A 34-year veteran Baltimore police officer was charged with assault for spitting on a man during an arrest.

While addressing the International Association of Chiefs of Police during an appearance in Chicago Tuesday, President Barack Obama declared that law enforcement often gets "scapegoated" for failures in society and the criminal justice system.

Students from Tolman High School in Pawtucket, Rhode Island were pepper sprayed and arrested by police during a protest that were sparked after an officer body slammed a teenager to the ground earlier this week.

A Black teenager from the D.C. area inspired protests after a recording showed him being brutally detained by police officers for making a White customer at a local bank feel "uncomfortable."

An 18-year-old accused of shoplifting in Indianapolis died in police custody Saturday after twice complaining of breathing problems.

A standoff between a wheelchair-bound man and Delaware police officers ended tragically when the disabled man was shot to death in a blast of gunfire on…

UPDATE: Thursday, September 10, 2015 11:10 AM EST: A judge has ruled that trials for the six officers involved in Freddie Gray’s arrest and death…

An Oregon police chief has stepped down amid complaints from fellow White officers about racist behavior, including singing

Gov. Jerry Brown (Calif.) has signed a bill that will help change the way police killings are viewed in the court of law. According to…

Authorities in Alabama claim a teen committed suicide in a jail cell an hour after being arrested, another suspicious case of a Black woman dying…

With a job waiting for her, a woman from the Chicago suburbs drove to Texas to start a new chapter of her life on July…

In response to complaints that New York City’s police force fails to reflect the city’s multiculturalism, the department on Wednesday welcomed about 1,217 recruits to…