Category : Criminal Justice Reform
Breonna Taylor’s Mom Hopes Charges Will Be Filed After Meeting With Attorney General
Tamika Palmer, Breonna Taylor's mother, said charges will be filed against the police officers who killed her 26-year-old daughter....
Iowa Governor Signs Executive Orders Restoring Felon Voting Rights
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds has signed an executive order granting convicted the right to vote after they complete their sentences....
More Than A Dozen Cities Are Defunding Their Police Departments
At least 12 cities across the country have cut funding from police department budgets or decreased officer numbers and more are in the process....
Police Unions Sue New York City Over Anti-Chokehold Bill
Almost 20 police unions have filed a lawsuit against New York City, saying it overstepped its boundaries with the Eric Garner Anti-Chokehold Act....
Oprah Winfrey Buys 26 Billboards Demanding Justice For Breonna Taylor
Oprah Winfrey has erected 26 billboards in Louisville featuring the name and image of 26-year-old EMS worker Breonna Taylor....
Video: Correction Officers Tase Shackled, Seizure-Suffering Black Inmate Prior to His Death
A video from 2018 showing a shackled Black inmate tasered by corrections officers shortly before his death has surfaced--along with troubling questions....
Louisiana Supreme Court Denies Review Of Black Man’s Life Sentence for Stealing Hedge Clippers
The Louisiana Supreme Court denied a request to review a Black man's life sentence for stealing a pair of hedge clippers, citing prior bad act...
LAPD Officers Charged With Falsifying Gang Records, Could Derail 750 Cases
The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is looking at hundreds of criminal cases after three LAPD officers were charged with falsifying records....
Rep. Jim Clyburn Introduces Legislation to Rename Voting Rights Bill After John Lewis
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn has introduced legislation Monday pushing to rename the Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2019 after Rep. John Lewis....
ESPN’s Ryan Smith To Host Burrell Communications Virtual Town Hall
Burrell Communications Group announced that it will host a virtual town hall, titled "Black Lives Have Always Mattered to Us," hosted by ESPN's Ryan Smith...