police accountability
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Man Dies After Sonoma County Deputy Slams His Head Against His Own Car, Falsely Accuses Him of Theft
On Friday, California police released a disturbing video of Sonoma County Sheriff’s Deputy Charlie Blount wrongly accusing a man of stealing his own vehicle before slamming the man’s head into his own car and placing him in a sleeper hold. If this all sounds a bit excessive that’s because it is. Buzzfeed News reports that…
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Kansas Man Claims He Woke Up to a Cop Assaulting Him in His Own Bed—For No Reason at All
Joseph Harter says he was beaten so badly by a police officer last year that, for a moment, he was blinded by his own blood in his eyes. But as brutal as that detail is, it isn’t what makes Harter’s case unique. It’s that Harter was allegedly assaulted in the dead of night in his…
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School Resource Officer Fired After Video Surfaces of 11-Year-Old Being Body Slammed: ‘This Should Never Have Happened’
On Monday, I had the misfortune of reporting about a Vance County, N.C., school resource officer who was put on paid leave after picking up and slamming an 11-year-old student into the ground—twice. Thankfully, Christmas came early, and the same sheriff’s deputy who deserves to get stomped out by every parent in America for brutally…
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School Resource Officer Placed on Leave After Video Surfaces of 11-Year-Old Being Dragged, Body Slammed
School resource officers are hired to help provide a safe learning environment in schools throughout the country, not drag and body slam 11-year-old students like this: As a result, CNN reports that authorities are investigating the assault captured by surveillance video at Vance County Middle School in Vance County, N.C. The officer’s name has not…
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22 Cops in St. Louis Were Exposed for Racist Facebook Posts. 2 Were Fired
A “proud” Missouri “cracker” and a KKKop whose pseudonym on social media was apparently inspired by a leadership position in the Ku Klux Klan have been terminated after a watchdog group discovered Facebook posts by nearly two dozen St. Louis police officers displaying bigotry, hatred and a predilection for violence. The Metropolitan Police Department of…
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Florida Police Captain Removed From Command After Ordering Deputy to Act Like a White Supremacist During Traffic Stop
Police are often accused of practicing racial bias. The head of the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Florida has been relieved of duty after ordering one of her officers to take that bias to another level. The Washington Post reports that during a staged traffic stop involving a murder suspect that the police wanted a…
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LAPD Uncovers Bodycam Footage of Officer Allegedly Fondling Dead Woman’s Breasts
An investigation is underway after a body camera caught a Los Angeles police officer allegedly fondling a dead woman’s breasts. According to the Los Angeles Times, here’s how it went down: The incident occurred when the officer and his partner responded to a call about a possible dead woman in a residential unit, sources said.…
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#GrievingWhileBlack: Family Demands Apology After West Memphis, Ark., Police Handcuff Grieving Mother
Far too often, police force black people to audition for their humanity. This is one of those times. According to writer and digital strategist Richard Brookshire, his family is owed an apology after a traumatic confrontation with the West Memphis Police Department that resulted in his sister being handcuffed. On Saturday, Brookshire’s four-year-old niece was…