excessive use of force
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Video Prompts Investigation Into New Jersey Police Officer Seen Repeatedly Punching Restrained Black Man
Another day, another investigation sparked by another viral video showing another cop beating on another Black man. This time it happened in New Jersey around 3 a.m. on Sunday when an officer was recorded repeatedly punching a Black man in the face while other officers restrained him. According to CBS Philly, the Cape May County…
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Buffalo City Council Calls for Investigation Into Firing of Black Cop, Who Reportedly Stopped a White Cop From Choking Suspect in 2006
In 2006, Cariol Horne, a black woman who had been a Buffalo police officer for 19 years, reportedly stopped a fellow officer, who is white, from choking a suspect while making an arrest. Two years later, Horne was fired over the incident; she was just one year away from receiving her pension. Now, the Buffalo…
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‘The Use of Force is Never Acceptable’: 2 Atlanta Cops Fired After Tasing HBCU Students During Protest
At a time when volatile and emotional protests are popping up all over the country behind a black man dying due to what is widely seen as excessive use of police force, you would think that cops at these protests would exercise caution regarding their own uses of force on black demonstrators. Yet, several documented…
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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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DC Cop Will Not Face Charges in Fatal Shooting of Terrence Sterling, an Unarmed Black Motorcyclist
A Washington, D.C., police officer who fatally shot and killed an unarmed black motorcyclist in September 2016 will not face charges, federal prosecutors announced Wednesday. Terrence Sterling’s death sparked protests across the capital, raising a fresh wave of anger over the recent spate of police killings over the past few years. However, according to Reuters,…
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Miss. Police Executing Arrest Warrant Go to Wrong House, Fatally Shoot Man: Report
Police in Southaven, Miss., apparently went to the wrong address to execute an arrest warrant and ended up fatally shooting a man in his own home Sunday, an arrest warrant issued by a Tate County, Miss., judge shows. According to WREG, Ismael Lopez was shot dead by police around 11:30 p.m. Sunday while standing in…
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Former SC Cop Michael Slager Can’t Hide the Truth. Jury Will See Cellphone Footage of Fatal Shooting of Walter Scott
Updated Friday, March 17, 2017, 4:10 p.m. EDT: Well, it looks as if former North Charleston, S.C., cop Michael Slager and his defense team won’t get their way in trying to dust away a key piece of video evidence. A judge ruled at a hearing Friday that cellphone footage of Slager shooting Walter Scott, a…