Latest Black Lives Matter News

At Black Lives Matter house, families are welcomed into space of freedom and healing

Nov. 22, 2023 07:09 AM EST

STUDIO CITY, California (AP) — Some of the mystery and controversy shrouding a sprawling Los Angeles-area property owned by a national Black Lives Matter nonprofit have dissipated for dozens of families grieving a loved one killed by police. The Black Lives Matter Global Network...

LA police commission says officers violated lethal force policy in struggle with man who later died

Oct. 25, 2023 01:04 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A teacher who died after a struggle in which he was repeatedly shocked with a Taser by Los Angeles police didn't pose a deadly threat, and two officers who subdued him violated departmental policy on the use of lethal force, the police chief said in a report made public...

Vegas man tied to extremist group gets life sentence for terrorism plot targeting 2020 protests

Sep. 06, 2023 21:34 PM EDT

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A man with ties to a far-right extremist group advocating the overthrow of the U.S. government has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole for his role in a plot to firebomb a Black Lives Matter protest in Las Vegas in 2020. A state judge in...

New York police agree to reform protest tactics in settlement over 2020 response

Sep. 05, 2023 20:08 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City’s police department has agreed to adopt new policies intended to safeguard the rights of protesters as part of a legal settlement stemming from its response to the Black Lives Matter demonstrations in 2020. The 44-page agreement, filed Tuesday in...