Police Brutality
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#StephonClark: Sacramento PD Completes Investigation of Officer-Involved Shooting
Seven months and seven days after 22-year-old Stephon Clark was killed on the patio in the backyard of his grandmother’s home, the Sacramento Police Department has concluded its investigation into the shooting that led to his death. In a media advisory released Thursday, the department said the results of the investigation had been turned over…
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#SayHerName: Florida Police Viciously Beat 14-Year-Old Black Girl for ‘Resisting Arrest’
Though the modern narrative on police brutality tends to focus on murdered black men and boys, black women and girls are also the victims of over-policing in black communities. Through hashtags like #SayHerName, organizations like the African American Policy Forum have been shouting from the rooftops for years that black women—cis and trans—are also vulnerable…
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Cops Sexually Assault At Least 100 Women Every Year and No One Talks About It
When discussing America’s police state, we often talk about “black bodies.” The conversation is peppered with words like “brutality” and “police violence.” But no one talks about another brutal act of violence committed by law enforcement figures. We have known about it for years but have mostly overlooked it. Everyone—including this writer—has the information but…
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Maryland Cop Charged With Raping Woman During Traffic Stop
A Maryland police officer was arrested Monday evening and charged with raping a woman during a police stop after a friend of the victim caught the officer in the act. According to CNN, 29-year-old Ryan Macklin, an officer for the Prince George’s County Police Department, pulled over a woman about 1 a.m. on Thursday for…
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When Aunties Attack: Video of Cop Manhandling Black Child Goes Viral
A video of a woman’s reaction to a police officer literally strong-arming her nephew at a Georgia mall shows the inherent danger law enforcement officers face when they are trying to protect the prized assets of great American landmarks like Spencer’s Gifts and Rue 21. The video, uploaded by Twitter user Simar, shows a cop…
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If You Have an iPhone, Do This Right Now—Just in Case You Get Pulled Over by Police
iPhone users have created shortcuts that allow Apple’s flagship product to automatically record video, text a location to an emergency contact, and even stop police from entering the phone—just in case the iPhone owner has an interaction with a law enforcement officer. Apple recently introduced “Shortcuts” to iOS 12, an app that allows iPhone owners…
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'The Video Doesn't Show My Perspective': Jason Van Dyke Testifies About Shooting Laquan McDonald as Trial Draws to Close
Closing arguments are scheduled for Thursday in the shooting death of a Chicago teen, Laquan McDonald, who died at the hands of Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke in 2014. The defense rested their case on Wednesday, and as early as this afternoon, a Cook County jury will decide Van Dyke’s fate, and along with…