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The US Department of Justice (DOJ) reported on Friday that it found evidence supporting that the Chicago Police Department (CPD) engages in a pattern of using force, including deadly force, in violation of the...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday announced that it had reached an agreement with the city of Baltimore to reform its police department. The consent decree essentially puts the Baltimore Police Department...

A judge for the US District Court for the District of Maryland ruled Friday to dismiss in part and allow in part a lawsuit from officers who were charged in the death of Freddie Gray against Maryland State...

The city of Cleveland on Wednesday submitted a revised use-of-force policy to a federal judge on Wednesday. Judge Solomon Oliver Jr. of the US District Court for the Northern District of Ohio is overseeing...

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and data analysis company Upturn released the Body Worn Cameras Scorecard on Saturday, a report which concluded that the policies concerning civil rights and the use of body...

The Baltimore Police Department (BPD) has engaged in tactics that violate the First and Fourth Amendments and numerous anti-discrimination laws, according to a report released by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Wednesday....

Baltimore City State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby announced Wednesday that charges against the three remaining officers facing trial in connection with Freddie Gray's death will be dropped . While in police custody in 2015, Gray sustained a spinal...

Yesterday the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in State v. Al-Sharif Scriven that the use of high beams on an automobile does not present enough reasonable suspicion for a police officer to stop the vehicle. The...

Baltimore City Police Lieutenant Brian Rice on Monday was found not guilty of involuntary manslaughter, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office in connection with Freddie Gray's arrest and death on April 12, 2015. Rice was the highest-ranking of...

Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson, Jr. was acquitted Thursday of all charges in relation to the 2015 death of Freddie Gray. The case was presided over by Baltimore Circuit Associate Judge Barry Williams, who stated that...