police accountability
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4 Arizona Officers on Paid Leave After Video Shows Them Brutally Pummeling Man Who Was on His Cellphone
The Mesa, Ariz., Police Department is under scrutiny after releasing video on Tuesday that showed officers brutally beating a man who appeared to be minding his own business while on his cellphone. Of course, despite the fact that there is video evidence showing unnecessary force, a fact that Mesa Police Chief Ramon Batista acknowledged based…
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Georgia Cop Fired for Ramming Fleeing Suspect With Patrol Car Gets New Job as Sheriff’s Deputy in Neighboring County
Well, well, well. White privilege is a hell of a drug. Imagine being fired from your job one day for running over a fleeing civilian, and getting another job, in the same field, in a matter of days. I need those kinds of odds in my life. And that’s the kind of life Taylor Saulters,…
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NYC Man Who Called Cops for Help and Was Instead Beaten Up Wins $3 Million
A 27-year-old Brooklynite was just trying to get help from the cops when he gave them a call. Instead, the New York City man was the one who was beaten to a pulp by three officers while his young son watched. On Friday, following a four-day trial and after five hours of deliberations, a federal…
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Not All Cops: Unarmed Black Teen Not Shot and Killed by Police
Police unions, objective observers and whatever they call white people (I’m using “‘MAGA’ Yeezys” this week) often accuse the media of casting law enforcement officers in a negative light simply because some news outlets believe the public should know about police brutality and the disproportionate killing of black people. But The Root would like to…
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Georgia Officer Fired After Purposely Hitting Fleeing Black Man With Police Car
An Athens-Clarke County, Ga., police officer is out of a job after an investigation determined that he purposely rammed his police cruiser into a fleeing suspect. According to ABC News, Officer Taylor Saulters was first suspended after the incident, which occurred Friday, but was ultimately fired Saturday. “After reviewing the officers’ body camera footage, and…
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Florida Jury ‘Awards’ $4 to Family of Black Man Killed by White Police Officer
There’s really no amount of money that can soften the blow of having a loved one taken away from you, but one Florida jury added insult to an inexcusable injury by awarding $4 to the family of Gregory Vaughn Hill Jr. after his shooting death at the hands of police. According to NBC News, when…
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Florida Cop Arrested After Threatening to Kill Woman and Her Family if She Didn’t Send Him Nude Photos: Report
Another day, and Florida is back in the news for some crazy, highly worrisome reason. On Tuesday, authorities in Florida arrested a fellow law enforcement officer after he allegedly sent threatening messages to a Georgia woman in a sick bid to get her to send him nude photographs. Orange City Police Officer Joshua David Fancher,…
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Chesterfield County, Va., Police Say ‘Facts Matter’ After Violent Arrest Video Goes Viral. Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Believe Them
Despite the fact that a viral video seems to show none of this, a 19-year-old was shocked by a Taser and taken to jail after Chesterfield County, Va., police officers say the teenager resisted arrest and assaulted an officer. Elkanah A. Odembo Jr. was charged Tuesday with assault on a law enforcement officer, defective equipment…
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Houston Cop to Woman During Traffic Stop: ‘Put Your Hands Up … Pretend Like We’re Going to Shoot You’
In another incident of cops behaving badly and being caught on video, an officer was caught during a traffic stop in Houston telling a woman he ordered out of the car to “put your hands up. Over your head! Pretend like we’re going to shoot you.” During the short video, you can hear Denee Harris…