DOJ Sets New Anti-Profiling Rules, Covering Thousands More Officials
The Justice Department will require thousands more people working in the justice system to comply with rules barring race and gender bias...
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Crime and Justice News
May 23, 20232 min read
Judge Enables Challenges Over Racial Skew in Gang Prosecutions
A judge in one of California's largest counties cleared the way for court challenges to all prosecutions brought over the past decade...
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Crime and Justice News
May 19, 20232 min read
Mass. High Court Allows Challenges To Police Stops On Racial Grounds
Massachusetts' highest court this week issued a ruling that allows people leeway to challenge police stops even if law enforcement can...
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Crime and Justice News
May 5, 20232 min read
Some NYC Politicians Call Response To Subway Chokehold Death Racist
A video of a New York City subway rider choking and killing a homeless man lasted for four minutes. What happened may seem clear to a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 24, 20232 min read
NAACP Sues Mississippi Over 'Separate And Unequal Policing'
The NAACP warns that “separate and unequal policing” will return to Mississippi’s majority-Black capital under a state-run police...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 20, 20232 min read
KC Man Who Shot Black Teen Was 'Scared To Death' Of Break-In
The 84-year old Kansas City man who shot Black teenager Ralph Yarl, who went to his door by mistake, pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a...
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Crime and Justice News
Apr 20, 20231 min read
OK Official Quits After Report He Discussed Murder, Lynching
A southeast Oklahoma county commissioner who was identified as one of several officials caught on tape discussing killing reporters and...
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Crime and Justice News
Feb 21, 20232 min read
Jackson Police and Courts Takeover Falls Along Racial Divide
Jackson is Mississippi's capital, and its largest city. It is more than 80 percent Black, as are most of its elected leaders, judges and...
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Crime and Justice News
Jan 4, 20232 min read
CA Police More Likely To Use Force Against Black People, Report Says
California police were more than twice as likely to use force against Black residents than white residents during traffic and pedestrian...
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Crime and Justice News
Dec 15, 20222 min read
'Crime-Free' Rental Housing Halted After Cases of Discrimination
The Southern California desert city of Hesperia ended a "crime-free" rental housing program that the U.S. Department of Justice said...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 23, 20223 min read
Panel Suggests Ways To Cut Racial Inequality in Criminal Justice
To reduce racial inequality in the criminal justice system, local, state, and federal government should explore ways to reduce police...
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Crime and Justice News
Nov 8, 20221 min read
Law Enforcers' Facebook Pages ‘Overrepresent’ Black Suspects
Facebook pages run by local law enforcement agencies significantly overrepresented Black suspects, and those practices reinforce racial...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Traffic Stops Disproportionately Hit Black Motorists in California
Compared with White motorists, Black drivers in California are almost five times more likely to be pulled over by sheriffs for traffic...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Was The L.A. City Council Recording Of Racist Remarks Illegal?
Los Angeles detectives are investigating whether a recording last year that captured city councilmembers’ racist remarks was made...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 26, 20222 min read
Maryland State Police Face Lawsuit Claiming Racial Discrimination
A federal lass-action lawsuit against the Maryland's state law enforcement agency filed by three Maryland State Police (MSP) officers,...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 18, 20222 min read
Two Black Comedians Sue Over Drug Checks At Atlanta Airport
Eric André cleared security at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Airport, gave the gate agent his boarding pass and was moments away from...
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Crime and Justice News
Oct 12, 20222 min read
With 3 Dissents, Justices Won't Hear Black Inmate Jury Race Bias Case
Three liberal Supreme Court justices dissented from the majority's decision not to review the case of a Black man who accused racially...
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Crime and Justice News
Sep 23, 20221 min read
Woman Who Called Police On Black Bird Watcher Loses Suit Over Firing
Amy Cooper lost her lawsuit against the investment firm Franklin Templeton, which fired her after she received widespread backlash for...
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By Heaven LaMartz
Sep 21, 20223 min read
How Three Cities Try to Reduce Racial Disparities in Criminal Justice
How can the criminal justice system do better at reducing racial disparities in the justice process? Speakers from Charlotte,...
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Crime and Justice News
Aug 24, 20221 min read
National Institute of Justice Invests $2.7M In Crime and Race Research
The Office of Justice Programs’ National Institute of Justice will spend $2.7 million on "rigorous research" to increase knowledge about...
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