AP-NORC Poll: Support for Racial Injustice Protests Declines

NEW YORK — As the decision in Kentucky to bring charges against only one of three police officers involved in a raid that killed Breonna Taylor sparks renewed protests nationwide, a new survey finds support has fallen for demonstrations against systemic racism...
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Harris Draws on Her Past as US Faces Reckoning on Police

SACRAMENTO — When Kamala Harris won her first election for San Francisco district attorney in 2003, the office's relationship with the city police force was in tatters. She promised to rebuild trust, but the goodwill didn't last. Three months after Harris t...

Online Bans Fail To Silence US Extremists Drawn To Protests

SILVER SPRING, Md. — After Wisconsin protests over Jacob Blake's shooting by police turned deadly last week, a member of an anti-government extremist group started posting updates from the scene for comrades in an encrypted chat room. Facebook, Discord and ...
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California Bill To Strip Badges From ‘Bad Officers’ Fails

SACRAMENTO — A bill that would allow “bad officers” to be permanently stripped of their badges failed to pass the California Legislature on Monday as state lawmakers could not muster enough support to pass one of the year's top policing reform bills. The me...