police brutality
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Video of Hero Cop Body-Slamming Unarmed, Handcuffed Teenage Girl Somehow Angers People
Citizens and community leaders are applauding the selfless actions of a California police officer following the cop’s heroic takedown of an unarmed, already restrained teenage girl after the girl threatened the safety and well-being of an entire school body by standing still and talking. According to a Los Angeles Times report, an instructor at Helix…
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Dear White People Cast, Crew Create Jordan Edwards Scholarship Fund
The cast and crew of the Netflix series Dear White People are honoring the life and legacy of Jordan Edwards with a scholarship fund created in partnership with Jordan’s family and the Black Alumni Association. The Jordan J. Edwards Memorial Endowed Scholarship Fund was conceptualized “to promote the education of deserving undergraduate students who enroll…
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LAPD Releases Video of Cops Shooting Unarmed Homeless Man After Keeping It Secret for Years
On Sunday, March 15, 2015, officers from the Los Angeles Police Department pulled a homeless man from his tent in a section of Los Angeles known as Skid Row. What happened next is still up for debate. The LAPD says that the man resisted, fought with the cops and eventually tried to grab an officer’s…
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Watch: Hundreds Gather at Funeral for Erica Garner
On Monday, at the First Corinthian Baptist Church in Harlem, supporters, activists and celebrities gathered to mourn the passing of 27-year-old mother and activist Erica Garner. Garner—whose father, Eric Garner, died after being choked by police—died tragically on Dec. 30 of a heart attack. Watch the video above to hear from Erica Garner’s friends and…
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Erica Garner’s Funeral Was Marred by a Family Dispute, but Her Unapologetic Warrior Spirit Could Not Be Diminished
Erica Garner’s short life was marked by her unbridled, studied passion for justice. And that passion, that pain, spilled over into her funeral service Monday evening. Her father was Eric Garner, whose last moments were captured on video as he sputtered, “I can’t breathe” 11 times on July 27, 2014. For Eric Garner, there was…
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Off-Duty NYPD Cop Goes HAM, Busts Innocent Driver’s Mouth With Metal Handcuffs After Traffic Dustup
A 24-year-old cop went berserk on a New York City couple after they got into a car accident with him this week. “Don’t you know who the fuck I am?” Officer Michael Baror screamed after he rear-ended 28-year-old James Nacimas’ vehicle in Brooklyn on Monday night. “I’m NYPD! You don’t fuck with the NYPD.” After…
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Jeff Sessions’ Justice Department Closes Case of 68-Year-Old Veteran Tased, Beaten, Shot and Killed by Cops
Federal prosecutors have decided not to file criminal civil rights charges against a white police officer who killed an unarmed African American after the mentally ill man was taunted with racial slurs, tased and shot with a beanbag gun in an incident that began when the victim accidentally set off his medical-alert device. Kenneth Chamberlain…
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Ohio Police Officer Who Killed John Crawford III Claims There Was ‘Imminent Threat’
It’s been well over three years since John Crawford III was killed in an Ohio Walmart store while holding an air rifle, browsing though merchandise and chatting on the phone. Now, though, during a deposition in a federal lawsuit, Beavercreek, Ohio, Officer Sean Williams claims that he faced an “imminent threat” during his encounter with…
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The Caucasity of Outrage Because Erica Garner’s Family Won’t Talk to White Journalists
After the death of Erica Garner, the 27-year-old daughter of police-brutality victim Eric Garner, many people who were aware of her activism were left with a sense of loss. Others, including some of the writers at The Root who knew and respected Erica, were stunned at the sudden death of someone so young and so…
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Here’s How Many People Police Killed in 2017
Police officers killed 1,129 people in 2017. More people died from police violence in 2017 than the total number of U.S. soldiers killed in action around the globe (21). More people died at the hands of police in 2017 than the number of black people who were lynched in the worst year of Jim Crow…