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Police officers from the Montgomery County’s 2nd District take a knee with protesters during a peaceful demonstration against racism and police brutality in Bethesda on June 2. (Brigette Squire/The Washington Informer)

National, Stacy M. Brown

What Defunding Police Departments Means

by Stacy M. Brown June 17, 2020December 21, 2021

Philonise Floyd, brother of George Floyd, testifies during a Capitol Hill hearing on police brutality and racial profiling on June 10. George Floyd died May 25 while in Minneapolis police custody.

D Kevin McNeir, National

Brother of George Floyd Testifies on Police Reform

by D. Kevin McNeir – Senior Editor June 10, 2020December 21, 2021

Op-Ed, Opinion, Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr.

JESSE JACKSON: Police Reform Was Never Going to be Easy — But Now’s the Time

by Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. June 10, 2020December 21, 2021

Local ministers preach the gospel of truth.(Hamil R.Harris/The Washington Informer)

Faith, Hamil R. Harris, Religion

Pastors Pray for Justice, Press AG on Police Conduct

by Hamil R. Harris June 10, 2020December 21, 2021

Protesters set fire to American flags outside the White House on May 29, 2020, in a solidarity rally for activists in Minneapolis who are rioting after the death of black man George Floyd in police custody. (Ford Fischer/Zenger)

D.C. Council Passes Landmark Police Reforms

by James Wright Jr. June 9, 2020December 21, 2021

Russell Simmons speaks at a convention of the National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives in Washington, D.C. (NOBLE)

Russell Simmons Leads Hip-Hop Elite in Praising New Police Reform Legislation

by Stacy M. Brown June 8, 2020December 21, 2021

The core training for most police departments is in how to deal with street encounters, even though a large part of their job is dealing with the mentally ill. (Courtesy of alternet.org)

Police Seek Answers for Handling Mentally Ill

by WI Guest Author May 10, 2017October 30, 2020

/Photo: Shevry Lassiter

Justice Department to Halt Police Reform

by WI Guest Author April 4, 2017October 30, 2020

Will Anything Really Change After the Deaths of Sterling, Gerald and Long?

by NNPAFreddie August 2, 2016October 30, 2020

Justice Dept. Disburses $23 Million for Police Cameras

by Washington Informer September 29, 2015October 30, 2020