'Where's Ronald Greene's justice?': 5 years on, feds still silent on Black motorist's deadly arrest
Ronald Greeneโs deadly arrest on a rural Louisiana roadside in 2019 sparked outrage after The Associated Press published long-suppressed body-camera video showing white state troopers stunning, beating and dragging the Black motorist as he wailed, โIโm scared!โ.
Mistrial declared after federal jury deadlocks in trial of ex-officer in deadly Breonna Taylor raid
Jurors failed to reach a unanimous verdict on federal civil rights charges against a former Kentucky police officer charged in the police raid that killed Breonna Taylor, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.
Garland: Justice Dept.'s civil rights work is key priority
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland says the early work of the Justice Departmentโs Civil Rights Division meant confronting white supremacists who were intimidating Black voters, and the division's work remains urgent 65 years later amid a surge of hate crimes.
Interior Dept. to require body cams for law enforcement
The U.S. Interior Department has launched a set of new policies that would require thousands of law enforcement officers to wear body cameras, ensures the release of footage in some critical incidents and restricts the use of so-called no-knock warrants.
Family seeks federal inquiry into Georgia drug raid death
Attorneys for the family of a Georgia woman killed by gunfire last year as sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at her cousin's home are calling for the Justice Department to investigate, arguing the deadly raid echoes the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor in Kentucky.
Justice Dept. curtails agents' use of 'no-knock' warrants
The Justice Department is curtailing federal agentsโ use of โno-knockโ warrants โ which allow law enforcement agents to enter a home without announcing their presence โ and would also prohibit its agents from using chokeholds in most circumstances.
Widely debated cases help spark federal Phoenix police probe
The attorney for the family of a homeless Black Muslim man who died while being restrained by officers says his case may have helped prompt the U.S. Justice Department this week to launch a widespread civil rights probe into the Phoenix police force.
Justice Dept. refocuses long-standing anti-violence program
The Justice Department is refocusing a long-standing violent crime initiative amid a string of violence and mass shootings across the U.S. that includes embedding federal agents with local homicide investigators and sweeps to arrest wanted fugitives with a significant history of violence.
Post Hill Press goes on with book by officer in Taylor raid
The publisher of memoir by a Louisville police officer who fired at Breonna Taylor after being shot during the deadly raid on Taylorโs apartment says it will release the book even though its distributor, Simon & Schuster, announced it would โnot be involved.โ.