A packed room of activists and residents questioned the pace of Minneapolis police use of force training during an outreach event Tuesday, where a commander laid out the city’s progress towards ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said he will not authorize the deployment of the Maryland National Guard to combat crime in areas ...

"I think it is a mistake," said Cheryl Keshner, founder and coordinator of the Long Island Language Advocates Coalition, ...

The federal takeover of D.C.'s police marks the erosion of democracy and civil rights protections. It's time to organize for ...

If President Trump deploys troops to other American cities, experts say it would be a clear departure from founding ...

The DOJ’s Civil Rights Division had brought lawsuits accusing Louisiana of confining prisoners longer than they should and ...

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Melba Pearson is a civil rights and criminal law attorney who has worked as a prosecutor and policy expert, and serves as ...

Community members condemned the Minneapolis Police Department for appointing Sgt. Mark Hanneman—who killed Amir Locke in a 2022 no-knock raid—as a use-of-force training officer. Activists called the ...

After announcing the federal takeover of law enforcement in D.C. in the White House briefing room, President Trump painted a grim picture of the capital — including “roving mobs of wild youth” — that ...