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64 year old Sharon Smith was arrested on March 16th during a Racial Equity Institute event in Biltmore Forest, North Carolina and charged with misdemeanor counts of resisting a public officer, disorderly conduct and marijuana possession (which was added after the police searched Smith at the jail), according to Citizen Times. Bitmore Forest Police Chief […]

In New Jersey classrooms, where many students of color learn from educators of color, a subject matter shift is afoot. As the Hechinger Report detailed, mid-career teachers of color with institutional support and training are transitioning into science fields with the help of The New Jersey Center for Teaching and Learning. The center is tapping into established teachers […]

The governor of Minnesota is aiming to get the damage control started a year after Philando Castile was killed by Officer Jeronimo Yanez and weeks after Yanez was acquitted. Gov. Mark Dayton announced that he’d like to name the state’s Police Officer Standards and Training Board after Castile, according to MPR.

The president of the Los Angeles Police Commission has filed a restraining order against Black Lives Matter Los Angeles activist Trevor Gerard. 

In response to the announcement that the police officer that shot and killed 40 year-old Aura Rosser would not face charges, Ann Arbor, Michigan Police Chief Seto released a statement on impending changes to officer training. Officers will undergo diversity training, including information on engaging with citizens with autism disorders. His full statement is below: […]

Cleveland city officials released extended video that show’s police forcing Tamir Rice’s sister to the ground after they shot her brother. The video shows Rice’s sister running to his aide after hearing the gun shots. Once she approached the body, she is held down by the officers involved and eventually handcuffed and put in the […]

    One day after a New York grand jury declined to indict an NYPD officer in the death of Eric Garner, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the start of a significant overhaul and retraining of the nation’s largest police force, he announced on Thursday. 

In response to Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s proposed “tough on crime” strategy, specifically Senate Bill 1342, members of BYP 100 and Project Nia have collaborated to create a youth jobs bill. Senate Bill 1342, now House Bill 5672, included a minimum sentence of one to three years for any person caught with an illegal weapon. 

A one-year progressive coding and app development program is now accepting applications. Code for Progress trains people to “build the digital tools they’ll use to communicate, organize, and mobilize in their communities.

Thanks to the expansion of a prison program, inmates in California have the chance to gain valuable skills in the field of technology. “The Last Mile” trains inmates in San Quentin State Prison as well as Los Angeles Twin Towers Correctional Facility.

Armed Teacher Training Programs have launched in 15 states since the Sandy Hook shooting. Beyond alarming. We must protect all children from gun violence, but is this the solution?

New training is only a band-aid for police brutality Monique W. Morris, The Grio | July 27, 2011 The tensions between law enforcement and community are high in cities across the country where there have been a number of police involved shootings this year. The relationship has been strained for decades, where incidents of police […]