excessive force
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#SittingOnPorchWhileBlack: Video Shows NC Cop Violently Arresting Black Man
A Greensboro, N.C., police officer was stripped of his law-enforcement credentials last week via a vote by City Council members after body-camera footage of an arrest he made was made public, the Huffington Post reports. According to the report, the council voted unanimously Sept. 26 to permanently sanction Police Officer Travis Cole for his use…
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Fla. Woman Charges That Cop Baked Her a 'Sorry I Tased You' Cake
A Florida woman has filed a civil lawsuit against a former Escambia County, Fla., deputy, charging that he shocked her with a Taser in her chest and neck without provocation, tried to cover up the incident and then later—adding insult to injury—apologized with a cake. According to the Pensacola News Journal, Stephanie Byron filed the…
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DC Releases Video Showing Moments After Police Shot and Killed Unarmed Black Man
The Washington, D.C., mayor’s office has released video from an officer’s body camera showing the moments immediately after the cop shot and killed an unarmed black motorcyclist, the Huffington Post reports. Officials released the video following protests demanding answers and transparency. The protest took place at the intersection in the District’s Mount Vernon Square where…
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Charlotte, NC, Officer Did Not Turn on Body Camera Until After Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot: Report
One of the responding officers involved in the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., failed to activate his body camera as soon as he responded on the scene, violating department policy and displacing crucial evidence, the Washington Post reports. As the Post notes, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released two videos late Saturday. The…
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Off-Duty NYC Cop Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Charged With 2nd-Degree Murder
The off-duty New York City police officer who shot and killed Delrawn Small on July 4 in the city’s Brooklyn borough after an altercation sparked by road rage has been charged with second-degree murder, the New York Post reports. Wayne Isaacs is also facing charges of first-degree manslaughter after being indicted by a Brooklyn grand…
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Video Shows Ga. Deputies Using Taser on Unresisting Black Man From Behind
Video showing a black man standing up against a wall in the Richmond County (Ga.) Jail with his hands behind his back before deputies used a Taser on him directly contradicts a police report stating that the man had become combative, WSB-TV reports. Carlos Seals, the man in question, acknowledges that he used profanity toward the…
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Cleveland Settles Rodney Brown's Wrongful Death Suit for $375,000
The family of a black man who died after Cleveland police used a Taser on him in 2010 will settle with the city for $375,000, the mayor’s office announced Thursday, Reuters reports. Rodney Brown was pulled over Dec. 31, 2010, by two Cleveland police officers who used a Taser on him and further subdued him…
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Okla. Officer Charged With Manslaughter in Terence Crutcher's Death Released on Bond
The Tulsa, Okla., police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher was booked at the local county jail Friday morning before being released shortly afterward on a $50,000 bond, CNN reports. Officer Betty Shelby was charged with first-degree felony manslaughter and had a warrant issued for her arrest Thursday. The criminal complaint against her states…
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Police: Officers Gave Keith Lamont Scott 'Clear' Commands Before Fatal Shooting
Keith Lamont Scott was given “loud, clear verbal commands” to not leave his vehicle and to drop his weapon before he was fatally shot by police officers on Tuesday evening, police in Charlotte, N.C., say, ABC News reports. Police are insisting that the 43-year-old father was armed with a gun, although it is not clear…