Police Violence
Tracking updates on, reactions to, and racial dynamics of the disproportionate amount of police violence in America.


Watch the Daily Show host mock people who say Ferguson has nothing to do with race or civil rights.


Most white Americans support the grand jury decision in Ferguson.


Five players went out to the field with their hands up.


Asking Congress to fund cop cams is part of a broader strategy to fix police-community relations — but not a cure-all


Protestors demonstrated at local Target and Walmart stores, and St. Louis Rams players showed their solidarity.


Jesmyn Ward’s Men We Reaped is a story about both life and death


A grand jury decided not to press criminal charges against Darren Wilson in the previous week.


Demonstrators called for justice for Michael Brown.


The mistake could have impacted the grand jury’s decision.


Another way police misperceive black men and boys.


An easy way to analyze hundreds of pages of testimony.


Indicting Wilson for killing Michael Brown was unlikely from the start, but St. Louis County didn’t even try — and that’s a problem


New video footage shows the 22-year-old running as two police officers chase after him with their guns drawn.


British cops don’t shoot civilians because British cops don’t carry guns.


Catch up on the latest events in one minute.


Even if Brown had the drug in his system, that doesn’t suggest anything.


It’s worth comparing Johnson’s testimony to officer Darren Wilson’s.


Lisa Bloom said the prosecution’s questioning amounted to a tea party.


The officer reportedly said he wouldn’t do anything differently.


When police officers get prosecuted, convictions are rare — and jail time is even rarer.


The myth of the magical “giant negro,” explained.


By pushing back against official narratives, social media turns stories like Ferguson into major news.


Prosecutors in Ferguson encouraged grand jurors to do outside research — among other questionable moves


40 years of research tells us that eyewitness testimony is fundamentally flawed.


We’ve finally heard Officer Darren Wilson’s side of the story — and it’s hard to believe.


The grand jury evidence provides the best account yet of the Ferguson Police officer’s side of the story.


“China said it would arm moderate American rebels to stem the rise of Missouri extremist groups.”


Watch St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloch’s bizarre attack on witness credibility.


It’s very difficult to disprove fear.


Documents and testimony about the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.


Thousands of protesters took to the street around the country.


The White House no longer believes Obama can bridge divides. They believe — with good reason — that he widens them.


The photos clarify previously conflicting reports.


How a new technology could have prevented a lot of confusion in Ferguson.


A list of mostly reporters providing live updates from Ferguson, Mo.


The statement claims that Wilson “followed his training and followed the law.”


The family asks for peace.


What it means, and what happens next.


The panel lacked diversity.


Ta-Nehisi Coates tells it like it is.