After not serving justice to 12 year old Tamir Rice, who was gunned down by police, The City of Cleveland is suing the family of Tamir for “unpaid emergency medical fees’. So, not only was Tamir’s life meaningless to the city who’s Grand Jury decline to indict his killer, they …
February, 2016
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9 February
NAACP Calls For Investigation In Lethal Force Used Against Unarmed Naked Man
The use of lethal police force against 17-year-old David Joseph has evoked a call to action by both the Texas chapter of the NAACP and youth justice groups. The Austin Police Department has named Geoffrey Freeman, a 10 year veteran of the force, responsible for the shooting of the black youth …
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9 February
Black Female Officer Stops Fellow Officer From Choking Handcuffed Man, Then She Is Assaulted And Promptly Fired
A Black, female police officer has been dismissed by the City of Buffalo Police Department after 19 years of service because she tried to stop a fellow officer from choking a man who was already subdued in handcuffs. On November 1st, 2006, Officer Cariol Horne arrived at the scene of …
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3 February
Unarmed Detroit Woman Shot And Killed By Police, Medical Examiner Calls It ‘Homocide’
Cops are again using the “vehicle as a weapon” defense to justify killing an unarmed woman after a car chase last week. When Dearborn woman Janet Wilson was killed by officers who fired on her car January 27th, there was no weapon in her vehicle. Michigan State Police First Lt. …
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3 February
Detroit Area Cop Will Do Time For Brutally Beating Black Man, Floyd Dent
Former Inkster, Michigan police officer, William Melendez will go to prison for severely beating at man during a traffic stop. The bloody beating of motorist, Floyd Dent was recorded on dash cam video, which shows Melendez punching Dent sixteen times. In November he was convicted of misconduct in office and …
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3 February
Ramarley Graham – 4 Years Later, Still No Justice
An unarmed teen was gunned down in his home by NYPD Officer Richard Haste. On February 2, 2012 Officer Haste broke into the Graham home, without a warrant or probable cause, and opened fire on 18-year-old Ramarley, murdering him before the eyes of two onlookers–his grandmother and 6-year-old brother. Officer …
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2 February
Mentally Ill Inmate Boiled To Death By Officers, Death Ruled Accidental After 3 Year Investigation
Three and a half years after the death of Darren Rainey in June 2012, an African-American inmate serving a two year cocaine charge in Dade County, the state has finally released its highly anticipated autopsy report. Rainey’s death was ruled as “accidental,” but the state has been accused of a large-scale …
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2 February
Feds Investigate The Killing of Mario Woods by SFPD
Finally, two months after five officers shot and killed 26-year-old black man Mario Woods, the US Department of Justice will launch an investigation into his death. The killing has prompted widespread criticism of the SFPD after cell phone videos surfaced calling into question whether the officers’ use of force was justified. …
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1 February
Cops Mistake Cleaning Woman For Intruder, Chase Down And Tase Her, Have Her Charged With Evading Arrest
Two Collegedale, Tennessee police officers are under scrutiny for use of excessive force on a Guatemalan woman employed by a private cleaning company at Ooltewah Middle School. Sgt. Jamie Heath and Officer Brian Desmond had entered the school looking for a possible burglar on January 11th when they noticed an open …
January, 2016
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29 January
Two LAPD Officers Fighting To Get Their Jobs Back After Shooting And Killing Unarmed, Mentally Ill Man From Behind
It happened on live television. The 80-year old father of Brian Beaird watched a car chase live in December 2013 and saw his son shot to death by three Los Angeles police officers. According to the father, his son, an 8-year veteran of the National Guard, had been suffering from …
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28 January
Exposed: NYPD Sergeant With Lengthy History Of Excessive Force Caught Using Choke-hold, Civilian Complaint Review Board Substantiates Charges
On August 17th, 2015, I attended a peaceful Black Lives Matter demonstration for Malissa Williams, an unarmed homeless person of color murdered by Cleveland police, who were recently fired nearly four years after the fact. The demonstration began in Grand Central Station, as many of them do, and continued marching north …
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26 January
Cleveland Officers Fire 137 Shots, Kill Two Unarmed People In 2012, Finally Get Fired In 2016
Six Cleveland police officers have lost their jobs while six others have short-term suspensions without pay, Cleveland Detective Steve Loomis announced Tuesday. The officers were all linked to a car chase that ultimately involved 105 officers and 62 patrol cars. An unarmed black man and woman, Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams …
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26 January
Quintonio LeGrier called 911 three times, ignored by dispatch before shot by Chicago Police
On Monday the Independent Police Review Authority (IPRA) in Chicago released audio recordings of the three 911 calls Quintonio LeGrier made to the authorities on the morning he was shot six times by a police officer whose gunfire also accidentally killed his neighbor. LeGrier told the 911 dispatcher that his life …
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26 January
Cop Shoots Unarmed Driver, Blames It On ‘Muscle Memory’
A new dashcam video has surfaced showing an Eden Praire, Minn officer shooting an unarmed driver in the back with no cause. When asked about the mistake, Sergeant Lonnie Soppeland said it was due to stress and “muscle memory from a recent training exercise. Via Raw Story: Video published last …
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26 January
Watch: Oregon State Trooper Kicks Motorist Off Bike From Behind
A Federal Jury awarded a motorist who was violently kicked a settlement of 180,000 dollars, saying that his civil rights had been violated by an unlawful use of force from the Oregon State Trooper. Full Story – Photography Is Not A Crime