police brutality
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Black Lives Matter Leader Plans to Sue NYPD for Viciously Slamming Him During Peaceful Protest
What could be more ironic (or horrible) than an activist against police brutality being brutalized by police? Just another day, apparently. A Black Lives Matter leader from the Bronx, N.Y., says he plans to sue the city because he says cops with the New York City Police Department went HAM on him when they arrested…
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Chicago Cop Gets 5 Years for Shooting Into Car Filled With Black Teens
It must be snowing, because a federal court sentenced a white Chicago police officer to 60 months in prison for shooting into a car full of black teenagers in 2013. On Monday, Marco Proano, 42, received the five-year sentence three months after he was convicted of two counts of using unreasonable force and causing bodily…
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Georgia Cop Viciously Beat Teen, Causing Him to Suffer Concussion, Mom Says
A Georgia mother is finally speaking out, months after her teenage son was brutally beaten by an Atlanta police officer following a high-speed chase. The original incident occurred back in September 2016, but the officer wasn’t fired until July 26 of this year, and now Zabora Brown is demanding action, WSB-TV reports. “Something needs to…
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Charges Dropped Against Black Man Shot by Texas Cops Who Thought He Was Breaking Into His Own Damn Car
Charges have been dropped against a black man who was shot by Mesquite, Texas, cops who wrongly assumed he was breaking into a vehicle. Actually, as the Dallas Morning News notes, 31-year-old Lyndo Jones was just trying to access his own vehicle when he was shot by the officers. Jones was wrongly charged with evading…
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Seahawks’ Michael Bennett Stood for National Anthem Ahead of Veterans Day
Michael Bennett is proving, once and for all, that the NFL protests during the national anthem have nothing to do with veterans. The Seattle Seahawks defensive end stood for the national anthem Thursday for the first time this season, Bleacher Report notes. According to the sports site, Bennett told NBC that he stood to show…
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Miss. High School Basketball Player Says He Was Suspended for Not Placing Hand Over Heart During National Anthem
A Mississippi high school basketball player says he was suspended from school for not placing his hand over his heart while the national anthem played at a school event last week. Chase Neal, a 16-year-old junior at Caledonia High School, told The Dispatch that he and some teammates were taking part in a slam-dunk contest…
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Police Chief Who Compared Black People to ‘ISIS’ and Wanted to Mow Them Down Charged With Hate Crime
A former New Jersey police chief has been charged with hate crimes and civil rights violations by federal prosecutors after revelations surfaced that he used dogs to attack black suspects, used hateful speech and physically attacked an African-American teenager. According to NJ.com, Frank Nucera Jr. was the police chief in the small township of Bordentown,…
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Houston Texans Owner Apologizes After Referring to NFL Protesters as ‘Inmates Running the Prison’
The owner of the Houston Texans, Bob McNair, gave a public apology Friday after referring to NFL players protesting police brutality and racial oppression as “inmates running the prison” during an owners meeting last week. During the meeting, McNair quipped, “We can’t have the inmates running the prison.” And pretty much, there it all is,…
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Mich. State Police Director May Have Had Pay Docked for Controversial Posts About NFL Protests, but Her Pension Is Still Good
By now we all know about Michigan State Police Col. Kriste Kibbey Etue’s controversial Facebook post, in which she referred to NFL protesters as “ungrateful, anti-American degenerates.” Many demanded her resignation in response to the meme that was shared on her Facebook page at a time when the MSP was already under scrutiny for its…
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New Study Shows Bodycams Have Little Influence on Police Brutality
Well, the results are in, and they don’t look promising for police bodycams as the be-all and end-all in stopping police abuse and brutality. But I think we knew this. As many anti-brutality activists have maintained, it’s not about tactics (though they may help) but about dismantling the system and culture. A new study by…