TACOMA, Wash. — A criminal justice workgroup put together by Pierce County Executive Bruce Dammeier issued a report to examine use-of-force incidents by the Pierce County Sheriff’s Department. The ...

The motorcycle had just started when police pulled up. Marc Merritt was on Grand Avenue in Baldwin in April 2023, helping a friend bump-start a stalled bike outside the now-shuttered Appleton Estate ...

Black people were nearly 11 times as likely to experience force as white people by Nassau and Suffolk police between 2021 and 2024, a Newsday analysis found. Newsday investigative reporter Payton ...