police accountability
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Capitol Police Officer Among Dead as Fallout From Siege Continues Amid Questions About Police Preparation
A U.S. Capitol Police officer is among five people who died due to the insurrection into the Capitol building this week, an announcement that comes amid continuing questions about why there were insufficient law enforcement protections in preparation for the planned siege. Officer Brian D. Sicknick was injured after engaging with members of the mob…
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Former California Police Officer Charged With Filing a False Report After Arrest of Black Man Accused of Smoking in Public
A former San Diego County police officer is finding out the hard way that—especially considering the national spotlight on systemic racism in policing in America—he can’t just go around handling Black people any kind of way and then lie about what went down in his report. Not only was the officer fired for manhandling a…
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Officers Involved in Shooting of Jacob Blake Will Not Face Any Charges
The officers involved in the shooting of Jacob Blake—who was shot seven times in the back, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down—will not face any charges. According to NBC News, Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley announced the decision during a press conference on Tuesday. “It is my decision now that no Kenosha law…
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Philadelphia to Pay $9.8 Million to Black Man Exonerated After 28 Years in Prison for Murder. Apparently, This is Happening a Lot in Philly
It appears that for years and even decades the Philadelphia criminal justice system has shown a pattern of locking up Black men for crimes they didn’t commit based on the work of corrupt police officers and conviction-happy courts that never really consider that a Black defendant might be getting railroaded despite a glaring lack of…
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2nd Officer Involved in Andre Hill Shooting Said She 'Did Not Observe Any Threats' Before Shooting Started
The Dec 22 shooting of 47-year-old Andre Hill in Columbus, Ohio, is arguably among the most reckless acts of police brutality we’ve seen this year—and that’s saying a lot. As the investigation into the incident—in which a white police officer opened fire on a Black man who was standing in a garage clearly holding a…
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Trump Pardons Racist Former Maryland Cop Who Unleashed Her Canine on Homeless People for Fun
Last week The Root reported that the president of pardoning despicable white people has been spending his last weeks in office doling out absolution to allies, white-collar criminals and war criminals like he’s the Grinch that stole clemency and now he’s giving it all back. Well, it turns out we can add police brutality aficionado…
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Black Man Files Lawsuit After Being Jailed Due to Error in Facial Recognition Technology
A Black man in New Jersey has filed a lawsuit against police and county prosecutors after a misidentification by facial recognition technology resulted in him being jailed for 10 days. According to NBC News, 33-year-old Nijer Parks went to Woodbridge police headquarters on Feb. 5 after finding out from his grandmother that a warrant was…
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2 More Officers Involved in Breonna Taylor Raid Set to be Fired
Breonna Taylor may never receive the justice she and her family deserve, but the fallout from the March 13 botched drug raid in Louisville, Ky., continues as two more officers involved in the raid are set to be fired. Until now, officer Brett Hankinson was the only officer to be fired and to face criminal…
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Ohio Cop Who Shot Black Man Holding Cellphone Is Fired. His Complaint Record Shows It Was Long Overdue
Last week The Root reported that an unarmed 47-year-old Black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Columbus, Ohio, while he was standing in a garage and holding a cellphone. The man has now been identified by authorities as Andre Maurice Hill. The officer who shot Hill, 19-year-veteran Adam Coy, has been fired…
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New Jersey Attorney General to Begin Implementing Extensive Overhaul of Police Use-of-Force Policies
New Jersey is set to implement the first overhaul to its police use-offorce policy in over 20 years. According to NJ, the new policy will ban cops from using force to accelerate an arrest, require cops to report any use of force incidents to an online portal within 24 hours, and prevent the use of…