Recent accounts of a brutal law enforcement presence descending on a city recalled an earlier moment in Kansas City’s history, when Black civic leaders successfully forced the removal of the city’s ...

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Black people are more likely to endure state-sanctioned violence.

CHICAGO — For many activists and community organizers, George Floyd’s death under the knee of a Minneapolis police officer was a blunt reminder of Chicago's racial divide and history of police ...

Civil rights advocates marked National Stop Police Brutality Day on Wednesday with a rally and march in Newark protesting the city’s Fraternal Order of Police union local’s efforts to deny subpoena ...

Almost two years after his alleged curb-stomping by officer Christopher Showalter, William Hardy still faces municipal charges in Kansas City. From Toriano Porter: ...

This story is part of a look back at 150 years of crime coverage from The Detroit News. Check this page on weekends for periodic new material involving long-lost cases and other interesting tidbits ...