In a settlement announced Monday, the City of Cleveland agreed to pay 6 million dollars to the family of Tamir Rice, the 12 year old boy who was fatally shot by a white Cleveland police officer in November of 2014 for playing with a toy pellet gun. The settlement, which will …
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On February 5th Denny’s settled a lawsuit brought on by an African-American couple who say they were forced to prepay for their food. The manager of the L.A. location in Koreatown claims he feared the couple would dine and dash. Video evidence also shows the couple having to wait far …
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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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All but “five or six” of the 57 individuals who allege they were tortured under the Jon Burge reign of terror were given around $100,000 in reparations this Monday. Burge (in above photo) was the police commander brought to justice in 2011 for running his “midnight crew,” which routinely tortured …
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In January 2014, a teacher giving a GED exam to 7 inmates was raped in an unguarded and unmonitored classroom. Her attacker was quickly tried and given a life sentence. For two years the state has blamed the victim and denied responsibility in putting her into an unusually risky situation …
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