tag | police brutality

 Adrian Kraus
September 18, 2020 | 7:47 AM

Mental health and police violence: How crisis intervention teams are failing

People suffering a mental illness make up nearly a quarter of all killed by police officers in America. Injuries, too, are common although they are less carefully tracked.
By Eric Westervelt/NPR
 Marcio Jose Sanchez
September 9, 2020 | 7:55 AM

Political divisions drive police brutality cases

Six years after Ferguson, civil rights lawyers say there may be new connections developing between the courts and popular opinion on police.
By Robert Benincasa/NPR
 Brandon Bell
August 29, 2020 | 11:15 AM

Were they a threat? Police shootings reignite legal debate

By The Associated Press

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August 27, 2020 | 7:29 AM

Alleged Kenosha shooter fervently supported ‘blue lives,’ joined ‘local militia’

Kyle Rittenhouse is wanted in Kenosha County for first-degree intentional homicide.
By Dan Mihalopoulos/NPR
 Brandon Bell
Updated: August 26, 2020 | 4:17 pm

Illinois teen arrested after 3 shot, 2 fatally, in Kenosha, Wis., overnight

Kyle Rittenhouse, a 17-year-old white male, has been charged with first-degree intentional homicide and was taken into custody by police in Antioch, Ill., located about 15 miles southwest of Kenosha.

By Brakkton Booker and Mark Katkov/NPR
 Miguel Martinez
July 30, 2020 | 8:05 AM

Police misconduct in Philadelphia: Unsealed records name the city’s most cited cops

By Ryan Briggs, Max Marin/WHYY
 Evan Vucci
July 15, 2020 | 5:47 AM

President Trump dismisses police killing outrage, saying ‘more white people’ killed than blacks

More white people may be killed by police annually, but Black Americans are killed at a far higher rate.
By Domenico Montanaro/NPR
 Gene J. Puskar
July 14, 2020 | 11:59 AM

First George Floyd-inspired bills become law in Pennsylvania

Governor Tom Wolf characterized the two bills he signed as small, but important steps “toward what we have to do to make our society fair."
By Marc Levy/The Associated Press
 Matt Rourke
July 13, 2020 | 5:28 AM

Video shows Allentown police officer with knee on man’s neck

The department released its use of force policy earlier this month and it prohibits neck restraints and chokeholds.
By The Associated Press
July 10, 2020 | 8:10 AM

Police viewed less favorably, but few want to ‘defund’ them, survey finds

Only a quarter of those surveyed (25%) said funding for the police should be decreased.
By Scott Neuman/NPR
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