Jury Sees Body Camera Footage of Fatal Shooting by Police Officer

Dominique Heaggan-Brown was charged with reckless homicide in the August death of Sylville K. Smith in Milwaukee, a shooting that led to protests.

Civil Rights Groups Sue Chicago Over Abuses by Police

By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr. June 14, 2017 Hoping to step into the breach left by the end of the Obama administration’s aggressive approach to civil rights abuses by the police, a coalition of civil rights groups filed a federal lawsuit against...

Trial Opens for Ex-Officer in Shooting That Set Off Milwaukee Riots

By KAY NOLAN and JULIE BOSMAN June 13, 2017 MILWAUKEE — Body camera footage of a fatal police shooting is expected to take center stage in the homicide trial of the former Milwaukee officer who fired the shots, opening statements on Tuesday...

Texas Sheriff’s Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Chokehold Death

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS June 10, 2017 HOUSTON — A Texas sheriff’s department has opened an internal affairs investigation into the death of a Houston-area man during a confrontation with an off-duty deputy and her husband, as well as an...

In Court, Diamond Reynolds Recounts Moments Before a Police Shooting

By MITCH SMITH June 6, 2017 ST. PAUL — Last summer, only seconds after watching a Minnesota police officer shoot her boyfriend during a traffic stop, Diamond Reynolds pulled out her phone and started recording. Shaken but steady, Ms. Reynolds told...