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Black Lives Matter

  1. encounter
    ‘I’ve Been Black a Long Time’: Marching With Jumaane WilliamsNew York City’s public advocate knows how to protest — and talk to cops. (He’s also wondering where the mayor is.)
    By James D. Walsh
  2. black lives matter
    Your Black Square Instagram Isn’t HelpingThe #BlackLivesMatter hashtag has been overrun by blank, black boxes suppressing vital protest information.
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  3. crime
    Everything We Know About the Police Shooting of David McAteeLouisville police and National Guardsmen fired on a crowd on Monday, killing the 53-year-old.
    By Claire Lampen
  4. black lives matter
    Ariana Grande, Halsey, and More Celebrities Spent Their Weekends ProtestingFrom all over the country.
    By Devon Ivie
  5. george floyd
    Police Spar With Protesters for 6th Straight Night: Live UpdatesNationwide protests have expanded and intensified in response to George Floyd’s death, with violence reported in dozens of cities.
    By Matt Stieb, Adam K. Raymond, and Chas Danner
  6. george floyd
    Public-Health Experts Warn of Coronavirus Outbreaks After George Floyd ProtestsMany protesters have been wearing masks, but chaotic mass demonstrations make social distancing nearly impossible.
    By Matt Stieb and Chas Danner
  7. george floyd
    Scenes From the Brooklyn Protest of the Death of George FloydPhotographer Chris Facey documented the tense and emotional demonstration, which took place outside the Barclays Center on Friday night.
    By The Editors
  8. george floyd
    Watch Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms Give Emotional Speech on Unrest in Atlanta“If you care about this city — then go home.”
    By Chas Danner
  9. george floyd
    Powerful Images From Friday’s Protests Over the Death of George FloydPhotos from demonstrations in multiple cities over the deaths of Floyd in Minneapolis and Breonna Taylor in Louisville, Kentucky.
    By Megan Paetzhold and Chas Danner
  10. george floyd
    Minneapolis Faces Third Night of Protests Following George Floyd’s KillingDemonstrators and police clashed for the third day in a row, following the death of George Floyd in police custody.
    By Matt Stieb and Adam K. Raymond
  11. vision 2020
    Black Protesters Might Have Doomed Amy Klobuchar’s Presidential CampaignThe day before she dropped out of the race, Klobuchar canceled a campaign rally in Minnesota due to protests.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  12. democratic primaries
    Julián Castro Might Be a BelieverHis floundering campaign seems committed to advancing moral — but unpopular — issues. What’s the long game?
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  13. who were the 2010s?
    DeRay Mckesson on the Black Lives Matter RevolutionFew American social movements shaped the 2010s as definitively as BLM, and few of its activists have proved to be as galvanizing as Mckesson.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  14. justice
    Who Gets Grace in the Courtroom?Judge Tammy Kemp’s decision to hug former cop and convicted murderer Amber Guyger tells us how our justice system works.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  15. criminal justice
    California’s New Use-of-Force Law Is Still Deadly VagueA new law strengthens California’s guidelines for police use of force. But it does not go far enough.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  16. race
    The Black Art of Escape: A New Vision for Black Americans400 years have passed since the birth of a new people. Where do we go from here?
    By Casey Gerald
  17. daniel pantaleo
    Judge Recommends Officer Who Choked Eric Garner Be FiredIt may be the end of the line for Daniel Pantaleo, more than five years after his lethal actions reverberated across the country.
    By Benjamin Hart
  18. black lives matter
    A Rare Measure of AccountabilityFour Chicago police officers have been fired for covering up the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  19. profile
    The Civil-Rights Lawyer Starting a Legal Crusade Against Police BrutalityBen Crump has represented the families of Trayvon Martin, Mike Brown, and Tamir Rice — and he may be the hardest-working attorney in the country.
    By John H. Richardson
  20. black lives matter
    NYPD Union Lawyers Claim Eric Garner Would’ve Died Anyway Because He Was ObeseDaniel Pantaleo’s defense team is essentially arguing that the 43-year-old black man killed himself.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  21. sandra bland
    Why Are So Many ‘Bad Apple’ Police Officers Bad in the Same Way?The new Sandra Bland footage casts light on the debate over whether police misconduct is an isolated or systemic problem.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  22. criminal justice
    It’s a New Day in American Politics. Ferguson, Missouri is No Exception.As the House ushers in a Democratic majority, the city in which Michael Brown was shot enters a new phase of criminal justice under Wesley Bell.
    By Zak Cheney-Rice
  23. More Than Half of Russian Facebook Ads Focused on RaceRace was the Russian operation’s go-to wedge when it tried to divide Americans before and after the 2016 election.
    By Chas Danner
  24. Feds Jailed Gun Owner for Making Politically Incorrect Facebook PostsYou’ll never guess the color of his skin.
    By Eric Levitz
  25. Black Loiterers, White Lingerers, and Starbucks CoffeeAn incident at Starbucks illustrates how norms are racially coded and why the concept of “unconscious bias” is sometimes misleading.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  26. roundup
    The Starbucks Arrests and the Toll of Routine BiasWhat we know about the arrests of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks, and what the response to the viral story is revealing.
    By Chas Danner
  27. New York Police Kill Bipolar Black Man Armed With a Small Glass PipePolice say that they thought the pipe, which had a knob on its end, was a gun.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  28. The Death and Afterlife of Stephon ClarkThe violence of police brutality can follow Black Muslim victims and their families beyond the grave.
    By Shamira Ibrahim
  29. police shootings
    Baton Rouge Cop Who Shot Alton Sterling Fired, Body-Cam Footage Finally ReleasedIn the disturbing videos, officer Blane Salamoni is shown immediately threatening to shoot Sterling in the head.
    By Chas Danner
  30. Patrisse Khan-Cullors on 5 Years of Black Lives MatterThe activist gives a progress report on the movement, and talks about where it goes now, in Trump’s America.
    By Timothy Bella
  31. Erica Garner Never Stopped FightingIn an interview conducted before her passing, Erica Garner talks about her father and her fight against police brutality.
    By Katie Halper
  32. new york city
    Activist Erica Garner Dies at 27She had become a major civil-rights advocate after the death of her father at the hands of police in 2014.
    By Chas Danner
  33. Ex-Cop Michael Slager Found Guilty of Murder in Walter Scott ShootingA cell-phone video showed Slager shooting Scott in the back five times. The former officer will be spared a life sentence.
    By Eric Levitz
  34. Former FBI Director Comey Booed, Interrupted During Howard University SpeechSome students did not appreciate his past comments about policing.
    By Benjamin Hart
  35. St. Louis Protests Turn Violent After White Officer Found Not Guilty of MurderA judge said Jason Stockley acted in self-defense when he killed black motorist Anthony Lamar Smith.
    By Benjamin Hart
  36. Cincinnati Cop Who Killed Samuel DuBose Won’t Face Third TrialHis first two trials ended with hung juries.
    By Benjamin Hart
  37. crimes and misdemeanors
    Perjury Charge Against Officer in Sandra Bland Case DismissedIn a deal with prosecutors, Brian Encinia agreed never to work in law enforcement again.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  38. ferguson
    New Documentary Suggests Michael Brown Did Not Rob Ferguson StoreThe film releases previously unreported security footage taken the night before Brown’s death.
    By Chas Danner
  39. crimes and misdemeanors
    Former Officer Who Shot Walter Scott Testifies in Murder Trial“My family has been destroyed by this,” said Michael Slager. “The Scott family has been destroyed by this … it’s horrible.”
    By Charley Lanyon
  40. Americans’ Respect for Police Surges to Near All-Time HighThe percentage of Americans who have a “great deal of respect” for the police jumped 12 points in 2016 — among nonwhites, that spike was even larger.
    By Eric Levitz
  41. There’s a New Federal Plan to Track Police Killings Across the United StatesThe Justice Department announced the initiative Thursday.
    By Jen Kirby
  42. police shootings
    Fatal Shooting of Black Man by Police Sparks Protests in L.A.Carnell Snell was the third black man killed by police in Southern California in the last five days.
    By Charley Lanyon
  43. police shootings
    El Cajon Police: Black Man Pointed Vaping Device Before Fatal ShootingHundreds protested the shooting of Alfred Olango.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  44. police shootings
    El Cajon, California, Police Fatally Shoot Black Man Said to Be Mentally IllThey said he pointed an object at officers and assumed a “shooting stance,” but it was not a gun.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  45. police shootings
    Protests in Charlotte Continue for 6th NightProtestors want police to release the full footage of Tuesday’s shooting.
    By Charley Lanyon
  46. charlotte
    Charlotte Police Release Videos of the Shooting of Keith Lamont ScottActivists and Scott’s family believe the videos raise more questions than they answer, and the protests continue on.
    By Chas Danner
  47. Keith Scott’s Family Releases Cell-Phone Video of Police Shooting“Don’t shoot him. Don’t shoot him.”
    By Adam K. Raymond
  48. police shootings
    Man Wounded in Protests Dies As Charlotte Demonstrations ContinueThe city has enacted a curfew though Thursday’s rallies were more peaceful.
    By Charley Lanyon
  49. police shootings
    Keith Scott’s Family Views Videos of His Final Moments, Calls for Their ReleaseBoth sides say it’s unclear from the footage what Scott had in his hands when he was shot by police.
    By Charley Lanyon
  50. early and awful
    Congressman Explains Charlotte Protesters Just ‘Hate White People’Meanwhile, Mike Pence thinks we should all set aside “this talk about institutional racism and institutional bias.”
    By Margaret Hartmann
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