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Lawyers for two former Memphis officers have rested their cases without calling them to testify in their defense against charges that they violated Tyre Nichols’ civil rights when he was fatally beaten after a 2023 traffic stop

Author Jessica Pishko on how two Arizona sheriffs created an entire mythology — and a dangerous movement

A Justice Department report on the police department in Lexington, Mississippi, has found a stunning pattern of racially disparate policing and harassment

Federal investigators say police in Lexington, Mississippi, used illegal searches, excessive force, and kept residents in jail when they couldn't pay off old fines.

Traffic stops by Chicago police have more than doubled over the past nine years in what the American Civil Liberties Union, a civil rights group, is calling the “new stop-and-frisk.”

Justice Department investigation uncovers discrimination, excessive force, and retaliation in Lexington Police Department in Mississippi.

From Joe Manchin to the vice president to a good chunk of Republicans, no one can admit where they really stand

A former Memphis police officer who has pleaded guilty to violating Tyre Nichols’ civil rights has testified that he was looking to leave a crime suppression unit because he was unhappy with the hostility team members were showing citizens, even before they fatally beat Nichols

Country musician to be honored in statuary hall collection alongside memorial of civil rights leader Daisy Bates

First Lady Jill Biden, former ambassador Andrew Young and the Rev. Al Sharpton were among those who paid tribute during funeral services in New Orleans for civil rights activist Sybil Morial

Over a half-million other people are advocating for the exoneration of Marcellus Williams, whom they believe is innocent.