Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and interim Police Supt. John Escalante hopes their new five-step “de-escalation” approach will lessen crime.
NY Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed a new law banning pregnant women from being shackled when they're transported to medical appointments, during delivery and eight weeks after birth.
Eric Schneiderman, the newly appointed New York attorney general, was specially hired to investigate the police deaths of unarmed citizens.
Salons without licenses or that have failed to adequately pay workers for owed wages will be shut down.
