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Texas Metro Officer Resigns After Video Shows Him Brutally Beating Man at Station
A Texas metro officer resigned Monday after video was released showing him brutally beating a man who did not want to leave a station earlier this month, USA Today reports. Internal investigations concluded that Officer Jairus Warren, with the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County, used excessive force in the Sept. 14 confrontation. “This incident…
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NC Officer Fired Over Controversial Facebook Post
A Chadbourn, N.C., police officer was fired Tuesday after stirring up controversy with a post made on Facebook, WNCN reports. The officer in question, Ricky Soles, told the news station that he was offered the opportunity to resign, but he refused. He was then terminated for violating the law-enforcement code of ethics and for actions…
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NYC to Pay $5,750,000 Over Death of Mentally Ill Inmate
The city of New York has agreed to pay $5.75 million to the family of a mentally ill inmate who was found dead while in custody at the Rikers Island jail complex, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, the settlement in the death of Bradley Ballard is reportedly the largest the city has…
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DC Releases Video Showing Moments After Police Shot and Killed Unarmed Black Man
The Washington, D.C., mayor’s office has released video from an officer’s body camera showing the moments immediately after the cop shot and killed an unarmed black motorcyclist, the Huffington Post reports. Officials released the video following protests demanding answers and transparency. The protest took place at the intersection in the District’s Mount Vernon Square where…
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Tenn. Woman Returns Home to Find Alleged Burglars Having Sex on Her Couch
Talk about adding insult to injury. A South Memphis, Tenn., woman is in shock and is expediting a move after she says she caught two people having sex in her house and ransacking her home, WREG reports. “It’s horrible in there,” the victim, Jamie Barnes, told the news station. “It’s absolutely horrible in there. It’s…
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'Road Rage' Cop Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Fails to Make Bail
The New York City police officer who is facing murder charges after fatally shooting a civilian during an off-duty road rage encounter is on his way to jail because he could not raise the $500,000 bail set by a judge Tuesday morning, the New York Post reports. According to the Post, the judge ruled 37-year-old…
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Young Girl Delivers Powerful Statement About Police Shootings at Charlotte City Council Meeting
Out of the mouths of babes. A young Charlotte, N.C., girl delivered a powerful message while speaking out on police brutality at a tense Charlotte City Council meeting, the first such meeting since the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Sept. 20, CNN reports. “It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed…
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Charlotte, NC, Officer Did Not Turn on Body Camera Until After Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot: Report
One of the responding officers involved in the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., failed to activate his body camera as soon as he responded on the scene, violating department policy and displacing crucial evidence, the Washington Post reports. As the Post notes, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released two videos late Saturday. The…
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Fliers Promoting White Supremacy Found at University of Mich.
On Monday morning, students at the University of Michigan found fliers promoting white supremacy and espousing racist views, sparking a campuswide response, USA Today College reports. One poster went on about “Why White Women Shouldn’t Date Black Men,” and claimed that black men were “more likely to abuse you” and “have STDs” and that “your kids…
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Former NYC High School Educator Found Guilty of Raping Student
A former Brooklyn, N.Y., assistant principal was found guilty Monday of raping a recently graduated student back in 2009, the New York Post reports. William Abreu, 47, faces up to four years in prison for the rape of the then 17-year-old student, who had recently graduated from the school. According to the report, the unidentified…
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