Collins Memorial Library: Black Lives Matter: Documents & Data

Department of Justice Police Investigations

Baltimore Police Department
Includes links to the findings report, executive summary, BPD agreement in principle, and police reform and accountability accomplishments
Cleveland Police Department
59 page report investigating the Cleveland Police Department
Ferguson Police Department
Includes links to report on shooting of Michael Brown, FPD report and patterns and practice
Newark Police Department
Full text investigation of Newark's policing practices

Grand Jury Documents

A judge has approved the release of some details about the grand jury proceedings in the Eric Garner death case. Those details are on the last page of this document." Source: Los Angeles Times

Documents presented to the grand jury in the Ferguson case

Here are documents and evidence presented to the grand jury in Clayton, Mo., that was deciding whether to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the August shooting of Michael Brown. The documents were released by the St. Louis County prosecutor, Robert P. McCulloch. Note: Some of the documents contain graphic language. Source: New York Times

Reports

Black Lives Matter: Eliminating Racial Inequity in the Criminal Justice System
A report from the Sentencing Project about the causes of racial disparity in the criminal justice system and best practices for reducing racial disparities
Excessive or reasonable force by police? Research on law enforcement and racial conflict in the wake of Ferguson | Harvard: Journalist's Resource
The Making of Ferguson
Public policies contributing to segregated Ferguson
Documenting Ferguson
"Documenting Ferguson is a freely available resource that seeks to preserve and make accessible the digital media captured and created by community members following the shooting death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9, 2014. Our project has the ultimate goal of providing diverse perspectives on the events in Ferguson and the resulting social dialogue."
A People's Archive of Violence in Cleveland
A People’s Archive of Police Violence in Cleveland collects, preserves, and shares the stories, memories, and accounts of police violence as experienced or observed by Cleveland citizens. Organized in Summer 2015 by Cleveland residents and professional archivists from across the U.S., the archive hopes to provide the Cleveland community--especially survivors of police violence and the families of victims-- a safe and secure space to share any testimony, documents, or accounts that narrate or reflect on encounters or effects of police violence in their lives and communities.