Ex-officer not charged in fatal Milwaukee shooting
By TODD RICHMOND A white Milwaukee police officer who was fired after he fatally shot a mentally ill black man in April won’t face criminal charges, the county’s top prosecutor…
Police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson
Cops’ killer angry at chokehold death
By COLLEEN LONG and JENNIFER PELTZ A gunman who announced online that he was planning to shoot two “pigs” in retaliation for the police chokehold death of Eric Garner ambushed…
Reformers target traffic courts in Ferguson
By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER In the aftermath of Michael Brown’s death, legal activists suggested that some of the raw anger that erupted in suburban St. Louis had its roots in…
Driving while black? App developers aim to help
By STEVEN DUBOIS Though the developers of the soon-to-be released “Driving While Black” smartphone application want motorists to download their product, there is a time when they definitely don’t want…
California protesters march for 4th straight night
KRISTIN J. BENDER Hundreds of protesters angered at the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers marched through downtown Berkeley streets for a fourth straight night, briefly blocking…
‘I can’t breathe!’ tops list of notable quotes
I can’t breathe!” — the exclamation made by a black man, Eric Garner, while being placed in a police chokehold — was chosen as the most notable quote of the…
At least 9 arrested in third night of California protests
By KRISTIN J. BENDER and PAUL ELIAS Berkeley police say nine people were arrested as crowds marched for a third night in a row to protest grand jury decisions not…
Chokehold case stirs debate on special prosecutors
By JENNIFER PELTZ After a police officer wasn’t indicted in a fatal chokehold caught on video, some officials are reviving calls to entrust such cases to special prosecutors, rather than…