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The fierce urgency of action on racialized police violence (opinion) CNN 1 hr ago By Julian Zelizer, CNN Political Analyst © Scott Olson/Getty Images BROOKLYN CENTER, MINNESOTA - APRIL 14: Demonstrators face off with sheriff deputies during a protest at the Brooklyn Center police station on April 14, 2021 in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. This is the fourth day of protests in the suburban Minneapolis city following the fatal shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright by Brooklyn Ce...

Rescinding a Trump-era memo, the new guidelines state that career lawyers, rather than political appointees, will have the authority to approve settlements between the Justice Department and local law enforcement. Attorney General Merrick Garland and acting U.S. Capitol Police chief Yogananda Pittman attend a Tuesday service for slain U.S. Capitol Police officer William “Billy” Evans who lies in honor at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, Pool) WASHINGTON (CN) — A...

Reparations advocates notched a historic victory this week when a House committee approved, for the first time, legislation to study whether Black Americans should receive restitution for slavery.Now those lawmakers want a vote on the floor.But while Democratic leaders in the last Congress had promised quick action on the reparations bill if it passed through the House Judiciary Committee, they're treading more carefully this year.Speaker...

Print article CHICAGO — Newly released video that shows a Chicago police officer fatally shoot a 13-year-old will be key evidence when prosecutors consider a case against the officer and are confronted with both the emotions surrounding the chilling footage and legal precedent that makes it difficult to bring charges against law enforcement. Video of last month’s encounter was released Thursday and provoked an outpouring of grief and outrage. It shows Officer Eric Stillman shooting Adam T...

To avoid violence, the country needs urgent reforms criminal justice system.

April 17 2021 A fatal police shooting spurred a nighttime crowd that smashed windows and set fires in downtown Portland on Friday. Fires, gunshots and broken glass set the beat for a riotous evening in downtown Portland on Friday, April 16. Portland Police Bureau officers made multiple arrests while Portland Fire & Rescue crews were kept busy extinguishing at least a half dozen separate blazes, including a major fire that engulfed the awning and boarded-up windows of the Pioneer Tower bu...

The Nation Speaks (April 17): As Riots Return, What Lies Ahead; Supreme Court Under Review; Out of Afghanistan 3hr THE NATION SPEAKS Saved In Minnesota, former police officer Derek Chauvin is on trial for murder in the in-custody death of George Floyd. Then, last week, barely 10 miles from the courtroom, now ex-officer Kim Potter accidentally shot her gun, instead of her taser, at another black man during a traffic stop...

Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Friday rescinded a Trump administration policy that curbed the use of consent decrees to address police misconduct, as the Justice Department prepared to step up its role in investigating allegations of racist and illegal behavior by police forces amid a nationwide outcry about the deaths of Black people at the hands of officers.

Campus comes together to chant and march in solidarity against police brutality.