(The Root) — “Six or seven years ago, I was sitting around writing a piece for public consumption. I thought, ‘What I could use here are some stats on racial profiling and police brutality.’ There ...

Rarely is it pleasant to get stopped by law enforcement. Yes, I admit to getting two speeding tickets in one day in the 1980s, but I paid heavily for those blunders. The officers — CHP on the first ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida International University Chief of Police Alexander Casas repeatedly assured students and faculty on Wednesday that his ...

LOWER MERION, Pa. (WPVI) -- Tensions boiled over as members of the Lower Merion community sat down with police to discuss what residents allege is racial profiling by officers. "For Lower Merion, this ...

The over-policing and raid of a so-called blind pig sparked the 1967 race rebellion in Detroit. Subsequently, in the 1970s, Detroit police had the notorious STRESS program where undercover cops ...

FILE - In this Sept.15, 2015 file photo, police officers check identity documents at the Saint-Charles train station, in Marseille, southern France. (AP Photo/Claude Paris, File) STRASBOURG, France ...

Young black man with a very worried look on his face is looking at the police car that has pulled him over in his rearview mirror reflecting the problems between ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents are stopping and questioning droves of U.S. citizens based on the color of their skin, according to Minnesota law enforcement leaders. Numerous ...

Europe's top rights court on Thursday condemned France over its police discriminating against a young man during identity checks, in the first such ruling against the country over alleged racial ...