Law Enforcement
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NYPD Officers Swarm and Tase Black Man on Subway After Accusing Him of Letting Someone on Without Paying Fare
Apparently, jumping the fare on a New York subway is a serious offense. Either that or cops are just aggressive AF with Black people.
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Lawsuit Filed on Behalf of Breonna Taylor's Family Alleges Louisville Police Withheld Body Camera Footage From the Night of Her Death
Attorneys representing Taylor's family say at least one of the officers on scene during the raid of her apartment had to have a body camera activated.
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Video Showing What Led Up to Marvin Scott III's Death in a Texas Jail Released by Officials
Scott died in March after being pepper sprayed and put in a spit hood. A grand jury decided against indicting the officers involved.
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Illinois Correctional Officers Pin Black Woman Down, Strip Her in Front of Male Officers: Report
The victim currently faces five to seven years in prison due to charges stemming from the arrest.
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Innocent Black Man Killed in Crash While Minneapolis Police Chased Suspect Identified as Uncle of Darnella Frazier
The teen who filmed the death of George Floyd is now grieving the death of a family member killed during a Minneapolis police chase.
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Officer Who Fatally Shot Tamir Rice Denied Reinstatement After Ohio Supreme Court Denies Appeal
Former officer Timothy Loehmann was fired in 2017 due to inaccuracies on his job application.
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Firing Upheld for Officer Who Obtained the No-Knock Warrant That Led to the Fatal Shooting of Breonna Taylor
Joshua Jaynes was fired in January after inconsistencies were found in how he obtained the information that led to the no-knock warrant.
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Feds Launch Investigation Into Potential Pattern of Racist Abuses by Louisiana State Police
The investigation comes shortly after body camera footage of Ronald Greene's death leaked last month.
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Illinois City Will Investigate Police Department a Year After Eric Lurry Died While in Police Custody
An Illinois city has hired a private attorney to investigate its police department over the death of Eric Lurry while in police custody a little over a year ago. According to CBS News, city leaders in Joliet agreed to hire the attorney to investigate the Joliet Police Department in part because of a disturbing dashcam…