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No Murder Charges for Georgia Cop Who Fatally Shot Naked Black Man in Mental Health Crisis
I mean, why wouldn’t he be charged with murder? The recent outlier that was Amber Guyger, a white cop who actually was criminally charged and convicted in the shooting death of an unarmed black person, is certainly the exception to the rule, which is that white cops can kill black people in all manner of…
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Use of Force Investigation Underway After Black Man Tased, Choked by Police: ‘It Was Police Brutality’
In 2014, the world watched in horror as 43-year-old Eric Garner lost his life to an illegal chokehold used by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, and five years later, 25-year-old Elonte McDowell came dangerously close to experiencing a similar fate. ABC News reports that the DeKalb Police Department in Illinois has opened an investigation to determine…
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Internal Probe Reopened After Viral Video Shows Ga. Cop Repeatedly Striking Homeless Woman With Baton
The DeKalb County, Ga., Police Department has reopened an internal investigation after video surfaced showing an officer repeatedly hitting a homeless woman with his baton during an arrest. According to CNN, the incident dates to June 4. The officer had gone to a Chevron gas station in Decatur, Ga., to respond to a complaint about…