential candidate weighs in on policing.

He was seemingly immobile. Then police shot him.