When oversight laws are ignored or transparency is lacking, it sends the wrong message that accountability is optional.” ...

Civil rights advocates who oppose a pair of bills in the Texas Legislature meant to protect law enforcement officers from unsubstantiated complaints of misconduct say the bills would also stymie ...

After initially telling the Star-Telegram they did not have all of the video evidence collected by the Tarrant County Sheriff ...

Those three minutes are probably going to reveal, potentially, why she died,” a law enforcement investigations expert said.

Small Town Horror Story: The "Suicide" of Sandra Bland In fact, one of the most horrific ... I’m giving you a lawful police order.” “Hold on, sir,” Cook responded.

The bills (House Bill 2486 and Senate Bill 781) would require all law enforcement agencies (city, transit, university and school district police departments ... by the Sandra Bland Act.

"The vague language to block access to police disciplinary records for any ... hamper independent investigations required by the Sandra Bland Act, a 2017 state law that requires independent ...

Army National Guard veteran Glenn Smallwood was booked in Angelina County's jail despite a mental health warrant that could ...

The family of Mason Yancy, who died in the Tarrant County Jail, sent a letter calling for the firing of Sheriff Bill Waybourn ...

Black social media was set ablaze after Pastor Philip Anthony Mitchell, founder of Atlanta’s 2819 Church, shared a sermon that has him going viral. And not in that good, inspiring viral to which most ...

A Texas district attorney said he has opened a criminal investigation into the arrest of Sandra Bland, the black woman ... among motorcycle gangs and police left nine dead in Waco, Texas, more ...