Topic: Police Misconduct

Apr 18,

1918

Dyer Anti-lynching Bill Introduced in House

Jul 19,

1919

Race Riot Erupts in Washington, DC

Feb 10,

1924

Police in Wilkes-Barre, PA Block Radicals’ Meeting

May 23,

1929

ACLU Leaders Meet with NYC Police Commissioner, Demand Protection of Civil Liberties

Jan 28,

1930

ACLU to Sue NYC Police Over Brutality, Fatal Shooting of Communist Party Member in Demonstration

Oct 2,

1930

Cleveland Police Club, Tear Gas 2,500 Protesting President Herbert Hoover

Aug 10,

1931

Wickersham Commission: First-Ever Report on Police Brutality

Nov 28,

1931

NYC Police Raid Anti-Fascist Newspaper’s Office – ACLU Protests

Oct 2,

1932

LA Police, American Legion Break Up Scottsboro Defense Meeting in Long Beach, CA

Oct 13,

1934

NYC Police Break Up Anti-Fascist Rally – NYCLU Demands Mayor Investigate

Nov 27,

1934

NYC Police Commissioner Tells Officers to “Muss Up” Known Criminals

Mar 20,

1935

NYC Mayor La Guardia Launches Investigation of Police Brutality in Harlem

Aug 1,

1943

Harlem Race Riot Signals Rising African-American Discontent

Aug 13,

1951

ACLU Defends Right of NYC Police to Form a Union

Jan 19,

1956

“Dragnet” Episode Attacks CA Supreme Court Exclusionary Rule Decision

May 23,

1957

Cleveland Police Raid Dolree Mapp’s House: Case Leads to Exclusionary Rule

Nov 17,

1961

U.S. Civil Rights Commission Finds Police Brutality “A Serious Problem” Nationwide

Feb 9,

1962

Police Chiefs Hold 5-day Closed Meeting on Desegregation; Agree that Federal Law is Supreme

Mar 7,

1965

“Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Alabama: John Lewis, Other Marchers Beaten and Tear Gassed

Mar 16,

1965

LBJ Sends Federal Troops to Guard Selma Voting Rights March

Mar 25,

1965

1965 Voting Rights March Reaches Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery

Feb 9,

1966

NYC Police Commissioner Opposes Civilian Review of the Police in Letter to Mayor

Nov 8,

1966

NYC Voters Abolish Civilian Complaint Review Board for the Police

Mar 29,

1967

Court Ends Philadelphia Police Advisory Board

Jun 10,

1968

Supreme Court Okays Police Stops and Frisks

Aug 28,

1968

“Police Riot” at Democratic Party Convention

Dec 1,

1968

Walker Report Finds “Police Riot” at Democratic Party Convention

Sep 3,

1971

FBI to Investigate Police Violence Against Latinos, African-Americans in Bridgeport, CT

Oct 22,

1971

“A Civil Liberties Disaster” – New York Civil Liberties Union Attacks Procedures in Police Corruption Probe

Jan 22,

1976

Supreme Court Rejects Injunctions Against Police Misconduct

Sep 15,

1976

ACLU Sues Memphis over Destroyed Police Spying Files

Mar 27,

1985

Supreme Court Limits Police Use of Deadly Force

Mar 3,

1991

L.A. Police Beat Rodney King; Video Tape Provokes National Outrage

Apr 29,

1992

LAPD Officers Acquitted in Rodney King Beating: Los Angeles Erupts in Riots

Sep 13,

1994

Violent Crime Control Act Addresses Police Abuse, Violence Against Women

Apr 16,

1997

Consent Degree to End “Pattern or Practice” of Abuse by Pittsburgh Police

Jun 10,

1999

Supreme Court Declares Chicago Anti-Gang Law Unconstitutional

Sep 24,

2003

New York City Police “Stop and Frisk” Practices Unconstitutional — But Practices Continue

Jun 17,

2012

Silent Marches Protest Police “Stop and Frisk” Policies

Aug 12,

2013

NYC Police’s Stop and Frisk Practices Ruled Unconstitutional

Jul 17,

2014

“I Can’t Breathe:” Eric Garner Choked to Death by NYPD Police Officers

Aug 9,

2014

Unarmed Michael Brown Shot and Killed by Ferguson, Missouri, Police Officer – Nationwide Protests Follow

Mar 4,

2015

DOJ Issues Blistering Report on Ferguson, Missouri, Police Department

Mar 4,

2015

President’s Task Force on 21st Century Policing Releases Interim Report

Oct 23,

2015

FBI Director James Comey Blames Police Critics For Recent Rise in Violent Crime

Apr 16,

2016

Washington Post Wins Pulitzer for Path-Breaking Reporting on People Shot by the Police

Topics