police accountability
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A Black Man Died During an Arrest in Louisiana; A Local Coroner Has Ruled the Death a Homicide by ‘Asphyxia’
On Thursday, 22-year-old Keeven Robinson died shortly after a chase and “brief struggle” with narcotics detectives from the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana. At first, authorities hinted that his death may have been related to his medical history of asthma, the Washington Post reports, noting that an air-quality alert had warned residents of unhealthy…
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‘I Quit’: Georgia Officer Resigns After Dragging 65-Year-Old Woman From Car During Traffic Stop [Updated]
Updated: Saturday, May 12, 2018, 10 a.m. EDT: The Alpharetta Police Department released a statement Friday saying that the officer at the center of a police stop where an elderly black woman was dragged from her car has resigned. Former Officer James Legg, who began his letter by saying, “I quit,” offered his side of…
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Miami Police Officer Charged With Assault After Attempting to Kick Handcuffed Man in the Head
Miami Police Officer Mario Figueroa has been charged with assault, a second-degree misdemeanor, after he was caught on camera aiming a kick at the head of an arrestee. “Officer Mario Figueroa can have no excuse for the alleged actions seen on the initial videotape,” Miami-Dade County State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle said in a news…
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Off-Duty California Cop Pulls Gun on Guy Buying Mentos
How is it that a man trying to make a purchase of Mentos—you know, the freshmaker—ends up with an off-duty police officer drawing his gun? Who knows, but it happened to Jose Arreola in Buena Park, Calif., and two months later, he’s still looking for answers. Arreola was at a Chevron gas station, and minutes…
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Congressional Black Caucus to Host Twitter Town Hall on Community Policing and Police Accountability
On Tuesday, May 8, the Congressional Black Caucus will be hosting a Twitter town hall focused on community policing and police accountability, during which members will be responding to questions and comments from constituents, celebrities, activists and advocates alike. In the wake of the recent police shootings of Diante Yarber, Saheed Vassell and Stephon Clark—shooting…
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Mother Arrested at Hospital for Disorderly Conduct While Trying to See Her Dying Son
You can add “being distraught over the death of your child while black” to the growing list of things that might get you arrested after police locked up a grieving mother for trying to see her son at a Pennsylvania hospital. According to the York Daily Record, on Tuesday, after Cheirha Rankins arrived home from…
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Florida Police Shoot and Kill Black Man, Then Go to Funeral Home in Attempt to Unlock His Phone Using His Fingerprint
There really appears to be no line the police will not cross. At least, not in this case, where Largo, Fla., police shot and killed a 30-year-old black man during a traffic stop, only to later go to the funeral home days before the victim’s burial in an attempt to use his fingerprint to unlock…
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California Store Clerk Calls Cops on Black Man Who Asked for Refund; Black Man Gets Beaten Bloody
The Merced, Calif., Police Department has launched an internal investigation after a black man was brutally beaten and injured while in custody. William Colbert’s arrest photo shows the 39-year-old’s face bloodied and bruised and one of his eyes swollen shut. “I have spoken with Mr. Colbert and collected all the statements about what he said…
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Video of Massachusetts Cops Punching Black Harvard Student Sparks Outrage
The Cambridge, Mass., Police Department has launched an internal investigation since video has surfaced showing officers beating up an unarmed, naked, black Harvard student who appeared to be in distress. Video of the incident was released Sunday. Authorities claim that the student in question, 21-year-old Selorm Ohene, was apparently high on drugs and was acting…