Racial Justice

On Tuesday, some Texans will take a paid day off for a state holiday honoring Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the Confederate army.

A Minnesota judge cited the ongoing coronavirus pandemic as reason to have Derek Chauvin's trial start on March 8, while the other officers involved in Floyd's death will have their trial in August.

Detective Joshua Jaynes, who secured the search warrant for Taylor's apartment, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, who federal investigators said fired the shot that killed her, have been terminated.

Kenosha, Wis., police Officer Rusten Sheskey, who is white, shot Jacob Blake, a Black man, seven times in the back in August after Blake slowly walked away from officers and toward a parked vehicle.

Ramos was fatally shot in April. While a criminal investigation into the shooting has been inactive for months, incoming District Attorney José Garza has pledged to bring it before a grand jury in 2021.

Though the department has publicly committed to bolstering equity in policing and diversity in hiring, a 152-page memo suggests it's not doing enough.

The lawsuit is one of six filed against the Austin Police Department for its use of so-called less-lethal ammunition used to control crowds.

The death of Breonna Taylor energized a nationwide movement to restrict "no-knock" police raids, but activists want tightened rules for other kinds of forced-entry search warrants.

Joe Herrera says an unnamed officer shot him in the thigh during protests against police killings and racism. This is the fifth federal lawsuit related to the Austin Police Department's use of the ammunition in May.

A plan proposes the city dole out $500 million over 10 years, as well as establish an African American embassy to serve as a hub for Black entrepreneurs and a health and educational resource center.