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Half the states have passed legislation to address policing, sometimes in ambitious fashion. But rising crime and discomfort with a racial reckoning have slowed momentum in many places.

Emotional tributes and a White House meeting will mark one year since the killing of George Floyd Since Floyds death, former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter and three other officers are also facing trial. Author: Michelle Choi Updated: 9:00 AM CDT May 25, 2021 HOUSTON — As you might imagine, there are many emotional tributes expected to pour in Tuesday to remember George Floyd, including a balloon release at Cun...

Rantz: Seattle Inspector General pushes anti-police agenda banning traffic stops May 23, 2021 at 9:24 pm Seattle Inspector General Lisa Judge is forwarding a dangerous idea. (Photo: Jason Rantz/KTTH and City of Seattle) Seattle’s Inspector General is forwarding dangerous propaganda with absurd advice. It helps further turn activists in the community against cops. But worse, she’s making it more dangerous for officers to do their jobs. Lisa Judge is calling on interim Sea...

Acknowledging peoples humanity is interesting. Its not necessarily justice. Improving their lives, and keeping them alive, may be.

George Floyd anniversary: BLM got a plaza in Washington. Will they get police reform? Erin B. Logan © Provided by The LA Times Dozens of protestors, many with the Black Lives Matters movement, stand off with police on Grand Ave., downtown, in response to the death of George Floyd. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times) In Beverly Hills, "Black Lives Matter" signs are mounted in yards. In Washington, just north of the White House, the slogan decorates the plaza named for the mov...

In Beverly Hills, “Black Lives Matter” signs are mounted in yards. In Washington, just north of the White House, the slogan decorates the plaza named for the movement in giant yellow letters. Lawmakers invoke the phrase in the halls of Congress, and tens of millions of dollars have poured into groups dedicated to the Black Lives Matter movement’s priorities of ending police brutality and racial injustice. In September, Kamala Harris — then a vice presidential nominee — praised the mo...

This article is part of a special section on George Floyd and America, a year after his death. Read more about this project in a note from deputy Opinion editor Patrick Healy in our Opinion Today newsletter. On a humid, windless night several years ago, I was driving my parents’ S.U.V. through the oak-covered back streets of my hometown with four teenage friends. At an empty intersection, I reflexively began turning left before spotting the no-left-turn sign on the traffic light above. I je...

Andrew Brown Jr.’s death has fueled debate over whether officers should only fire if deadly force other than the vehicle is being used.

Police departments across the U.S. — including in large cities such as New York and Denver — strictly limit shooting at moving vehicles because they consider the practice ineffective and not worth the risk to human life. Last month, sheriff’s deputies fatally shot an unarmed Black man in his car as he appeared to drive away in Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The deputies were cleared Tuesday by a prosecutor who said that Andrew Brown Jr. was using his BMW as a “dead...

Police departments across the U.S. strictly limit shooting at moving vehicles because they consider the practice ineffective and not worth the risk to life.