New York City Faces Losing Control of Rikers Island as Jail Fails to Meet Improvement Benchmarks Agreed to in Consent Decree
By Julie McCaffrey NEW YORK CITY, NY – Rikers Island faced judicial scrutiny earlier this year when…
Voters Hold Bob McCulloch Accountable in St. Louis County
By Brian Tashman and Sara Baker This week, voters in St. Louis County sent a clear message…
Shaun King Talks about Police Violence and Modern Politics in His Visit to UC Davis
At Wright Hall last night, over 400 people, most of them UC Davis students, attended a talk…
DOJ Report on Ferguson Faults Police Tactics
A report being released by the US Department of Justice is casting blame on law enforcement officials,…
Eye on the Courts: Why So Few Police Officers Are Charged with Fatal Shooting
The Washington Post this weekend in an analysis found that, of the thousands of fatal shootings by…
Sunday Commentary: Lack of Trust Fueled the Crisis at Ferguson
Back in December I wrote that the prevailing belief in the black community, especially for those under…
Justice Department Will Exonerate Wilson, But Hammer Ferguson Police for Biased Policing
Though the report is not yet finalized, the New York Times is saying that the Justice Department…
Legislation Would Create Independent Review in Police Shootings
Long before the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner captured the nation’s attention, shootings like the…
California Senate Bill Would Prevent Use of Grand Juries in Officer-Related Shootings
Last fall, the use of grand juries in two high profile officer-involved killings of unarmed black men…
Sunday Commentary II: What Breaking the Silence of Racism Means in 2015
In December 2012, the Davis Human Relations Commission held a public event at the Davis Community Chambers….
Where You Live Impacts How You’re Policed
by Larry Schwartztol The Supreme Court recently heard a case that will define the future of decades-old…
Eye on the Courts: Did We Get Sucked in on the Forensic Evidence in Ferguson?
Back in December, citing the work of Professor Ronald Rotunda at Chapman University, Fowler School of Law,…
Grand Juror in Ferguson Case Suing to Speak Out
A member of the Ferguson grand jury is suing St. Louis County Prosecutor Bob McCulloch in an…
Talking to Our Kids About Ferguson
By Michelle Alexander My son wants an answer. He is 10 years old, and he wants me…
Commentary: Why This Goes Beyond Ferguson and Staten Island
We have written a lot on the issue of the police and minority relations in the aftermath…
Sunday Commentary: Violence is Not the Answer
“Nonviolence is a powerful and just weapon. which cuts without wounding and ennobles the man who wields…
Racial Injustice and Broken Systems
By Abdi Soltani Families and communities across the nation are outraged, grieving, and taking to the streets….
Different Perspective: How Ferguson Demonstrates the Pitfalls of Eyewitness Identification
Professor Ronald Rotunda at Chapman University, Fowler School of Law, writes this week in Justia’s Legal Analysis…
Sunday Commentary II: Why the Police Killings in Ferguson and Staten Island Have Spawned A Movement
Back in 2011, the Occupy Movement seemed to arise in response to the Tea Party Movement. Across…
New York Times Calls For Independent Prosecutors to Investigate Officer-Involved Shootings
On April 30, 2009, Yolo County suffered its own controversial officer-involved shooting – of Luis Gutierrez, who…
