Black Justice Tracker

A white former officer slipped free after a Louisiana grand jury declined to indict him on terrorism charges despite his armed threats to kill Black...

Mourners filled a Madison church for the funeral of 38-year-old Corey Ruiz, shot by police on July 22.

• Sharpton's eulogy declared “Corey matters,”...

Black lawmakers met with Arkansas State Police to examine a use-of-force incident, with one stating after dashcam review that the force against Hackett met applicable standards.

A 15-year-old girl charged with first-degree murder in the targeted killings of five family members in East St. Louis will undergo a psychological...

A D.C. man received an 85-year sentence for the 2023 Morgan State University homecoming mass shooting that injured five students and others during campus celebrations. The case highlights accountability for gun violence disrupting HBCU events.

A former officer accused of plotting a mass shooting targeting Black people was released after a Louisiana grand jury declined to indict him on...

Madison police do not widely use body cameras, creating a systemic transparency gap after officers fatally shot a 38-year-old Black man and sparking fresh policy debate.

Marquis Brown was sentenced to 85 years in prison for five counts of attempted second-degree murder in the October 2023 Morgan State University...

• Fourteen years after the 2012 Aurora theater massacre that killed 12 and wounded 70, Colorado passed universal background checks and banned...

Community members at Monday’s Aurora City Council meeting intensified calls for Police Chief Todd Chamberlain’s resignation, citing ongoing shootings...

A woman live-streaming a college sendoff party in Memphis's Douglass community documented the terror as 20-25 shots rang out, yelling "I've been shot"...

Community reactions to police shootings of Black individuals show a clear shift from 2020 peaks.

• Madison protests erupted after the July killing of...

Elected Rep. Telisa Franklin addresses the community after a mass shooting at a Northeast Memphis trunk party left one woman dead and four others injured.

Black church leaders from the African American Council of Churches organized a Standing Together for Justice and Unity event at the state capitol,...

The mass killing of 8 children in Shreveport exposes the devastating pattern of gun violence targeting Black youth.

Untreated trauma from such...

Louis Jackson, a 46-year-old Black male from Baltimore, died in a police-involved incident documented in the report, which names Officer Sharod Watson. The findings spotlight ongoing questions of accountability in such cases.

The Corey Ruiz case shows how police training often overrides official protocols, leading to predictable justifications that shield officers from...

A 25-year-old Black woman faces multiple gun and ammunition charges after being arrested as a mere guest at a raided Brooklyn residence where she was...

• Boston nonprofit Lawyers for Civil Rights sued Suffolk DA and Boston PD to release bodycam footage of the March fatal shooting of unarmed Black man...

Historical racial violence continues to shape today's stark economic disparities for Black Americans. The 1898 Wilmington coup killed Black residents...