culture
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Daniel Pantaleo’s ‘Apology’ to Eric Garner’s Family Was Just Plain Sorry
We’ve heard much over the past week about how Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson’s description of Michael Brown as a “demon” suggests that Wilson didn’t see Brown—and by extension doesn’t see black people in general—as fully human. And while these are different cases, in the wake of the failure to indict Eric Garner’s killer, I…
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5 Ohio Sheriff’s Deputies Under Investigation for Racist Texts
Five deputies are under investigation for allegedly sending racist text messages while working, the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department confirmed, according to Raw Story. Two of the officers involved, Sheriff’s Capt. Thomas J. Flanders and Det. Michael J. Sollenberger, were put on paid leave at the beginning of December. The other three deputies have not been named…
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DC Protesters Storm Streets in Support of Eric Garner and Michael Brown
Hundreds of people in the Washington, D.C., area added their voices to those in New York City who took over Times Square to protest the grand jury’s failure to indict a New York City police officer for the choke hold death of Staten Island dad Eric Garner. In College Park, Md., protesters took to the…
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Chicago Man Reportedly Attacks Woman Who Refused to Give Him Her Phone Number
A Chicago man is facing battery and assault charges after he reportedly attacked a woman who refused to give him her phone number. DNAinfo Chicago reports that an unnamed 21-year-old woman from Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood was riding the city’s L train when Denzel Rosson, 24, approached her and asked for her number. The woman refused…
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#ThisMustStop: A Conversation About Saving Black Lives From Police Brutality
On the heels of the nonindictment of then-Ferguson, Mo., police Officer Darren Wilson in the death of Michael Brown, on Wednesday night a grand jury in New York City handed down a nonindictment in the choke hold death of Eric Garner at the hands of police Officer Daniel Pantaleo. Demonstrators took to the streets to…
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2 Men Charged With Raping 16-Year-Old at Johns Hopkins Frat Party
Two men have been arrested and charged in the rape of a 16-year-old girl while at a Johns Hopkins University fraternity party, USA Today College reports. Chaz Haggins, 20, and Ethan Turner, 19, were both arrested on rape and sexual assault charges, according to the Baltimore Police Department, the site notes. The incident occurred at…
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Report: Officer in Tamir Rice Shooting Death Ruled Unfit for Duty in 2012
Before Tim Loehmann—the officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice—joined the Cleveland Police Department, he had a brief career with the Independence, Ohio, police, a suburban department that ruled him unfit for police work, Cleveland.com reports. According to the report, a Nov. 29, 2012, letter from the Independence Police Department, kept in Loehmann’s personnel…
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Protesters Swarm Times Square to Demand Justice for Eric Garner
Large groups of demonstrators marched up from Times Square to Rockefeller Center, where the scene was set for a festive televised Christmas-tree lighting Wednesday evening, to protest the news that a Staten Island grand jury would not charge the white New York City police officer accused of choking Eric Garner and causing his death. The…
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As a Black Man, I’m Outraged at the Grand Jury in Eric Garner’s Case; as a Lawyer, I’m Disgusted
By now you know. A Staten Island, N.Y., grand jury decided not to indict New York City police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the choking death of Eric Garner. As a black man, I’m outraged by this result. And as a lawyer who defends cases on the criminal side and prosecutes cases on the civil side, I’m…
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What Is It Going to Take to Indict When Police Kill an Unarmed Black Man?
There was video. The move was banned and Eric Garner’s death was ruled a homicide. But in the death of Garner, a father of six from Staten Island, N.Y., these things weren’t enough for a grand jury to bring charges against the officer who killed him. Think about that again: None of the overwhelming circumstances…