The Justice Department announced today (Wed., Feb. 17), that there is insufficient evidence to pursue federal criminal civil rights charges against New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers ...

Today marks 19 years since the tragic killing of Sean Bell, the 23-year-old Queens native whose life was taken by NYPD officers in a hail of fifty bullets on the morning before his wedding. His death ...

The Reverend Al Sharpton is meeting with Governor Paterson today after as many as 200 people were arrested in protests in support of Sean Bell that clogged the major gateways into Manhattan yesterday.

A review of 19 deaths of Black Americans involving police officers shows that, despite public outrage, guilty verdicts are rare. By Aidan Gardiner and Rebecca Halleck A new report found pervasive ...