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.

The family of Vachel Howard, who was killed in police custody in 2012, will receive a $3 million pay-out from the city over his death.

The police chief of Surf City retired following an uproar over a Facebook post where he called Black Lives Matter "terrorist group"

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…

Retired tennis star James Blake was violently assaulted outside his hotel in New York City by the NYPD on Wednesday. Blake, a former top five-ranked…

Shannon Miles, the man authorities say shot and killed a Harris County, Texas deputy sheriff last week, faced prosecutors on Monday.

A Ferguson, Mo. family is desperate for answers after the shooting death of a 9-year-old girl identified as Jamyla Bolden.

A photo of two Texas officers holding their hands up with the words "His Life Matters" scrawled across their palms goes viral.

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…

Andre Anderson, Ferguson's interim police chief, is facing scrutiny following the reveal of his previous three suspensions.

The family of Christian Taylor, the unarmed teen who was killed by a Texas police officer over the weekend, has yet to hear from police officials

The case of an Alabama officer heard spewing racial slurs and threatening to kill a Black man and hide the evidence was recovered this week