police brutality
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DC Police Investigating Twitter Video of Black Woman Being Pinned to Cruiser by Cop
Washington, D.C., police are launching an internal investigation after a Twitter video surfaced showing a black woman being lifted off her feet and pinned to a police vehicle by an officer, the Washington Post reports. “We’ve been made aware of the video and contacted their commanding officer,” Rachel Schaerr, a department spokeswoman, told the Post,…
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If Your Pastor Says “Racism Isn’t A Skin Problem, It’s A Sin Problem” You Need To Find Another Church
Recently I decided to visit a popular, contemporary church known for its multicultural emphasis. (Read: it tries to be neither a ‘Black church’ nor a ‘White church’ in its cultural expressions of Christian worship.) I did this because, after being conspicuously silent about race and racism after the Charleston shootings (the church did not so…
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NYC to Settle With Family of Akai Gurley for $4,100,000
New York City has agreed to pay more than $4 million to settle a wrongful death lawsuit with the family of Akai Gurley, who was fatally shot by a city police officer in the stairwell of a housing project in the city’s Brooklyn borough, the New York Post reports. According to the report, the city…
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Former Aston Villa Footballer Dalian Atkinson Dies After Police in England Use Taser on Him
English footballer Dalian Atkinson died after police used a Taser on him near his father’s home in Telford, England, The Guardian reports. Atkinson, a former Aston Villa striker, who also played for Sheffield Wednesday and Ipswich Town, was 48. He was believed to have been visiting his 85-year-old father when the incident occurred. According to…
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At Least 2 Injured During 2nd Night of Milwaukee Protests
Shots were fired during a second night of protests in Milwaukee over the police shooting of Sylville K. Smith, a black man who was gunned down, authorities say, as he fled a traffic stop Saturday afternoon, CNN reports. According to the report, during unrest in the early-morning hours of Monday, one person was shot. That…
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Black Man Killed by L.A. Sheriff's Deputy Was Not a Suspect in Carjacking, Officials Say
At first, officials had identified 27-year-old Donnell Thompson as a suspect in a carjacking. Now the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department has released a statement acknowledging that Thompson, who was fatally shot during an encounter with police last month, was actually innocent, the Huffington Post notes. “We have determined that there is no evidence that Mr.…
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Chicago Gang Leaders Allegedly Plotting an Attack on Police
After the fatal police shooting of Paul O’Neal in Chicago, police say that leaders of three West Side gangs met to discuss an attack on the Chicago Police Department. An alert was issued to the Chicago Police Department a day after the supposed meeting took place, insinuating that leaders of the Vice Lords, Black Disciples…
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‘It’s Powerful’: The State of the Movement Post-Ferguson in St. Louis
#Delrawn Small, #Alton Sterling, #Philando Castile, #Alva Braziel, #Korryn Gaines, #Paul O’Neal. These are just a few of the names of men and women killed during interactions with police over the last six weeks, but it all started two years ago with #MikeBrown. On Aug. 9, two summers ago, Michael Brown Jr. was shot and…
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Va. Officer Guilty of Voluntary Manslaughter in Shooting Death of 18-Year-Old William Chapman
A Virginia jury found a white former police officer guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the April 2015 shooting death of an unarmed black teen who was accused of shoplifting, ABC News reports. Former Portsmouth, Va., Police Officer Stephen Rankin, who was fired from the police force as he awaited trial, fatally shot 18-year-old William Chapman…
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Family of Korryn Gaines Questions Police Use of Deadly Force
The family of Korryn Gaines is speaking out on behalf of the 23-year-old mother of two who was shot to death by Baltimore County police Monday after an hourslong standoff, WBAL-TV reports. One of the family’s biggest questions is why deadly force had to be used in the first place. “We see hundreds of videos…