Ferguson fallout: Black Americans grapple with victim blaming

Experts and activists say criminalizing excessive-force victims blocks debate on real social and economic reforms

Topics:
Flashpoint Ferguson
U.S.
Race & Ethnicity

Sandra Bland, Samuel DuBose and the rise of ‘vehicular stop and frisk’

Racially based stops for minor traffic violations on the rise because of court action and police practice, say activists

Topics:
Police
Race & Ethnicity
U.S.

Officers who rape: The police brutality chiefs ignore

Scores of women are sexually assaulted by on-duty officers each year. Most departments are doing little to stop it

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U.S.
Police
Police Brutality

Police in Washington state fatally shoot man running away, witnesses say

Witnesses’ video shows officers in Pasco chasing man who had allegedly hurled stones at cars

Topics:
U.S.
Civil Rights
Crime

Ferguson offers hope to family of unarmed Native man killed by police

Family of Corey Kanosh said they hope spotlight on police brutality will help restart wrongful death case

Topics:
U.S.
Civil Rights
Crime

NYC’s homeless become ‘pawns’ in police union fight with mayor

Sergeants snap photos of homeless to shame de Blasio, but nobody wins, advocates say

Topics:
New York City
Homelessness
Poverty

Baltimore County Police Chief: Obama’s action on guns ‘will save lives’

Jim Johnson helped advise the president on his executive orders, which Johnson says don’t hurt Second Amendment rights

Topics:
U.S.
Gun Violence
Gun Laws

In new policy, NYPD must record every use of force

New York City's measures, modeled after Seattle's, are meant to improve transparency and accountability for police

Topics:
NYPD
U.S.

After mistrial in Freddie Gray case, how will justice look in Baltimore?

Residents “shocked” after jury can’t break deadlock in charges against Officer William Porter

Topics:
U.S.
Baltimore
Police

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