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The 'Concerned Citizen Who Happens To Be Armed' Is Showing Up At Protests
As anti-racism protests continue, people with guns are now coming to them. Rampant rumors of antifa violence draw some, others say they are protecting protesters. -
New York Passes Bill To Unveil Police Discipline Records
New York lawmakers have passed a repeal of a decades-old law that has kept officers’ disciplinary records secret. -
IBM Quits Facial Recognition, Joins Call For Police Reforms
IBM says it is getting out of the facial recognition business over concern about how it can be used for mass surveillance and racial profiling. -
Video Evidence Increasingly Disproves Police Narratives
Misleading initial statements have fueled mistrust in officers and embarrassed the agencies that made them. -
Banning Police Chokeholds As A Way To Keep Officers More Accountable
WGBH's Daniel Medwed argues that creating clear rules against using chokeholds could help discipline officers who use excessive force. -
Boston City Councilor Andrea Campbell: 'Systems Change Is Necessary'
Councilor Campbell said she's pushing for a number of changes to make the city's departments "more transparent, more accountable and, of course, racially just." -
Fort Worth Police Drop Rioting Charges Against Protesters
The shift in Fort Worth is part of a broad debate over how police and prosecutors should handle a range of charges stemming from nearly two weeks of widespread protests. -
Cambridge Residents Call On City Council To 'Defund The Police'
Protesters are asking Cambridge City Council to use a proposed $4.1 million budget increase in police funding for social programs instead. -
How Federal Dollars Fund Local Police
An array of federal agencies funnel grants to local law enforcement. But some say that federal involvement undermines community accountability and focuses more on enforcement than minimizing harm. -
Mayor Announces Changes To Youth Summer Jobs, Advocates Want More
At a city council hearing, activists argued for cutting the police budget to fund youth programs.
