Police Violence
Tracking updates on, reactions to, and racial dynamics of the disproportionate amount of police violence in America.
All our coverage of the shooting of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina.
Milwaukee officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was cleared by a jury after shooting Sylville Smith, which sparked a weekend of riots last year.
But convictions are even rarer.
Another police shooting in America.
Here’s what we know about yet another police shooting to make national headlines.
Germans are taught that their historical horrors were collective failures. Americans, on the other hand…
Police claim Scott, a black man, was armed and posed an immediate physical threat to officers.
This is the latest evidence of escalating police violence.
Just another example of very obvious racial profiling.
“We shouldn’t have to protest because y’all are treating us wrong.”
Police refuse to release videos of Scott’s death. But we now have some partial footage — from Scott’s wife.
If some protests get violent, all protesters are criticized. If protesters try totally peaceful demonstrations, they’re still criticized.
Charlotte isn’t an outlier. Charlotte is America.
His car broke down. An officer said he looked “bad.” Now he’s dead.
Police officers shot Scott after they said he had a gun.
The more than 2,000 people killed by police since August 2014, in one list.
Here’s how many people police have killed since the shooting of Michael Brown.
The prejudices run very deep — and that’s the problem.
Here’s what we know about the latest police shooting to draw national attention.
The police officer who killed McDonald was already charged with murder. Now he and other officers could lose their jobs.
“What can I do to change? You know, to be a better American?”
Here’s what we know — and don’t — about the technology.
A remarkable evolution on this issue.
It’s not just one police shooting. It’s segregation, bad schools, and mass incarceration.
“In many ways the color blue becomes more important than black and white.”
The Ferguson uprising gave momentum to a movement politicians can’t ignore.
Local residents, activists, officials, and journalists recall the life-changing August 2014 events in Ferguson.
The Independent Police Review Authority released videos of the events preceding and following the shooting. But there’s no video of the actual shooting.
Gaines has quickly become the latest face of the Black Lives Matter movement.
The statement is a big change for Jordan, who’s been especially tight-lipped about politics, seemingly for the sake of not jeopardizing his business interests.
Even black astrophysicists aren’t immune to police harassment.
“I do not know many African-American men who do not have a very similar story to tell no matter the profession, no matter their income, no matter their disposition in life.”
There are very big caveats to this study.
Be wary of any study that acts like it’s invented the concept of data.
Genius.
The protest was almost entirely peaceful. Then, gunfire.
There are two possible explanations.
“When you put any type of numbers on a police officer to perform, we are going to go to the most vulnerable.”
Truly terrible journalism.