When the city settled a police brutality lawsuit with Black Lives Matter protesters in 2023, it agreed to limit a notorious NYPD unit’s deployment.

The summer of 2020 has been one marred by civil unrest in the U.S. Since the death of George Floyd at the hands of police on Memorial Day weekend, thousands of protests have taken place across the ...

A nonprofit study analyzing more than 10,000 demonstrations in the U.S. this summer determined that nearly 95% involved peaceful protests -- meaning about 5% included demonstrators engaging in ...

When 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, the Black Lives Matter movement spread on social media. In recent weeks, there have been protests and interruptions ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Demonstrators protest outside a building with "Black Lives Matter" on the wall in Los Angeles in November 2020. (Christina ...

The Sacramento, Calif., chapter of Black Lives Matter wants the two police officers who shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark on March 18 to be fired and criminally charged. To that end, its ...

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The discussion about police brutality in Fresno is far from over. Leaders of the Black Lives Matter group plan on holding another protest Wednesday. It follows Saturday's ...

From Chicago, where he lived at the time, Muhammad watched livefeeds of protesters in Des Moines squaring off against police in riot gear. Some smashed windows and threw water bottles. Crowds ran from ...