Law Enforcement
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The City of Atlanta To Pay $1 Million Settlement To Rayshard Brooks Family After Deadly Shooting
Atlanta’s city council voted 15-0 to approve the settlement, which will be paid to the Brooks estate, and the Stewart Miller Simmons Trial Attorneys firm.
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Former Boise Police Chief Found To Have Ties To White Supremacist Group
The former police chief was found posting on social media under a pseudonym inspired by a Nazi character from the film “American History X.”
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LA Deputies who Killed Black Cyclist Escape Criminal Charges
The officers claimed to have acted in self-defense.
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3 Deputies Arrested in Brutal Beating of Jail Inmate [Update]
A total of five sheriff's deputies attacked the one inmate.
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Full Video Released of Louisiana Police Shooting [Update]
This suggests the man didn’t pose a threat at the moment of the shooting.
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A Year Before Elijah McClain Was Killed, A Woman Suffered the Same Fatal Injection
The firefighter on site objected to the parademic’s decision to inject.
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Chicago Lt Throws in the Towel Just Before a Report Exposes His Nasty FB Posts
Nineteen allegations of racist, homophobic content were sustained in the report.
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Report: Cali Sheriff’s Departments May Engage in ‘Black Codes’
Their patrol activities were found to discriminate against people of color.
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Florida Sergeant Allegedly Believes Black People Are One of ‘America’s Three Biggest Problems’
An account allegedly tied to Jacksonville's Sgt. Douglas Howell had also said things about the LGBTQ+ community.
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NC Sheriff who Called His Employees “Black Bastards” Resigns [Update]
Well isn't it the consequences of his own actions?