Diversity Management, News and Updates
In 2020, the deaths of Daniel Prude and Angelo Quinto at the hands of the police sparked public outrage and prompted calls for police reform — particularly when it comes to individuals suffering from mental health crises. A new program in New York City, the most densely populated city in…
Abuse toward public protesters was rampant all over the U.S. during the summer of 2020. And according to a new report from New York City’s Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the problem appears to have been especially bad in the country’s most populous city, where 39 officers have been accused…
A Black man in Georgia who was injured after police violently slammed him to the ground and attempted to arrest him — in what was ultimately a case of mistaken identity — has been offered a $350,000 settlement for the resulting pain and suffering he endured. The case has also…
Nicole Harper was driving 84 miles per hour in a 70-mph zone last summer near Jacksonville, Arkansas when a police officer noticed her car breaking the law and decided to give her a ticket. What happened next, however, is yet another example of police officers overstepping their legal boundaries, using…
As if things weren’t already bad enough for the Louisville Metro Police Department following the murder of Breonna Taylor during a no-knock raid on her apartment, now comes news that one of the same officers involved in that case has come under fire for harassing pedestrians on the street while…
On the one-year anniversary of George Floyd’s murder by former police officer Derek Chauvin, his family will be traveling to Washington D.C. for a special meeting with President Biden, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other top congressional leaders. Emma Newburger of CNBC has reported that “the Floyd family’s…
Lisa Michelle O’Quinn of Greenville, North Carolina was arrested after hitting two Black women with her car during an otherwise nonviolent protest over the fatal police shooting of Andrew Brown Jr. in April. Elizabeth City has been the site of near-daily protests for weeks, and tensions in the city grew…
Following rampant allegations of racism, excessive force and other abuses against immigrant detainees, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that it will be closing two “troubled” detention centers in Georgia and Massachusetts. Julia Ainsley of NBC News has reported that “Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directed ICE to…
On May 18, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee approved a sweeping new police accountability reform bill that many are calling one of the most ambitious ever attempted in the United States. Gene Johnson of the Associated Press reported that “the dozen of bills Inslee signed include outright bans on police use…
North Carolina Judge John Marsh Tyson has been accused of trying to hit an activist with his car during an anti-police brutality protest in Fayetteville. Tyson faces a misdemeanor charge of assault with a deadly weapon and is scheduled to appear in court next month. NBC News reporter Antonio Planas…
