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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The city of Louisville will pay $12 million to the family of Breonna Taylor and reform police practices as part of a lawsuit settlement months after Taylor’s slaying by police thrust the Black woman’s name to the forefront of a national reckoning on race, Mayor Greg Fischer announced Tuesday. Taylor’s death […]

The family and attorneys of Breonna Taylor called for Kentucky authorities release all body camera footage, police files and the transcripts of the grand jury hearings Friday morning, while the mayor and police chief called for safe and peaceful protesting during an afternoon briefing.

Attorneys for the family of George Floyd filed a federal civil rights lawsuit on Wednesday against the city of Minneapolis and the police officers involved in his death, calling the killing part of “a public health crisis” in America

Congress held the first hearing on police reform since George Floyd’s death rattled the nation. Floyds brother was among those testifying.

(CNN) — Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron met with Breonna Taylor’s family for the first time on Wednesday, more than 150 days after Louisville Police killed her in her home. Cameron’s office said in a statement he was “grateful” to hold the meeting, which included Taylor’s mother, Tamika Palmer, sister, aunt, family attorneys and a […]

KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — The Kenosha police officer who shot Jacob Blake in the back seven times last month told investigators he thought Blake was trying to abduct one of his own children and that he opened fire because Blake started turning toward the officer while holding a knife, the officer’s lawyer contends. Brendan Matthews, […]

Many compare the outcry over George Floyd’s death to that of the murder of Emmett Till in 1955.

Police officers at a Florida elementary school arrested an 8-year-old boy who had allegedly hit a teacher — only to realize the boy’s wrists were too small for the handcuffs.

MIAMI, Fla. (WJW) — One NASCAR team supported first responders with a new paint job on their team car during Saturday’s race in Miami. Mike Harmon Racing (MHR) painted Kyle Weatherman’s car in a “Back the Blue” paint scheme which aims to support law enforcement officers. The car features the “Thin Blue Line” and the “Blue Lives […]

George Floyd’s family on Wednesday demanded the arrest of all four police officers involved in his death, as they visited a makeshift shrine at the Minneapolis street corner where the black man died after a white officer pressed a knee on his neck as he pleaded for air.

Anger, frustration and sadness over the decision not to charge Kentucky police officers for Breonna Taylor’s death poured into America’s streets as protesters lashed out at a criminal justice system they say is stacked against Black people. Violence seized the demonstrations in her hometown of Louisville as gunfire rang out and wounded two police officers.