police brutality
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Video Released After Teen Tased and Killed by Michigan State Troopers Underscores Law Enforcement’s Utter Contempt for Black Americans
The incivility and cruelty of law enforcement against black citizens of the United States continues unabated. And it’s not just white officers who hate the black bodies they are sworn to serve and protect (as the case of Freddie Gray and plenty of others show). In a recent report by WXYZ-TV in Detroit, an investigator…
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Is This the 1st Victim of COINTELPRO 2.0? Jailed ‘Black Identity Extremist’ Speaks Out
Last year, just nine days before white supremacists stormed Charlottesville, Va., the FBI released a report citing “black identity extremists” as a growing threat to law enforcement. In the report, first obtained by Foreign Policy, the FBI claimed that police attacks on black Americans could spur “premeditated, retaliatory lethal violence” against the police. Now The Guardian…
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A List of the Fucks I Give About the Snitch-Ass Police Dogs That’ll Be Unemployed if Marijuana Is Legalized
1. Zero fucks 2. Nil fucks 3. Nan fucks 4. Zot fucks 5. Zip fucks 6. Nada fucks 7. Void fucks 8. Zilch fucks 9. Squat fucks 10. A negative fuck 11. A fuck that exists on an event horizon, which means it doesn’t really exist, at least not with the properties that we’ve come…
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Miami Police Officer Suspended After Kicking Suspect in the Head
A Miami police officer has been suspended with pay after a Miami resident filmed him kicking a man who was already in handcuffs in the head. The incident, video of which was posted on Facebook, took place at the Culmer Place Apartments in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. The officer, identified as Mario Figueroa, is a two-year…
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Officers Who Used Taser on Naked, Unarmed Mentally Ill Man Didn’t Follow International Guidelines; Still Won’t Be Disciplined
More than a year ago, an international policing agency issued guidelines on how officers should properly use Tasers. In April 2017, the International Association of Chiefs of Police wrote that officers who suspected “excited delirium”—a controversial condition whose symptoms include aggressive or bizarre behavior and paranoia—should “consider the possibility that the situation is a medical…
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Cop Who Killed Alton Sterling Caught on Video Slapping Handcuffed Man: Report
The now former Baton Rouge, La., police officer who shot and killed an already subdued Alton Sterling now faces charges that he slapped a handcuffed suspect because the cop feared for his life, something something … his safety was threatened, yada yada … it’s a dangerous job. According to the New York Post, Blane Salamoni,…
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Watch: Police Slam Former NFL Player Desmond Marrow
Former NFL player Desmond Marrow appears to be the latest victim of another brutal police arrest. “You fucking slammed my head,” said Marrow to Henry County, Ga., police during his violent December 2017 encounter. Moments later, police forced Marrow to the ground and appeared to put him in a chokehold. He continued, “I can’t breathe,…
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Police Caught on Camera Physically Assaulting Former NFL Player Desmond Marrow
A video from December has surfaced showing former NFL player Desmond Marrow being assaulted by Henry County police officers in McDonough, Ga., after an alleged road rage incident. According to court documents from the lawyer for the Atlanta chapter of Black Lives Matter, which is representing Marrow, the former athlete says a white man threw…
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College Student Says He Was Attacked by Cops for Skateboarding Because … Someone Could Get Hurt, You Know
Warning: This story contains graphic images. The story of an Arizona student has gone viral after the college sophomore’s mother posted details of an alleged attack on her son by campus police officers on social media. Facebook user Kai Trigg said that her son, a member of the Central Arizona College track team, apologized when…
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#StephonClark: Grieving Older Brother Charged With Misdemeanor Assault, Vandalism
Following his arrest Thursday in Sacramento, Calif., on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and making death threats, Stevante Clark was officially charged with misdemeanor assault and vandalism on Monday. The 25-year-old was also accused of making criminal threats and abusing a 911 line, according to the Associated Press. Although police were seeking to…