BATON ROUGE, La. — The Justice Department will investigate the Louisiana State Police for a 'pattern-or-practice' of racial discrimination and excessive force. A Thursday press conference by Kristen ...

A scathing report from the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division found the Memphis Police Department engages in a pattern of discriminatory policing, including violence against the disabled, and ...

In 1775, the Second Continental Congress wrote 69 Articles of War that established standards of conduct for Continental Army officers and soldiers. Over time, these articles evolved into the Uniform ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis Police Department routinely engages in policing that violates residents' civil rights and discriminates against Black people, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a ...

The list of U.S. big-city police departments under federal scrutiny seems to keep growing: Chicago; Minneapolis; Louisville. Kentucky; Seattle; and Phoenix. Now comes Memphis, Tennessee, where the ...

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WASHINGTON, Oct 2 (Reuters) - In 2017, a white St. Louis policeman was acquitted of murdering a Black man. The verdict sparked days of protests and clashes with police. Before shifts that week, two ...

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether Chicago police have made a habit of violating the law or the U.S. Constitution in their policing, Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Monday. The ...

Wall Street banks and other big corporations are under pressure to cut ties with nonprofit police foundations, which racial justice activists say are increasingly funding law enforcement practices ...

The New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation’s Stake Out for Justice Luncheon amassed hundreds of concerned citizens to the Sheraton New Orleans Hotel on a recent Thursday to celebrate “30 Years of ...