police reform

New York Attorney General Letitia James is suing the New York City Police Department over the handling of last year’s protests against police brutality and racism. Former assistant New Jersey Attorney General Shavar Jeffries joined LX News to explain why the lawsuit is so important and how it might improve police accountability.

President-elect Joe Biden made criminal justice reform a major campaign promise. But presidential power is limited in its ability to overhaul the country’s sprawling prison network. PBS NewsHour’s political reporter Candice Norwood joined LX News to explain some of the challenges a Biden administration could face reforming the U.S. criminal justice system.

Viral images comparing police treatment of Black Lives Matter demonstrators to the pro-Trump Capitol rioters are clear examples of structural racism, says Derrick Johnson, the CEO of the NAACP. He joined LX News alongside Rashad Robinson, president of Color Of Change, to talk about claims of racist double standards after the events that unfolded on January 6.

The violent breaching of the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Trump’s supporters struck many as a glaring black and white display of a racial double standard. Police officers were assaulted. Tear gas was used against them. Yet there were reportedly just 52 arrests made in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. In contrast, between May 30 and June 2, 2020,…

As the world watched the breach of the U.S. Capitol in shock, many couldn’t help but wonder why the underwhelming police response to President Trump’s rioting supporters was so different from the massive show of force seen this summer at a Washington D.C. Black Lives Matter protest following the death of George Floyd. NBCLX’s Fernando Hurtado talked to Frank Straub,...

New policies include prohibiting any use of physical force against a civilian except as a last report after de-escalation attempts; barring deadly force against civilians, including chokeholds and strikes to the head and neck, except as a last report; and a halt on firing at moving vehicles

Some activists are taking aim at police tactics that can lead to deadly middle-of-the-night raids they say are carried out overwhelmingly in communities of color

Five days after the death of George Floyd, two PhD students from Miami organized a protest to voice their concerns about police brutality. Oshea Johnson, the co-founder of Protests Miami, had never led a protest before. This is the story of how he and his co-founder, Ahzin Bahraini, achieved a historic virtual meeting with every Miami-Dade police chief.

Voters in at least six states overwhelming approved police reform measures on Election Day, NBC News reports, reflecting a growing demand for greater law enforcement accountability after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in Minneapolis police custody.

Walter Wallace Jr. was holding a knife when two Philadelphia Police officers fatally shot him. But family, neighbors and police reformers wonder if better officer training could have diffused the situation and kept him alive.

The two Philadelphia police officers who shot and killed Walter Wallace Jr. were not equipped with tasers. NBC10 investigative reporter Mitch Blacher discovered that only about a third of Philadelphia police officers have stun guns.

Walter Wallace Jr. was shot by Philadelphia Police officers Monday Oct. 26, sparking protests and later looting in the city. Police and the mayor offered more details about what happened and what is not immediately known.

Protests as well as clashes with police and looting continued in Philadelphia Tuesday night after Walter Wallace Jr. was shot and killed by police. Investigators said Wallace was armed with a knife and confronted police but loved ones say he had mental health issues, was in need of help and didn’t have to die. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville speaks to Wallace’s...

A group of Philadelphia pastors as well as members of the community marched toward the 18th Philadelphia Police District in protest of Monday’s police killing of Walter Wallace Jr. One Pastor feels that the officers involved could have apprehended Wallace without taking his life. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville has the story.

The family members of Walter Wallace Jr. say he struggled with mental health issues. They told NBC10’s Rosemary Connors they believe police should’ve defused and deescalated the situation when he reportedly approached them with a knife rather than shoot and kill him.

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his running mate, U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris, said “we cannot accept that in this country a mental health crisis ends in death.” They also condemned the violence that took place in Philadelphia after the shooting.

Mayor Jim Kenney says that video of Philadelphia police officer shooting and killing Walter Wallace Jr. in West Philadelphia presents “difficult questions that must be answered.” Kenney said he has spoken to Wallace’s family and trusts the investigation into the shooting will be carried out appropriately. He calls the incident “heart wrenching.”

An anonymous grand juror in the Breonna Taylor case has revealed that the jury was never asked to consider charges directly linked to her death. Attorney Michael Starr Hopkins joined LX News to discuss what may come next in the case, and said more charges against the police officers involved in her shooting are still possible.

Nigeria’s Special Anti-Robbery Squad, or SARS, was a branch of the country’s police force created in 1992 to deal with crime incidents. However, more recently, it has been the subject of massive protests for its links to murders and other illegal activities. LX News talked to young activists Tiffany Isesele and Adedoyin Adeniji, who created a website to raise awareness...

Following months of Black Lives Matter protests in the wake of the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and others, a police officer in Wolfe City, Texas, has been charged with murder in the shooting death of another Black man, Jonathan Price. What made this case different? LX News talked to Michael Harriot of The Root and the executive director...