Category
page 1Law enforcement controversies in the United States
murder of George Floyd
2020 police murder of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
Uvalde school shooting
On May 24, 2022, a mass shooting occurred at the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, United States, where 18-year-old Salvador Ramos, a former student at the school, fatally shot 19 students and 2 teachers, while injuring 18 others. Ramos was killed 77 minutes after entering the classroom by law enforcement officers.
Waco Siege
1993 struggle between the U.S government and armed inhabitants of a compound in Texas
shooting of Michael Brown
2014 police killing of a black man in Ferguson, Missouri, United States
shooting of Breonna Taylor
shooting during a drug raid in Louisville, Kentucky, United States
swatting
thumb|An FBI SWAT team during training
Blue Lives Matter
social activist movement
Fuck tha Police
1988 single by N.W.A
shooting of Jacob Blake
2020 police shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin
Ruby Ridge standoff
The Ruby Ridge standoff was the siege of a cabin occupied by the Weaver family in Boundary County, Idaho, in August 1992. On August 21, deputies of the United States Marshals Service (USMS) came to arrest Randy Weaver under a bench warrant for his failure to appear on federal firearms charges after he was given the wrong court date. The charges stemmed from Weaver's sale of a sawed-off shotgun to an undercover federal informant, who had entrapped him to modify the firearm below the legal barrel length.
Killing of Rayshard Brooks
June 2020 police killing in Atlanta, Georgia
All Lives Matter
slogan created as a counter-movement to Black Lives Matter
death of Freddie Gray
death of a person in police custody
killing of Tyre Nichols
incident on January 10, 2023, in Memphis, TN, USA
blue wall of silence
informal rule among police officers not to report on a colleague's errors, misconducts, or crimes, including police brutality
2016 U.S. national anthem protests
series of protests by American athletes
United States racial unrest
ongoing wave of civil unrest against systemic racism in the United States, 2020–2023
Kenosha unrest
protest rallies following the police shooting of Jacob Blake, a 27-year old Black father, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, United States
killing of Adam Toledo
police homicide in Chicago
Peanut
American pet (c. 2017 – 2024)
killing of Aiyana Jones
2010 police shooting of a child in Detroit
shooting of Alton Sterling
2016 police killing of a black man in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States
deportation of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
2025 deportation of a Salvadoran national from the United States
When the looting starts, the shooting starts
phrase
detention of Mahmoud Khalil
2025 arrest in New York City
Killing of Patrick Lyoya
2022 police killing in Michigan
Killing of Jayland Walker
2022 police shooting of a black man in Akron, Ohio
death of Elijah McClain
death of an African-American citizen of the United States associated with law enforcement
Isaac Woodard
1919-1992 American soldier, blinded by South Carolina police in 1946 as a form of racial abuse
Running while black
racial profiling of runners of color
Killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán
Killing of environmental activist in Georgia, United States