Before Cleveland and Ferguson was Albuquerque: six months after DoJ report, change is far off

A group of researchers aiming to reduce bias and improve police-community relations will travel to Pittsburgh this week to meet with officers and residents. Their work is part of a federal pilot program run through the National Initiative for Building Community Trust and Justice and focusing on six cities across the country. Read article here.

Silence on Black Female Victims Weakens Fight Against Police Brutality

Being a Black Male in America: Racism and the Police

Walter Scott’s Death Should End Public’s Denial of Police Victimization of Blacks

The President and Co-Founder of the Center for Policing Equity discusses the social and psychological underpinnings of violence against young blacks by police on the Tavis Smiley Show. Watch here.

Younger Police Officers Are More Likely To Shoot People Than Older Ones

Phillip Atiba Goff on the Melissa Harris-Perry Show speaks about the use of military weapons by police. Watch here

FBI director acknowledges ‘hard truths’ about racial bias in policing

Why an end to police carding is only the beginning