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'Human being, not a political cause': Will Floyd's death, Chauvin conviction spur reforms? Jenny Jarvie, Laura King, Jaweed Kaleem © (Court TV via Associated Press) Former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin is taken into custody as his attorney Eric Nelson looks on Tuesday at the Hennepin County Courthouse in Minneapolis. (Court TV via Associated Press) Racial justice advocates and legal experts on Tuesday hailed former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder conviction in the killing of George Floyd, expressing hopes the case could spur broader police ref...

Independent Report Criticizes Aurora Police in Elijah McClain’s Death A panel commissioned by the City Council of Aurora, Colo., found “serious concerns” with an internal police investigation into the 2019 death of Mr. McClain. Protesters marched in Denver in November to call for justice for Elijah McClain. An independent panel concluded that Mr. McClain’s death followed an unjustified stop and an escalation of force by Aurora, Colo., police officers.Credit...Kevin Mohatt/Reuters Feb. 23, 2021 An independent panel investigating the death of a 23-year-old Black man who was ...

As the state murder trial of Derek Chauvin, the former officer charged in the death of George Floyd, approaches, the federal government has accelerated its own investigation.

Ted Eytan | Creative Commons When Kim Dine took over as the new chief of the U.S. Capitol Police in 2012, he knew he had a serious problem. Since 2001, hundreds of Black officers had sued the department for racial discrimination. They alleged that white officers called Black colleagues slurs like the N-word and that one officer found a hangman’s noose on his locker. White officers were called “huk lovers” or “FOGs” — short for “friends of gangsters” — if they were friendly with their Black colleagues. Black officers faced “unprovoked traffic stops” from fellow Capitol Po...

'No One Took Us Seriously': For Years, Black Cops Warned About Racist Capitol Police Officers Allegations of racism against the Capitol Police are not new. Over 250 Black cops have sued the department since 2001. Some of those former officers now say it’s no surprise white nationalists were able to storm the building. A heavy police force is evident at the Senate door after supporters of President Donald Trump breeched security at the U.S. Capitol, rioting through the Senate and House and disrupting the certification of President-elect Joe Biden, in Washington, U.S. January 6, 2021. Phot...