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  • No Justice, No Peace, Just Crooked Police

    On Thursday they told us once again that what we saw with our very own eyes is not what happened. They switched the narrative, painted another black man as an aggressor who caused his own death, and even with video evidence that directly contradicts their narrative, no cops are being charged. A(nother) black man is…

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    Monique Judge

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  • Former Chicago Cop, on the Run for Almost 15 Years, Finally Arrested on Drug Charges

    I guess a cop would best know how to run from cops? After years of being a fugitive, the law has finally apparently caught up with former Chicago Police Sgt. Eddie C. Hicks, who was arrested in Detroit early Tuesday morning. According to the Chicago Tribune, Hicks, now 68, has been the focus of an…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Milwaukee Cop Who Fatally Shot Sylville Smith Is Now Facing Charges of Sexual Assault 

    The Milwaukee police officer who shot and killed Sylville Smith is now being accused of sexually assaulting a man in an incident that occurred just two days after the fatal shooting, CNN reports. According to a criminal complaint, Officer Dominique Heaggan-Brown was watching TV coverage of the turbulent protests that followed Smith’s Aug. 13 death at a…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • Witness Who Was Set to Testify Against NYPD Cop Is Brutally Killed

    Robert Bishun, 36, was found strangled in the back of his BMW in the Fieldston section of the Bronx, N.Y., Tuesday after being abducted from his auto body shop, the New York Daily News reports. Bishun was a cooperating witness who was set to testify against Police Officer Merlin Alston, who was charged with narcotic conspiracy and…

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    The Root Staff

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  • Miss. Cop Fired After Viral Video Shows Him Soliciting Sex

    A Jackson, Miss., police officer was fired after video surfaced of him soliciting sex, reportedly from a teen, on Facebook, WAPT reports. In the minute-long video, which includes graphic language, the officer can be heard telling the young lady, “Man, you look like you’re scared to f—k.” “You said you wasn’t going to school,” the…

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    Breanna Edwards

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  • NYC Man Who Recorded Eric Garner’s Choke Hold Death Takes Plea Deal, Will Likely Serve 4 Years in Prison 

    Ramsey Orta, the man who filmed Eric Garner’s death, said he pleaded guilty in a 2014 Staten Island, N.Y., weapons and drug case Thursday and will likely spend the next four years in prison as part of the plea deal, the New York Daily News reports. “I’m supposed to be copping out,” Orta told the Daily…

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    Breanna Edwards

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