Memphis Police released footage on Friday of Nichols’ violent beating by several officers that preceded his death on Jan. 10.

The Clark County sheriff and Republican nominee for governor of Nevada helped craft Las Vegas’ use of force guidelines.

‘This systemic misconduct was blessed by top brass at the Louisiana State Police,’ said Alanah Odoms, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana.

‘The moment of Trayvon Martin really opened our eyes,’ said Jonel Edwards, co-director of the organization Dream Defenders.

If history is any indication, a slam-dunk sentence for Derek Chauvin is not guaranteed.

‘What we couldn’t get them to do in the case of Eric Garner, Michael Brown in Ferguson, and countless others, we are finally seeing them do today,’ the Rev. Al Sharpton said.

‘No more kneeling and social media posts — we’ve had enough of the performative acts. Real police reform is needed now,’ said state Sen. Steven Bradford of California.

‘We don’t have handcuffs or pepper spray, and the way we start to interact sends a message that we are not the police and this is going to be a far safer and voluntary interaction,’ said a member of an Oregon-based crisis team.

Out of the thousands of deadly police shootings in the U.S. since 2005, just seven officers were convicted of murder.

Calls have grown for federal investigations into recent police killings across the nation since President Joe Biden took office.

‘We will not be intimidated or deterred in fulfilling our First Amendment right and responsibility to hold power to account in our reporting,’ USA Today Publisher Maribel Perez Wadsworth said.

The plaintiff claimed police used excessive force against her, making the shooting an unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment.

At least six transgender or gender-nonconforming people have been killed in the past month and a half.

Vice President Kamala Harris has expressed support for peaceful protests and condemned violence.

‘We found a pattern of deeply concerning and unlawful practices that the NYPD utilized in response to these largely peaceful protests,’ said Attorney General Letitia James.

‘We had to create something comprehensive to cut off flimsy legislation and get real change,’ an activist said.

A critic charged that the document ‘primes officers to use force by painting’ Black Lives Matter activists as terrorists plotting to kill police.

Officer Brett Hankison was charged with three counts of wanton endangerment.

Rep. Ralph Norman is the latest Republican to claim violence at protests is unique to Democratic areas.

Daniel Prude, 41, known to his big Chicago-based family as ‘Rell,’ was the loving father of five adult children.

‘They are trying to leave him with any kind of criminal history (so) it’s OK not to care about his life.’

‘Let the city heal. Now is not the time for a photo op.’

Video posted online shows what appears to be a white man with a semi-automatic rifle.

Gov. Tim Walz signed a police accountability bill into law Thursday that includes a ban on neck restraints like the one that was used on George Floyd before his death in Minneapolis, though some activist groups say the legislation falls short. The bill, passed by the Legislature earlier this week, also bans chokeholds and fear-based […]

Studies show police are far more likely to kill Black people than white people.

Sheriff Dave Marshak argued last month that the Atlanta cop accused of murder in the killing of Rayshard Brooks was ‘completely justified.’

Georgia Republican Karen Handel agreed with a constituent that Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath needs to ‘get off of it.’

Protesters were tear-gassed and removed from Lafayette Square so Trump could pose for a photo holding a Bible.

The GOP attorneys general want lawmakers’ ‘assistance in tempering the anti-police rhetoric that is jeopardizing the safety of our officers.’

Rep. Andy Biggs does not want Congress to do anything about local police violence.