justine damond
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Fake Street Signs Rip Police After High-Profile Shooting Deaths in Minn.
The people have spoken and continue to speak in new and innovative ways. At least two illegal street signs with the message, “Warning: Twin Cities police easily startled,” were posted Sunday in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn., showing an international symbol for a police officer shooting his weapon in random and dangerous directions. The signs—which…
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I Understand Why Some Black People Couldn’t Care Less About Justine Damond
Fuck you. Fuck your humanity. Fuck your children. Fuck your life. That is the cruel, loud echo black people hear reverberating out of America’s criminal-injustice system every day when police officers get away with shooting, choking, raping and slamming the life out of our bodies. If we’re lucky, our deaths trend on Twitter and evoke…
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Minneapolis Police Chief Resigns in Wake of Shooting
Minneapolis Chief of Police Janeé Harteau resigned Friday after careful reflection on the comments of Minneapolis city officials who told her, in so many words, “We’re gonna fire your ass.” Although Harteau was not fired, CBS News reports that Harteau issued her resignation “at the request” of Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges—which is the Caucasian version…
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Attorney: Justine Damond Is ‘the Most Innocent Victim’ of a Police Shooting He Has Ever Seen
Those who want to blame every single black person who has ever been shot by police for their own death have finally gotten their perfect victim: a white woman named Justine Damond. A lawyer representing the family of the Australian native who was shot and killed by a Minneapolis police officer said Thursday that Damond…
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Minneapolis Police Officer Who Reportedly Shot and Killed Australian Native Identified
Updated Monday, July 17, 2017, 2:20 p.m. EDT: Well, that didn’t take long at all. The Minneapolis police officer who shot and killed a 40-year-old Australian native in an alley behind her home Saturday night after she called 911 to report a disturbance has been identified—with pictures and everything. According to the Star Tribune, a…