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More than two years after the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, the fraught relationship between law enforcement and African Americans continues to spark controversy and calls for action. This tension - and how to address the divide between communities and the police - were examined at a policy forum held Friday, Dec. 9, at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs .
If president-elect Donald Trump keeps his promise, surplus military grenade launchers, bayonets, tracked armored vehicles and high-powered firearms and ammunition will once again be available to state and local U.S. police departments. Fraternal Order of Police Executive Director James Pasco says he expects Trump to honor a commitment he made in September to the organization to rescind President Barack Obama's 2015 order restricting that access.
Retired Army three-star general Michael T. Flynn arrives at Trump Tower last month with his son, Michael G. Flynn. Since 9/11, the nation has embraced militarization as a way of preventing another major terror attack like the one 15 years ago that killed 2,996 people.
The good news is that we dodged a bullet in this election. The bad news is that we don't know how many other bullets are coming, or from what direction.
A senior aide to Hillary Clinton privately dismissed FBI Director James Comey as "a bad choice" in October 2015, according to newly released emails from WikiLeaks. The blunt assessment foreshadowed the dramatic tension that has escalated between Comey and the Democratic presidential candidate in the final days before the election.
Nearly two years after the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown put Ferguson in the nat... . FILE - In this May 9, 2016 file photo, Delrish Moss speaks during an interview in Ferguson, Mo., before being sworn in as Ferguson's first black police chief.
Donald Trump says he would restart a controversial federal program that transfers surplus military equipment to local police departments, The Guardian reported Monday night: During discussions at a fraternal order of police lodge in Akron, Trump was asked by one questioner if he would return "military equipment" to law enforcement, according to a pool reporter who observed the event. President Obama issued an executive order last May halting the Department of Defense's 1033 program, which allows the transfer of military surplus equipment-from mundane items like gloves and French horns all the way assault rifles, grenade launchers, and armored personnel carriers-from the Pentagon to local police departments.
Vox reported that low-income minority populations are more likely to experience the long-lasting effects of traffic tickets and other misdemeanor offenses like recurring fines, jail time and potentially violent police stops. For poor people, particularly poor people of color, a traffic ticket or other minor infraction can lead to a life sentence.
Flames from forest fires licked at hom... . A forest fire rages near houses in Curral dos Romeiros, on the outskirts of Funchal, the capital of the Madeira island, Portugal Tuesday, Aug. 9 2016.
The father of the Orlando gay nightclub shooter was spotted at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in central Florida. The father of the Orlando gay nightclub shooter was spotted at a campaign event for Hillary Clinton in central Florida.
President Barack Obama's seventh and final summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard has begun with hopes of getting in some relaxing time with the first family before the busy fall leading up to November's presidential election. Obama will fill the next two weeks with leisurely rounds of golf, beach outings, bike rides and hikes with his wife and daughters, and dinner with Mrs. Obama and their friends at some of the island's top restaurants.
President Barack Obama's seventh and final summer vacation at Martha's Vineyard has begun with hopes of getting in some relaxing time with the first family before the busy fall leading up to November's presidential election. Obama will fill the next two weeks with leisurely rounds of golf, beach outings, bike rides and hikes with his wife and daughters, and dinner with Mrs. Obama and their friends at some of the island's top restaurants.
After authorities were criticized for their actions in Ferguson, Missouri, many police departments took a more restrained approach. Now the pendulum could swing back.
In the wake of protests in Ferguson, Missouri, where authorities were criticized for what some called heavy-handed tactics against demonstrators, many departments took a more restrained approach.
Authorities are now investigating whether the Dallas gunman was directed by groups such as the African American Defense League or the New Black Panther Party or merely emboldened by them. Police have been tight-lipped about exactly what they're investigating and what they've uncovered so far.
DeRay McKesson was a lead full-time paid protester in Ferguson, Missouri during the riots and looting. He later was became a lead activist in Baltimore during the Freddie Gray riots.
A makeshift memorial at the site of the police shooting of Philando Castile in Falcon Heights, Minn. FOR THE second time in as many days, Americans were reeling from searing images of a black man dying after being shot by police.
Karr, who had been criticized by the federal investigation of Ferguson's justice system after the poli... . In this March 15, 2016 photo, Ferguson city attorney Stephanie Karr participates in a city council meeting in Ferguson, Mo.