Police killing

"Walk the Walk: How Three Police Chiefs Defied The Odds and Changed Cop Culture" by sociologist Neil Gross, brings readers deep inside three unusual departments—in Stockton, California; Longmont, Colorado; and LaGrange, Georgia—whose chiefs signed on to replace that aggressive culture with something better: with models focused on equity before the law, social responsibility, racial reconciliation, and the preservation of life.

On Sunday, the Berkshire County Chapter of the NAACP held a rally in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts to demand police reform after the death of Tyre Nichols in Memphis earlier this month.

The Pittsfield, Massachusetts city council approved a petition Tuesday calling for state and federal assistance to support municipal mental health services.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is urging calm through the upcoming holidays and respecting families' grief in response to the weekend killings of two New York City…