Ron DeSantis, Florida governor and likely US presidential candidate, says programmes aim to impose an ‘ideological agenda’. Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed a…
US judge finds former Minneapolis police officer Tou Thao guilty of aiding and abetting in Floyd’s May 2020 killing. A former police officer in the…
The brutality of Till’s 1955 lynching, on display at his open-casket funeral, galvanised the US civil rights movement. The white woman who accused Black teenager…
Kim Potter, the Minnesota officer who mistook her gun for a Taser and killed Wright in 2021, is released after 16 months in jail. Kim…
Andrew Lester, 84, faces first-degree assault and armed criminal action charges for shooting 16-year-old Ralph Yarl. An 84-year-old white man accused of shooting and wounding…
The $550-million lawsuit in the US compares the Nichols beating to that of Emmett Till, a Black boy murdered in 1955. Lawyers for the family…
The white man accused of shooting a Black 16-year-old when the teen rang the doorbell of his house has surrendered to police in Clay County,…
Walker fired at police first, attorney general says, as grand jury votes not to charge officers who shot him 46 times. A grand jury in…
Sportswear company has taken frequent legal action since 2008 to defend its exclusive use of its three-stripe logo. Sportswear maker Adidas has reversed course 48…
More than 340 plaintiffs were awarded $9.25m over police violence during 2020 George Floyd protests. The United States city of Philadelphia has agreed to pay…
Attorney General Merrick Garland says civil rights probe documented excessive force and bias against Black residents. United States Attorney General Merrick Garland has announced that…
Motorsport's governing body has clarified its controversial decision to require Formula 1 drivers to have written permission before taking "politically" motivated stances.Key points:The FIA announced in…
Five former officers face second-degree murder charges, among others, in death of 29-year-old Black motorist in Memphis. Five former United States police officers have pleaded…
Darryl Tyree Williams, an African American, told police he had a heart problem during an arrest. They tased him anyway. The family of a Black…
The officer in the United States who pulled 29-year-old Tyre Nichols from his car before police fatally beat him never explained why he was being…
The family of a 22-year-old killed when police in the United States executed a “no-knock” search on the apartment where he was sleeping has filed…
From: UpFrontIn the wake of Tyre Nichols’ killing at the hands of police, UpFront takes a look at policing in the US. In May 2020,…
From: UpFrontFrom school curriculum changes to book bans, we examine the roots and effects of the anti-Critical Race Theory movement. Conservatives in the United States…
Legislators and civil rights advocates in the United States are calling on President Joe Biden’s administration to do more to advance police reform after the…
The official curriculum for a new high school course on African American studies downplays some components that drew criticism from conservatives in the United States,…