police accountability
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When the Jailer Goes to Jail: Florida Sheriff’s Deputy Booked on Charges He Stole From Inmate
Like Spike Lee once exclaimed, “It’s gotta be the shoes!” No, really. The Nike Air Max 97 must be some kind of shoe if a jail guard found them worth going to jail over. That’s what authorities are saying about a Florida sheriff’s deputy who is accused of stealing an inmate’s $250 Nike Air Max…
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Eric Garner Case: ‘Definition of a Choke Hold’
An NYPD trainer testified Tuesday that the maneuver used by police officer Daniel Pantaleo to force an unarmed black man to the ground was the “definition of a choke hold.” The testimony came during the departmental trial of Pantaleo regarding his role in the July 2014 death of Eric Garner, according to the New York…
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Unarmed Black Woman Yells ‘I’m Pregnant!’ Before Being Shot, Killed by Police
A police officer in Baytown, Texas, fatally shot and killed a black woman while attempting to arrest her at her apartment complex on Monday night. KHOU 11 reports that the shooting occurred after an officer identified a woman with whom he had prior encounters while patrolling her apartment complex. Believing she had outstanding warrants, he…
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Family of Sandra Bland Demands Answers After New Footage of Her Arrest Surfaces
On Monday night, Dallas news station WFAA released new cellphone footage from the 2015 arrest of Sandra Bland that confirms what we all already knew: that the life of Texas state trooper Brian Encinia was never in danger and that Texas officials have withheld evidence of not only her controversial arrest, but very likely her…
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Minneapolis Awards $20 Million to Family of Woman Shot by Officer Mohamed Noor
The City of Minneapolis has agreed to pay $20 million to the family of an unarmed woman who was shot and killed by an officer after she approached his car when he was responding the her 911 call. The victim’s family had filed a lawsuit seeking more than $50 million from Minneapolis, saying that the…
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Former Minneapolis Cop Found Guilty of Murder in Death of Australian Native Justine Damond
A jury on Tuesday convicted a now former Minneapolis police officer of murder for shooting and killing a woman after responding to a 911 call she made to report a possible sexual assault. Mohamed Noor, who was the city of Minneapolis’ first police officer from its growing Somali American community, faces up to 16 years…
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Ex-Dallas Police Officer Amber Guyger's Frantic 911 Call Released: 'I'm Going to Lose My Job'
We’ve wondered for months what Amber Guyger—the former Dallas police officer who shot and killed 26-year-old Botham Jean in his own apartment—was thinking in the immediate aftermath of Jean’s murder and now we finally have an answer. WFAA-TV has obtained a copy of Guyger’s five-minute 911 call to dispatchers and it’s just as unsettling as…
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Police Confront Robbery Suspect in Texas, Shoot Three Children
Three children, aged five, four and one years old, were taken to a Tulsa, Okla.-area hospital after a police officer fired at a robbery suspect in a pickup truck. Their injuries are considered non-life-threatening, according to WKRG. Though authorities did not immediately release the ages or conditions of the children, Olivia Hill told Texas news…