Blacks and police violence

An 11-year-old girl in Grand Rapids, Michigan was handcuffed and held at gunpoint by police who were searching for a stabbing suspect. Honestie Hodges told WOOD-TV she exited the back door of her home to go to the store on Dec. 6 when officers confronted her. Her mother, Whitney Hodges, said she saw police order Honestie to raise her […]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The mayor of St. Louis says the city is “on edge” as it awaits a verdict in the first-degree murder trial of former police officer Jason Stockley, in part because of a troubled history of justice in St. Louis and nationwide. Stockley is accused of fatally shooting Anthony Lamar Smith in […]

Researchers analyzed body camera footage during traffic stops.

A federal judge has upheld a lawsuit alleging claims of malicious prosecution, defamation and invasion of privacy against Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn J. Mosby brought by five of the six officers who were acquitted and relieved of charges in the death of Freddie Gray in 2015.

Jasmine Darwin said she was trying to break up a fight between her sister and another student when the officer slammed her to the ground.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Authorities in Kentucky say a man has been shot and killed by police in Louisville. Louisville Metro Police Chief Steve Conrad tells news outlets the shooting happened about 1:30 a.m. Monday. Officers responded to an apartment for a domestic dispute when Conrad says a man came out of the home armed […]

Police Chief Greg Suhr resigned at the request of Mayor Ed Lee amid a mounting scandal over racism in the department

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s police chief resigned Thursday at the request of the mayor hours after an officer fatally shot a young black woman driving a stolen car — the culmination of several racially charged incidents in the past year. Pressure had been mounting for the resignation of Chief Greg Suhr since December, […]

Since when does a traffic stop call for a check of someone’s anus? This is a question someone needs to ask officer Chris Medlin, who felt the need to pull Lakeya Hicks and her boyfriend Elijah Pontoon over after he noted their car had a paper tag, an offense that’s not illegal in South Carolina as […]

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Pastors urged grieving family and friends to lean on their faith at Saturday’s funeral for a 58-year-old black man who authorities say was fatally shot by a white Montgomery police officer. Officer Aaron Smith shot Gregory Gunn in the early hours of Feb. 25, steps from the man’s home, according to […]

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A San Antonio police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man while helping serve an arrest warrant last month is to be fired, the department announced Tuesday. “Officer John Lee has been issued a contemplated indefinite suspension for placing himself unnecessarily in a tactical situation wherein he felt compelled […]

A Dallas grand jury last week cleared two officers in the death of a 39-year-old schizophrenic man whose mother had called for assistance escorting him…