White Tulsa Officer Is Acquitted in Fatal Shooting of Black Driver

By LUCIA WALINCHUS and RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA May 17, 2017 TULSA, Okla. — Jurors on Wednesday found a white police officer not guilty in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last year, one in a string of law enforcement...

Prosecutors in Texas Weigh Murder Charges for Former Police Officer

The mother of Roy D. Oliver II, the former officer who killed a 15-year-old, spoke proudly of her son’s service as a policeman and an Army soldier in Iraq.

Florida Apologizes for ‘Gross Injustices’ to Four Black Men, Decades Later

By JACEY FORTIN April 27, 2017 More than a half-century after a violent, dramatic criminal case in Central Florida earned national attention, the State Senate passed a resolution Thursday apologizing to the families of four black men who were “victims...

Florida State Senator Resigns After Using Racial Slur in Tirade

By MATTHEW HAAG April 21, 2017 A Florida state senator who unleashed an expletive-laden rant over drinks with two other lawmakers this week, uttering a racial slur for black people and other vulgarities, resigned from his position on Friday. State Senator...

Louisiana Man Who Spent Three Years on Death Row Has Murder Charge Dismissed

By JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH April 20, 2017 Louisiana has dismissed all charges against a man who spent several years on death row after the his infant son died in 2012, in a case that drew national attention to a parish that sentenced young black men to...