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American Cops Are Under Pressure To Rely Less On Guns And Take More Personal Risk

Critics say American officers should be trained in defensive tactics, especially empty-hand techniques, so that they depend less on tasers and guns. Images by Steve Skinner Photogra/Getty Images hide caption

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American Cops Are Under Pressure To Rely Less On Guns And Take More Personal Risk

Some blame the U.S.'s high rate of police shootings on racism or militarism. But another theory says there's a simpler problem: American police aren't taught how to grapple with armed suspects.

American Cops Are Under Pressure To Rely Less On Guns And Take More Personal Risk

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Wednesday

Minneapolis Mayor Says He Welcomes Justice Department Policing Investigation

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey was met with boos from protestors in his city last summer after saying he didn't support abolishing the police. Stephen Maturen/Getty Images hide caption

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Minneapolis Mayor Says He Welcomes Justice Department Policing Investigation

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey says his city is taking more steps to change policing following the murder conviction of Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd.

Minneapolis Mayor Says He Welcomes Justice Department Policing Investigation

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Tuesday

Thursday

Child Pepper-Sprayed By Rochester Police Was Denied Mental Health Help, Mother Says

A frame from a Rochester Police Department body-camera video shows a girl in handcuffs in the back of a police cruiser. Rochester Police-YouTube/Screenshot by NPR hide caption

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Child Pepper-Sprayed By Rochester Police Was Denied Mental Health Help, Mother Says

"Her understanding is that the officer basically told her 'I can't do that. I can't call anyone else,' " family attorney Lorenzo Napolitano told NPR Thursday.

Monday

Rochester Mayor Suspends Police Officers Who Pepper-Sprayed 9-Year-Old Girl

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Rochester Mayor Suspends Police Officers Who Pepper-Sprayed 9-Year-Old Girl

The incident renews scrutiny of the city and its police department following the death of Daniel Prude, a Black man who died of asphyxiation after an encounter with police in March.

Saturday

Policing Reform, Civilian Oversight And More: After Months Of Protest, Voters Decide

Demonstrators hold placards reading "BLACK LIVES MATTER," "Walter Wallace JR." and DEFUND PPD" as they gather in protest near the location where Wallace, a 27-year-old Black man, was killed by two police officers in Philadelphia. Police officers said he was armed with a knife. Mark Makela/Getty Images hide caption

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

Policing Reform, Civilian Oversight And More: After Months Of Protest, Voters Decide

Months of protests over police brutality have brought some change, but major reform has so far eluded many communities.

Thursday

Utah Officer Faces Felony Charge For Ordering Police Dog To Bite Black Man

Jeffery Ryans, who sustained multiple dog bites, is shown here discussing his encounter with Salt Lake City police at his attorney's office in Salt Lake City. Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP hide caption

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Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice

Utah Officer Faces Felony Charge For Ordering Police Dog To Bite Black Man

Jeffery Ryans, the man who sustained dog bites, "certainly wasn't posing an imminent threat of violence or harm to anyone," according to the district attorney.

Monday

Rochester Mayor Promises Police Reforms After Protests Over Daniel Prude's Death

Elders stand on the front line in a march for Daniel Prude on Sunday in Rochester, N.Y. Prude died in March a week after police pinned him to the ground. It was the fifth consecutive night of protesting since the release of police body-camera footage of Prude's arrest. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images hide caption

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Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice

Rochester Mayor Promises Police Reforms After Protests Over Daniel Prude's Death

Mayor Lovely Warren vows to move some mental health services funds away from police. Daniel Prude died a week after officers pinned him on the ground, responding to a mental health crisis call.

Monday

4 Officers In San Jose, Calif., Put On Leave After Racist Social Media Posts Surface

A masked protester kneels before San Jose police in San Jose, Calif. last month. Four officers have been placed on administrative leave after allegations that they posted racist and anti-Muslim messages to social media. Ben Margot/AP hide caption

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Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice

4 Officers In San Jose, Calif., Put On Leave After Racist Social Media Posts Surface

The police department is investigating allegations that surfaced in an anonymous blog post. It details current and retired San Jose officers posting racist messages in a private Facebook group.

Friday

These Are The Minneapolis Activists Leading The Push To Abolish The Police

Jeremiah Ellison, Kandace Montgomery and Arianna Nason are among those leading the push to dismantle the Minneapolis police department. Laylah Amatullah Barrayn for NPR hide caption

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America Reckons With Racial Injustice

These Are The Minneapolis Activists Leading The Push To Abolish The Police

It took less than two weeks after George Floyd's killing for Minneapolis City Council members to pledge to end the police department. But activists had been laying the groundwork for years.

Thursday

Thursday

Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown

Ella Jones, photographed in March of 2015, when she was a candidate for Ferguson's city council, became the Missouri city's first African American and first woman elected mayor of Ferguson. Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch/Tribune News Service via Getty Images hide caption

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Updates: The Fight Against Racial Injustice

Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown

Ella Jones, who will be the city's first black mayor and the first female mayor, says the city has seen widespread reforms since Brown's killing. But it still needs to "strive toward a better image."

Mayor-Elect Of Ferguson, Mo., On Where Her City Stands, After Michael Brown

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Wednesday

Missouri Cop Who Says He Was Told 'Tone Down Your Gayness' Wins Discrimination Case

A jury awarded Sgt. Keith Wildhaber nearly $20 million in a discrimination lawsuit against the St. Louis County Police Department. Jeff Roberson/AP hide caption

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Missouri Cop Who Says He Was Told 'Tone Down Your Gayness' Wins Discrimination Case

Sgt. Keith Wildhaber sued the St. Louis County Police Department in 2017, alleging he was passed over for promotions because he is gay. A jury agreed and awarded him nearly $20 million on Friday.