Portland’s new racial equity panel gets to work on policy review

The Racial Equity Steering Committee begins an examination of public safety, community partnerships and other policies that disproportionately affect people of color in Maine's largest city.

Portland police, Black Lives Matter group clash over plans for protest Saturday

Organizers dispute Chief Frank Clark's criticism about a lack of communication.

Two Louisville police officers shot in protests of Breonna Taylor case

The violence occurred after a grand jury brought no charges against police for killing the Black woman during a drug raid gone wrong in March.

New York attorney general moves to expedite release of body cam footage in Prude case

Letitia James says her office may investigate claims of excessive police force patrolling the protests.

Melville Fuller relative criticizes, then commends protestors who rallied against Augusta statue

Robert Fuller Jr. sent a letter to protest organizers earlier this week accusing them of vandalism and saying the intent of the statue of former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Melville Fuller outside the Kennebec County courthouse was to create a “teachable moment.”

Trump downplays legacy of slavery in appeal to white voters

Trump has long fanned the nation's culture wars, including defending the display of the Confederate battle flag and monuments of Civil War rebels from protesters seeking their removal.

Barr tells prosecutors to consider sedition charges against some protesters

A department memo argues that the rarely used sedition statute doesn't require proof of a plot to overthrow the government.

Sheriff: Deputy on video punching Black man in Georgia fired

Roderick Walker, 26, was arrested and beaten after sheriff’s deputies pulled over the vehicle he was riding in with his girlfriend, their 5-month-old child and his stepson for an alleged broken taillight.

Watch: Video from BLM, Trump rallies in Augusta

Prosecutors: Minneapolis officer used neck restraints in past arrests

Derek Chauvin, the white police officer accused of murder in the death of George Floyd, had used such restraints 7 times before the fatal incident in May, they say.