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WASHINGTON —  Although congressional negotiators remain optimistic about reaching agreement on a police-reform bill in the coming weeks, many of the same issues that divided Democrats and Republicans last summer when they first tried to pass policing reform after George Floyd’s murder remain as sticking points. Lawmakers — working mostly behind closed doors — hope the conviction last week of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin could provide the tipping point after decades of failed attempts to overhaul policing tactics. As angry crowds filled the streets last summer to p...

increase font size Police reform bill gets new urgency in Congress, but the obstacles are the same Lawmakers hope the conviction last week of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin could provide the tipping point after decades of failed attempts to overhaul policing tactics. By Sarah D. WireLos Angeles Times Share WASHINGTON — Although congressional negotiators remain optimistic about reaching agreement on a police-reform bill in the coming weeks, many of the same issues that divided Democrats and Republicans last summer when they first tried to pass policing reform after George ...

NYPD officers patrol inside Times Square station as the New York City subway system. (Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) The guilty verdict in the case of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin is seen by many as an important step toward police accountability. But many activists acknowledge much more needs to be done to combat racism in police departments across the country. In the aftermath of recent police killings of Black Americans, many departments have implemented implicit bias training for officers. Here & Now's Tonya Mosley speaks with Jack Glaser, a University of Californ...

Subscribe Prosecutors in the trial against Derek Chauvin for three weeks argued that on May 25, 2020, when the white Minneapolis police officer knelt on the neck of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, for more than nine minutes that it wasn't policing, it was murder. After less than two days of deliberations, the 12-member jury agreed and found Chauvin guilty on the counts of second-degree unintentional murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. Subscribe The landmark case, and trial, sparked protests against police brutality and galvanized support for racial justice in Am...

Print The police cruisers had been trailing her for miles when the red and blue lights she’d been bracing for started flashing. Geneviéve Jones-Wright guided her car to the roadside and instead of an officer at her window, she heard urgent shouts and orders from behind. “Get out of the car! Put your keys on the roof! Put your hands up!” Officers pointed their guns, and a crowd began to form. Advertisement Jones-Wright, then a deputy public defender for the County of San Diego, remembers asking several times why she was pulled over. When an officer said something about a stolen vehicle...