Abandoned by her parents at age three, she was raised by nuns and built a life from nothing. The mismanaged pandemic claimed her life too soon

Joshua McLemore died of malnutrition after 20 days in windowless Indiana jail cell with no medical treatment

Chelsea Becker, prosecuted for murder after her stillbirth, spent 16 months in jail: ‘Why did the hospital call police?’

Exclusive: Ashley Caswell, one of a growing number of jailed pregnant women in Etowah county, is suing officials after she was denied care

Damore became an ‘alt-right’ hero after Google fired him over his views on women. Did Google-owned YouTube play a role in reinforcing those ideas?

Authorities in rural northern counties spread misinformation and launched aircraft surveillance in response to false rumors about antifa ‘infiltrators’, according to records obtained by the Guardian

Law enforcement killed at least 1,176 people or about 100 people a month last year, making it the deadliest for police violence

Civil rights advocates call for release of police bodycam video after Ryan Gainer killed on Saturday by deputy responding to 911 call

The American Civil Liberties Union is calling the actions a ‘kidnapping’ and a flagrant violation of the law

Clifford Farrar collapsed after seeking care last year. His death exposes the health crisis in Washington state prisons

Los Angeles sheriff’s department has routinely retaliated against victims’ relatives who speak out, NLG and ACLU say in report

An internal police chief memo shows employees were directed to use ‘field interview cards’ which would then be reviewed

Body camera reveals Los Angeles deputy fired at woman who sought help for domestic violence as nine-year-old daughter watched

Records reveal that some cities gave more stimulus money to law enforcement than to health, housing and food initiatives

Kao Saelee told the Guardian his sister was waiting outside the prison to pick him up on his release date, but guards transferred him to US immigration

On the edge of northern Los Angeles county, at least 200 people are living in tents and trailers on remote, harsh terrain. ‘They treat us like we’re a lost cause,’ one resident said

Officer is seen hitting woman twice in face as she holds her baby in video released by LA county sheriff Robert Luna

Annual report from state board found Latino and Black residents disproportionately affected by ongoing ‘pretextual stops’

Joshua McLemore died of malnutrition after 20 days in windowless Indiana jail cell with no medical treatment

Joshua McLemore died of malnutrition after 20 days in windowless Indiana jail cell with no medical treatment

In states across the US, conservatives are pushing to ban gender-affirming healthcare and limit trans kids’ access to sports teams

Shooting of 15-year-old ‘beautiful soul’ in California revives scrutiny on law enforcement abuse of youth with disabilities

David Coulson, imprisoned in California under ‘tough on crime’ laws from the 90s, was released after decades: ‘Finally someone has heard me’

Revealed: police confirm Jimmie Alfred Walker, who allegedly used racial slurs and attacked a man in 2010, was one of those involved in Yarber’s death outside a Walmart in California

A new report says sheriffs’ patrols spend more time conducting racially biased stops than they do responding to calls for help

Tom Edwards was thrilled to hear the CEO was a fan of his work, until he saw Tesla using a copy without permission

A groundbreaking analysis reveals how Portland, Oregon, was blanketed with toxic chemicals, raising concerns about global teargas use: ‘This was a disaster’

Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy who killed Niani Finlayson, 27, previously had killed another civilian under similar circumstances

Black merchants affected by the war on drugs are denied licenses and thrown into debt as white owners thrive

A recent editorial on the Gender Recognition Act in the UK was met with dismay by Guardian US journalists who believe it advanced transphobic viewpoints that are driving attacks on trans rights in...

‘He needed help and was killed,’ says Patrisse Cullors, as police are seen repeatedly using stun gun on him after traffic accident

Officers expressed sympathy with white supremacists and sought their help to target counter-protesters after a violent 2016 rally, according to court documents

Doxing arrested protesters has become common, and can have lasting consequences even after the charges are dropped

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a Use of Force incident involving a robbery suspect.

Nathan Woodyard was suspended for two years until jury found him not guilty of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide

Experts were not surprised that officers were part of the mob, given the ties between some police and white supremacist groups in recent years

Body-cam footage shows an officer with a history of misconduct claims slammed 23-year-old Mariah Valenzuela to the ground within seconds of traffic stop

In many cases, the encounters started as traffic stops or there were no allegations of violence or serious crimes

Bounchan Keola is facing deportation to Laos, a country he left when he was four, after helping to fight this year’s historic wildfires

The survivor of the Stonewall riots and mother to countless trans women has built a refuge for her community in the south: ‘I make joy here’

Jess and Annie Nichol want to undo the harsh criminal laws passed after their sister was abducted: ‘Don’t want our pain to be used to punish anyone else’

The young band reflects on their newfound fame after a clip of their performance at the Los Angeles public library exploded online

A recently unsealed file noted how transit officer Anthony Pirone ‘started a cascade of events that led to the shooting’ of the unarmed black man

Officers killed at least 1,232 people last year – the deadliest year for homicides by law enforcement in over a decade, data shows

Susie Balfour, 62, says officials failed to provide tests and treatment for breast cancer for years, allowing it to spread

Incidents have been linked to ‘organized crime’ and given fodder to conservatives that progressive policies are encouraging crime

Exclusive: Rakem Balogun spoke out against police brutality. Now he is believed to be the first prosecuted under a secretive US effort to track so-called ‘black identity extremists’

An officer mistakenly believed Sean Monterrosa had a gun, but it was a hammer in his pocket

Training documents reviewed by the Guardian show the Orange county department is also warning about the ‘extreme left’ and Black Panthers, raising concerns about false equivalency

Court hearings reveal investigator in stabbings of leftwing protesters pursued criminal cases against anti-fascists but advocated no charges for armed white supremacists

Three victims tell Guardian about their ordeal as nearly 300 sue LA county over decades of sexual abuse by officers

Records obtained by the Guardian show women in California prisons routinely report abuse, but few officers face consequences

Misinformation about a spa in Los Angeles was amplified by anti-trans and far-right groups across the globe, leading to abuse of trans women in LA

Police sent patrols to stop people around The Marathon Clothing store, records show, as Hussle’s brother tells the Guardian: ‘Everybody would get harassed’