For Officers in Fatal Shootings, an Unseen ‘Grieving Process’

By MITCH SMITH and SERGE F. KOVALESKI June 6, 2017 CHICAGO — There is a grim routine to the police shootings that have divided this country in recent years. First, we learn the names and ages of the deceased. We see them smiling in old...

In Police Shootings, Finding Jurors Who Will Say ‘Not Guilty’

By MICHAEL WINES May 31, 2017 When two Albuquerque police officers went on trial for murder last fall after the fatal shooting of a mentally ill homeless man, things did not look good for them. Police videos appeared to show the man turning away before...

Cleveland Police Officer Who Shot Tamir Rice Is Fired

By JACEY FORTIN and JONAH ENGEL BROMWICH May 30, 2017 The Cleveland police officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 as he held a pellet gun, setting off national protests, was fired Tuesday, officials said. At a news conference,...

Black Judge Refuses to Recuse Himself in Shooting by White Officer

Judge Greg Griffin of Alabama had complained on Facebook of being racially profiled by the police, prompting lawyers defending a white police officer to suggest he step away.

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...