The phrase the president tweeted, “When the looting starts, the shooting starts,” was used by a Miami police chief widely condemned by civil rights groups. WASHINGTON — An incendiary phrase…
Attorney General William Barr is sparking discord in several foreign capitals, going outside usual channels to seek help from allies in reviewing the origins of a U.S. counterintelligence investigation begun…
With the eyes of a burning city and rattled nation on him, Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota tried on Friday to channel the anger of a community enraged over the…
Despite an amnesty law, Mr. Galante continued to gather evidence and press for the prosecution of police officials. He died of Covid-19. This obituary is part of a series about…
Officers in the US are frequently rehired after termination for misconduct – and it increases the likelihood of abuse and killings by police, experts say. The four Minneapolis officers involved…
For a few years Larry Kramer and I had been good buddies. And then we weren’t — that was Larry’s choice. It was additionally Larry’s choice that the time had…
My Zoom graduation felt like both a creepy, post-apocalyptic exercise and a corny, semi-pointless ritual. Less than three months ago, I started having this uneasy feeling in the pit of…
Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, responded to the police killing of a black man in Minnesota with an empathetic contrast to President Donald Trump, who has suggested authorities…
In a racist confrontation with a black bird-watcher in Central Park, her choice of words was striking. Of all the ways Amy Cooper might have expressed her exasperation during a dispute…
The Canadian Cree artist Kent Monkman is celebrated for paintings that reflect the lives of Indigenous people, but some feel his new work goes too far. TORONTO — Many Indigenous…