In 1775, the Second Continental Congress wrote 69 Articles of War that established standards of conduct for Continental Army officers and soldiers. Over time, these articles evolved into the Uniform ...

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is ending federal police reform agreements in Minneapolis and Louisville, reversing years of accountability efforts. Civil rights attorneys are ...

The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into the alleged beating of two citizens by New Orleans Police Department officers in the days after Hurricane Katrina. Witnesses ...

A scathing report from the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division found the Memphis Police Department engages in a pattern of discriminatory policing, including violence against the disabled, and ...

The list of U.S. big-city police departments under federal scrutiny seems to keep growing: Chicago; Minneapolis; Louisville. Kentucky; Seattle; and Phoenix. Now comes Memphis, Tennessee, where the ...

At least 980 people have been killed by police since Floyd's death last year. "Justice for George Floyd" became one of several demands that sparked a movement against police brutality and racism in ...