Police reform

A white officer in suburban Detroit lied to a Black pedestrian by identifying an officer from another force as his supervisor during a 2021 police stop. The officer wasn’t disciplined.

A jury has cleared three Washington state police officers of all criminal charges in the 2020 death of Manuel Ellis, a Black man who was shocked, beaten and restrained face down on a Tacoma sidewalk as he pleaded for breath.

The trial for three Tacoma, Washington, officers charged in a Black man’s death begins this week. Manuel Ellis’ death is reminiscent of George Floyd’s, who begged for his life under the knee of a Minneapolis officer in May 2020. Ellis died — hogtied, handcuffed and pleading “Can’t breathe” — nearly three months before Floyd’s murder sparked worldwide protests against police...

Body camera footage captured the sound of a police officer repeatedly asserting that an 11-year-old girl could be charged with creating child sexual abuse images of herself. The child’s parent then took to TikTok with a post that’s since gone viral.

Five former Memphis police officers have been charged with federal civil rights violations in the beating death of Tyre Nichols.

The Associated Press has found that 14 of the 20 most populous U.S. cities are experimenting with removing police from some nonviolent 911 calls and sending behavioral health clinicians.

Several current and former California police officers are accused of committing civil rights violations and fraud in an effort to get a pay raise and lying on reports to cover up the use of excessive force.

Six former Mississippi law officers, including some who call themselves the “Goon Squad,” plead guilty to state charges Monday for their racist assault on two Black men that ended with an officer shooting one man in the mouth.

A rogue group of deputies who called themselves “The Goon Squad” burst into the home without a warrant and abused the men before shooting Michael Corey Jenkins.

The charges stem from a July 4 arrest that Northwoods officer Samuel Davis made without informing dispatchers or writing a report, according to the probable cause statement.

The Justice Department has found that Minneapolis police engaged in a pattern of violating constitutional rights and discriminating against Black and Native American people.

A new survey finds public perception of the Chicago Police Department is waning compared to where it stood more than two years ago.

A recent survey shows that public opinion of the Chicago Police Department is waning, with results showing lower favorability numbers for the department than in 2020, NBC Chicago’s Bennett Haeberle reports.

The murder of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police was three years ago today, and the fervent protests that erupted around the world in response seemed like the catalyst needed for a nationwide reckoning on racism in policing.