Eric Garner

South Carolina city to pay $6.5 million over police shooting of black man

The family of an unarmed black man shot in the back by a white police officer will get a $6.5 millio...

Oct 08, 2015 10:24 PM EDT

State of emergency in Ferguson, Missouri, extended at least 24 hours

The government of St. Louis County extended for at least 24 hours a state of emergency in Ferguson, ...

Aug 13, 2015 08:58 PM EDT

Cincinnati police officer indicted in shooting death of black man

A University of Cincinnati police officer was indicted on Wednesday on murder charges in the fatal s...

Jul 30, 2015 05:38 AM EDT

White suspect arrested in killing of nine at black U.S. church

A white man was arrested on Thursday on suspicions he killed nine people at a historic African-Ameri...

Jun 18, 2015 06:31 PM EDT

New York appeals court hears arguments over grand jury records in chokehold death

A New York state appeals court heard arguments on Tuesday over unsealing minutes of a grand jury tha...

Jun 17, 2015 06:17 AM EDT

Twelve arrested in Baltimore after march to protest black man's death

Thousands of people marched peacefully through downtown Baltimore on Saturday to protest the unexpla...

Apr 26, 2015 08:20 AM EDT

Protesters against police violence march in New York

Protesters angered by fresh cases of police violence against unarmed black men in the United States ...

Apr 14, 2015 06:25 PM EDT

Michigan man threatened to behead NYPD 'chokehold' officer: FBI

A Detroit-area man has been accused of threatening to behead a New York City police officer whose fa...

Feb 05, 2015 12:02 AM EST

U.S. tributes, protests mark Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Tributes to civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. were held across the United States on Monday,...

Jan 20, 2015 02:54 AM EST

Judge to weigh releasing grand jury record in NYC chokehold death

A New York judge is due to hear arguments on Monday whether to make public records of a grand jury h...

Jan 05, 2015 08:35 AM EST

Hundreds of police turn backs on NYC mayor at slain officer's funeral

New York City police turned out in their thousands on Sunday for the funeral of the second of two of...

Jan 04, 2015 07:45 PM EST

NY Governor Cuomo vows to rebuild trust in police in second term

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off his second term on Thursday, saying he is governing in “...

Jan 01, 2015 08:33 PM EST

NYC rings in new year with heightened security in Times Square

Roughly a million revelers packed New York's Times Square and rang in the new year with the city's a...

Jan 01, 2015 07:01 AM EST

New York City mayor heckled, booed at police graduation

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio drew heckles and boos along with applause when he addressed gradu...

Dec 29, 2014 08:04 PM EST

Mourners gather for slain New York policeman

Police officers in dress uniform and other mourners joined a somber, four-block line outside a New Y...

Dec 26, 2014 08:13 PM EST

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