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The Year of Black Lives Matter: A Movement With Mixed Success
Bodycams, Justice Department probes, and an FBI-manned police killings tracker are just some of the responses to the mass civil rights movement that has swept America this year. But how effective are they, and has it stemmed the deaths?
One Year After the Eric Garner Non-Indictment, Has Anything Changed?
We asked some experts and key players in New York City's police reform movement.
Video Shows NYPD Officer Tackling, Choking, and Pepper-spraying a Skateboarder
The officer tackled the skateboarder and placed him in what appears to be a chokehold, a maneuver banned by the NYPD patrol guide. The NYPD told VICE News that the incident is now under internal review.
Sammy Yatim's Death Shook Toronto — Now the Cop Charged with Murder Is on Trial
The violent death of the 18-year-old in July of 2013 served as a catalyst for efforts to change the Toronto police’s use-of-force practices.
South Carolina City to Pay Walter Scott's Family $6.5m in Police Shooting Settlement
The payout for the death of the unarmed black man at the hands of a white police officer was the largest pre-lawsuit settlement in the history of South Carolina and one of the largest in the United States, the family's lawyer said.
On The Line: Avi Asher-Schapiro On Cop Watch
VICE News journalist Avi Asher-Schapiro joined On The Line to discuss his new piece on the people who police, the police, Cop Watch.
How One Designer Took On Police Brutality at Fashion Week
Pyer Moss’ blood-splattered SS16 collection puts police brutality front and center at New York Fashion Week.
Baltimore Is Expected to Pay Freddie Gray's Family $6.4 Million
The payout is set to be larger than the ones given to the families of either Eric Garner or Rodney King.
Walking the Beat With Copwatch, the People Who Police the Police
With public confidence in US law enforcement at a 22-year low, people all over the country are teaming up to patrol their streets and train cameras on police to make sure they obey the law too.
Backlash Against Police Use of Force Is Making Its Way into US Courtrooms
The lawyer who's filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the FBI on behalf of James DiMaggio's sister says the case resonates with a US public increasingly angry about how police use force.
Dead or in Jail: The Burden of Being a Black Man in America
There was a time when I vowed to never bring another black child into this world. "For what?" I thought. "To be beaten, to be caged, to be taught to hate himself and everyone who shares the same skin as him?"
Can News of Police Violence Cause PTSD in the Black Community?
Recent studies claim that violence in the news can lead to PTSD for viewers, so we asked a psychology professor what kind of psychological harm police brutality may be causing the black community at large.