The US Department of Justice (DOJ) is launching a broad civil-rights investigation of the Phoenix Police Department over allegations of excessive use of force and homeless abuse.

Protests have erupted after a video surfaced showing what appeared to be the violent arrest of two Black men by police officers in Rock Hill, South Carolina.

The Colombian government declares plans to “modernize” its police force in the face of persisting criticism of its brutal tactics against protesters.

Three US police officers have been charged in the killing of Manuel Ellis, a 33-year-old Black man, last year.

A US judge has postponed the trial of three former Minneapolis police officers charged with aiding and abetting in the murder of George Floyd to March 2022.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on April 24, 2021.

Campaigners urge a single guilty verdict against an individual police officer won’t change the systemic problems affecting the over policing of black and brown people until the system truly changed.

Congresswoman Maxine Waters has joined the ongoing protests in Brooklyn Center, where Daunte Wright, a Black man, was shot dead by a white officer.

Here is the latest top stories from Press TV on April 12, 2021.

The chief medical examiner who had conducted an autopsy on George Floyd has testified that police pressure on Floyd's body and neck is the primary cause of his death.