Experts say independence, disciplinary powers and resources are key. While police oversight boards have been around for decades, a string of high-profile killings in recent years, including George ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When George Floyd was killed by a Minneapolis police officer five blocks from her home, Nichole Subola visited the site of his ...

The death of George Floyd at the hands of a police officer in May 2020 gave momentum to a cross-ideological effort to reform the legal defense known as "qualified immunity," which can protect cops ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Five years after a lawsuit was filed over use of force and intimidation by Louisville Metro Police against protesters in 2020, a more than $1 million settlement has been ...

FILE - Police and protesters converge during a demonstration, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, in Louisville, Ky. Recent revelations about the search warrant that led to Breonna Taylor's death have reopened ...

The Rose Garden ceremony comes three weeks after the death of George Floyd. Under pressure to take action in the wake of the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis police, President Donald ...

Following George Floyd's murder, Geneva, NY residents pushed for police reform, focusing on a civilian police review board. The police union sued the city over the review board, claiming it violated ...

In the latest case to be settled, the City Council voted 28-16 to pay $875,000 to 21 people who each say they were brutalized by Chicago police officers during the 2020 protests.

The Portland Police Bureau is fending off attacks on several fronts from antifa’s forces laying siege on government property on a nearly nightly basis, to the public claiming that the police ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A federal judge in Kentucky has dismissed Louisville’s proposed settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over police reforms after the department withdrew its support of ...