SCOTUS rules 7-1 in Foster v Georgia that the defendant’s conviction in 1986 was a “blatant prosecutorial misconduct,” violates 6th amendment. The Supreme Court ruled Monday morning to give Georgia inmate Timothy Foster new life by finding that prosecutors unconstitutionally barred any potential black jurors from serving on his trial almost …
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Faced with the prospect of being fired, Chicago detective opts to quietly step down two days before police board hearing. Dante Servin, a Chicago police officer whose 2012 fatal shooting of unarmed Rekia Boyd was described as “beyond reckless,” has opted to resign from the Chicago Police Department rather than …
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Officer Jason Stockley arrested, charged with 2011 shooting where defendant can be heard saying he’s “going to kill this (expletive deleted), don’t you know it.” A disgraced former St. Louis police officer has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder for fatally shooting Anthony Lamar Smith – an incident …
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“We have been killing, and banking on the death of Black lives for as long as we’ve been a country.” I woke this morning to familiarly disgusting news. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watchmen who was acquitted of murdering Trayvon Martin in July of 2013, was again trending as the result of purportedly …
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James Comey continues to cling to “Ferguson Effect” false narrative to rationalize improper policing while fellow officers denounce the claim as unproven and divisive The director of the F.B.I. once again referenced the controversial “Ferguson Effect” Wednesday, saying that he believed “less aggressive policing was driving an alarming spike in …
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In a surprise move in court Thursday, Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez filed a motion to recuse herself and her aides from the prosecution of Jason Van Dyke, the Chicago police officer who shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. Alvarez requested that a special prosecutor be appointed to take …
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Officer stomped and punched suspects head as he was “resisting arrest” An NYPD officer was convicted by a judge Friday morning for “gratuitously” stomping on the head of a suspect. In a statement explaining his decision, Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Alan Marrus said that disgraced officer Joel Edouard “let down …
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Geneva Reed-Veal, the mother of Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman who died under highly suspect conditions in a Texas jail, made an impassioned speech at the Library of Congress today. Reed-Veal was addressing the newly formed Congressional Caucus on Black Women and Girls. The Caucus was formed in March …
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Robert Bates, a 74-year-old volunteer reserve sheriff deputy for the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office, was found guilty of second-degree manslaughter by a jury on Wednesday. While working for the sheriff’s office last year, Bates shot and killed an unarmed suspect, Eric Courtney Harris, 44 on April 2. As we have …
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Just after 4 PM yesterday a 14-year-old boy who did not pose a real threat to anyone was shot by a police officer in East Baltimore. It was the one year anniversary of Freddie Gray’s funeral, the event two weeks after Gray’s death from spinal injuries in the care of police …
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“At least 11” killed in the last month. Since the Black Lives Matter movement began gaining critical momentum following the fatal shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown, a national discussion has raged about police brutality, use of force justifications, and the need for comprehensive criminal justice reform in the United States. …
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“They’re done. They are 6-7, dude.” In today’s episode of “Who do you actually protect and serve?” shocking new video footage has emerged from a police cruiser dash cam showing sheriff’s deputies deliberately making no attempt to save three drowning Florida teenage girls who drove into a cemetery pond after stealing …
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“I love Harriet Tubman. I love what she did. But we can find another way to honor her.” .@RealBenCarson: "I love Harriet Tubman. I love what she did. But we can find another way to honor her." @TeamCavutohttps://t.co/2QkQy0rt5L — FOX Business (@FoxBusiness) April 20, 2016 As though endorsing the most …
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Two state, one local official to be charged on 13 counts Three Michigan officials will face charges to be announced in full detail at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in connection to their role of allowing lead contamination to persist for several years in Flint’s municipal water system, multiple government sources …
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Peter Liang, the ex-NYPD officer who shot and killed unarmed Akai Gurley in November, 2014 will serve no jail time, according to a ruling handed down by Judge Danny Chun. Liang had previously been charged with manslaughter for shooting Gurley, but Judge Chun reduced his sentence to criminally negligent homicide. …
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