Police Brutality
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Say No Mo', Where Is Video?: The Assassination of E.J. Bradford
ASSASSINATE: transitive verb 1: to murder (a usually prominent person) by sudden or secret attack often for political reasons; a plot to assassinate the governor 2: to injure or destroy unexpectedly and treacherously; assassinate a man’s character; “While, in life, he may not have fit the definition of a “prominent person,” the sudden theft of…
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Murder Was the Case That They Gave Her, But Will It Stick?
A grand jury in Dallas indicted former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger on a murder charge for the shooting death of Botham Jean. Nearly three months after the 26-year-old Jean was shot in his apartment while minding his own business, the wheels of justice seem to be turning just a bit. But will there be…
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St. Louis Cops Giddily Planned to Beat Protesters but Unwittingly Beat an Undercover Cop. Now They’re Indicted
The aftermath of Jason Stockley’s acquittal for the killing of Anthony Lamar Smith carried an electric, emotional charge for members of the St. Louis community—but it was about to be an event for a few St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers. According to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, three officers, Dustin Boone, Randy Hays, and Christopher Myers,…
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Police Killed Black Man From Detroit and (Possibly) a Police Dog. Which One Do You Think Received More Sympathy?
A Detroit man was shot and killed by police outside the St. Clair Shores venue where his baby shower was being held. According to the Detroit Free Press, 29-year-old Theoddeus Gray was shot multiple times by police after Gray fired one shot with a pistol, which then jammed, according to the officers’ version of events.…
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Black Man Graciously Helps Intoxicated Neighbor, Gets Arrested for Some Silly Shit
23-year-old Samir Ahmed was just helping a neighbor in his own community…until the police got involved and arrested him. On the morning of Nov. 17, someone called police to help a drunk man who was in and out of consciousness in a Silver Spring, Maryland, community. In the interim, Ahmed graciously helped the inebriated man…
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Watch: New Video Shows Milwaukee Cop Shooting Unarmed Black Man
“Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?” – Juvenal text That sentence is not from the guy who made “Back Dat Azz Up.” It is from the ancient Roman poet Juvenal and is roughly translated as “Who will watch the watchmen?” or “Who will guard the guardians?” And while it is used to describe the impossibility of checking…
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Laquan McDonald’s Murderer Was Found Guilty—Will a Judge Convict the Chicago Cops Who Allegedly Lied to Cover for Him?
In what’s being called an “unprecedented” case, three Chicago cops accused of lying to protect one of their own in the shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald will begin their trial today. They are facing criminal “code of silence” charges—the first Chicago cops to ever do so. Former Detective David March, former Officer Joseph Walsh…
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Sacramento Police Implement New Body Camera Placement Policy to Prevent ‘Accidental’ Shutoffs
In the early morning hours of Thursday, Sept. 6, 19-year-old Darell Richards was shot and killed by a SWAT officer with the Sacramento Police Department. The officers claimed Richards had pointed a weapon at them—a weapon that was later discovered to be a pellet gun. When the body camera footage from the officers at the…
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#BothamJean: Newly Elected Dallas DA Wants to Charge Amber Guyger With Murder
More than two months after an unarmed and innocent 26-year-old, Botham Shem Jean, was shot to death in his apartment by former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, newly elected Dallas District Attorney John Creuzot is ready to do the job his predecessor failed to—charge Guyger with murder. Faith Johnson, a black Republican who was appointed…
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Black Man Precludes Casualties in Bar Shootout—Only to be Shot and Killed by Police [Updated]
The headline should have been: “Security Guard Apprehends Shooter and Saves Lives.” Instead, it’s another case of the police shooting and killing an innocent black man. Eyewitnesses say that at Manny’s Blue Room Bar in Robbins, Ill., security told a group of intoxicated men they had to leave. One of the men returned armed, at…