Associated Press (12/04)
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Law enforcement agencies must develop policies for handling mass protests that protect public and officer safety while upholding constitutional rights of expression,
Category: Use of Force
By MARK PRATT Associated Press (12/2)
WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) — The attacks come after dark, without warning, usually from behind.
The victims,
Associated Press (11/19)
ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms has brought in a consulting firm to conduct a “top to bottom review” of the city’s police department,
Associated Press (11/12)
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — An “anti-mob” legislation drafted by Gov. Ron DeSantis and aimed at police brutality protests sprouting up in other cities would expand Florida’s Stand Your Ground law,
Associated Press (10/28)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday signed more than a dozen criminal justice and police reform laws,
Associated Press (10/19)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A taskforce charged with examining Pittsburgh’s policing policies in the wake of protests over police brutality that erupted in the city and across the country this summer has issued a report recommending dozens of reforms including practicing de-escalation,
Associated Press (10/08)
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — Gov. Phil Scott allowed a bill passed by the Legislature overseeing the use of force by police to become law without his signature.
Associated Press (10/07)
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire will overhaul its police training standards, require state troopers to wear body cameras and establish a public integrity unit within the Department of Justice under an executive order issued Wednesday by Gov.
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and CLAUDIA LAUER Associated Press (08/29)
In the span of 48 hours, two Black men in U.S. cities hundreds of miles apart were shot by police in episodes that set off a national conversation about the need for officers to open fire on people walking away from them.
By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER and TAMMY WEBBER Associated Press (08/25)
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — Anger over the shooting of a Black man by police spilled into the streets of Kenosha for a second night Monday,
Associated Press (08/21)
LOGANVILLE, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia police department fired a white officer Friday after an arrest captured on video showed him using a stun gun on a Black woman.
Associated Press (08/14)
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Three Mississippi police officers have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man last year,
By CASEY SMITH Associated Press/Report for America (08/13)
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana Black Legislative Caucus called Thursday for state lawmakers to increase accountability and transparency for the state’s police officers.
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press (08/10)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles County must pay a full $8 million damage award to the family of a Black man whose death had similarities to the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis,
By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press (08/08)
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The death of George Floyd and widespread protests over racial injustice have prompted several states to move at a lightning pace to pass significant policing reform proposals that in some cases have languished for years.
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press (08/08)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers are pushing to enact nearly a dozen policing reform laws driven by nationwide outrage and protests after George Floyd’s death in Minneapolis in May.
By SOPHIA EPPOLITO Associated Press/Report for America (08/03)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s police department will implement stricter policies aimed at limiting the use of deadly force as protests against police brutality continue,
Associated Press (07/30)
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal appeals court has halted a civil rights organization’s plan to publish a database of New York City police disciplinary records,
By SAM METZ AP/Report for America (08/02)
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada took its first steps toward joining the growing number of state Legislatures throughout the United States that have revisited laws governing police conduct in light of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis,
Associated Press (07/25)
SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge late Friday blocked Seattle’s new law prohibiting police from using pepper spray, blast balls and similar weapons that was passed following confrontations with protesters.