The use of excessive force against nonwhite communities and people protesting police brutality is further eroding public confidence in policing.
Cops who turn marches against police violence into parades don’t actually want substantial changes to policing.
On the anniversary of the Baltimore Uprising protests, new evidence in Gray’s death uncovers suppressed witness accounts of police brutality.
‘It seems like Black people are still being criminalized and are not free,’ one organizer said.
Josie Duffy and co-host Darnell Moore discuss police accountability and explain why it’s so hard for the criminal justice system to hold police accountable.
After protests over the police shooting of Alton Sterling, DeRay Mckesson, the Black Lives Matter activist, was sued by a police officer.
On a host of issues—including police shootings, bail reform, marijuana legalization, and the death penalty—critics say Lacey, once seen as a reformer, has sought to preserve the status quo.
If passed, Question 2 would also allow the board to force police commissioners to provide more insight into disciplinary decisions.
A lawsuit in Los Angeles and a motion in Orange County highlight battles to get key information.
Black Lives Matter and other advocates have pushed county officials to abandon the $2.2 billion project with McCarthy Builders.
For far too long, the press has leaned on wrong-headed tough-on-crime officials like the former NYPD commissioner when reporting on the criminal legal system.
The popularity of Axon’s tech soared after the police killing of Michael Brown in 2014, but it may be doing more harm than good in protecting people from excessive force.
Advocates and attorneys say Jackie Lacey’s rhetoric doesn’t match her actions.
With Appeal senior staff reporter Aaron Morrison
Los Angeles County’s jail system incarcerates tens of thousands of people at a multi-billion dollar cost. The communities most impacted by mass incarceration have had enough.
The records raise questions about the department’s compliance with its protest monitoring rules.
No Cook County judge has lost a retention election in 28 years.
A white cop joked about bringing explosives to a Black Lives Matter protest in Columbus with no consequences. A black cop joked about ‘black on black’ crime and may be fired.
His opponent in Tuesday’s primary helped establish new police accountability and court reforms in Ferguson after the police shooting of Michael Brown.
New records obtained by the Appeal show the account seems to have been monitoring Black Lives Matter activists for years.
Police appear to have used a fake Facebook account to ‘friend’ activists and archive who ‘liked’ their posts.
“Victory,” the Baltimore State’s Attorney’s Office tweeted in October after Keith Davis Jr. was found guilty of second-degree murder. Keith’s wife Kelly and members of the activist group Baltimore Bloc who have been advocating for Davis for years called attention to the language: the SAO, headed by celebrated, purportedly progressive prosecutor Marilyn Mosby, best known for indicting the six […]