In early September, 1945, a trio of boys burst into police headquarters with a breathless report. They’d seen a “great big black cat” in a tree at Elmwood Park. By the next day, “panther ...

The Hamilton Township Police Department in New Jersey extinguished rumors on Friday, that a black panther was roaming around the town, after it was determined to be something else.

A Black father killed a cop after seeing his son shot dead in a police chase. People have donated tens of thousands of dollars to his cause - Rodney Hinton Jr’s case has been compared to the ...

HAMILTON TOWNSHIP — Police say there's no evidence that a black panther was roaming the township despite reports on social media Thursday night.

A Las Vegas police officer has been indicted for allegedly orchestrating fake arrests primarily targeting Black men, raising concerns about racial profiling and law enforcement misconduct.

In the poll — which sampled 48,981 U.S. adults throughout 2024 — 64% of Black respondents said they have confidence in their local police force. This is up from 58% in 2023 and 55% in 2022. In ...

Police in a majority-Black Mississippi city discriminate against Black people, use excessive force and retaliate against critics, investigation finds.

SEATTLE — Once a powerful force in Seattle, the Black Panther Party fought systemic injustice and uplifted Black communities. What many might not know is that their legacy lives on in some of ...

Olivia Allen-Price: The Black Panther Party for self defense was founded in Oakland in 1966, as a strategy for organizing against rampant police violence. They believed in Black nationalism, socialism ...

The case of a deaf Black man with cerebral palsy is under investigation in Phoenix after police body-camera footage showed officers punching and Tasering him during his arrest. Tyron McAlpin, 34 ...

The horrific, preventable death of Sonya Massey is yet another reason Black Americans struggle to trust law enforcement. On July 6, a sheriff's deputy shot Massey in her home in Illinois, after ...

The inclusion of Assata Shakur in letter “E” in the Black Lives Matter mural outside Palo Alto City Hall was cited in a lawsuit by a group of Palo Alto police officers against the city.