Signs calling for all officers and emergency personnel involved in Tyre Nichols’ death to be named and charged rest on public steps on Feb. 1, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.
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The Justice Department has launched a civil rights probe of the Memphis Police Department to examine allegations of excessive force, improper stops and searches and racial disparities.
People in the Brooklyn borough of New York City protest police violence against Black women on Sept. 5, 2020.
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At a time when Americans celebrated their nation’s independence, it’s clear not every American enjoys the same constitutional rights.
A demonstrator holds an ‘End Police Violence’ sign during a protest after the 2020 police killing of George Floyd.
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Shielding police from accountability can only lead to more brutality, misconduct – and multimillion-dollar settlements.
Minneapolis police force entry moments before shooting Amir Locke.
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The death of a 22-year-old man in a ‘no-knock’ raid in Minneapolis has sparked fresh concern over the associated risk to the public and police alike.
Precincts around where George Floyd was killed voted in favor of disbanding the Minneapolis Police Department.
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Minneapolis residents voted 56% to 44% against an amendment that would have transformed the city’s police. The reasons they did so are complicated, an expert writes.
A big driver of rising police pay across the United States is overtime for managing protests, political rallies and other public events.
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Despite growing public criticism over how much counties, cities and towns spend on policing, many are increasing officer pay.
There are currently at least four major calls to defund police forces in Canada. Here, hundreds of people participate in a Black Lives Matter demonstration in front of Saskatchewan’s Legislative Building in Regina on June 2, 2020.
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Another world is possible when we defund and reimagine policing as we know it. A review of police budgets could mean more money towards community initiatives.