police brutality
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Las Vegas Police Change Use-of-Force Policy Following Death of Unarmed Black Man Who Was Put in Choke Hold
Las Vegas police have decided to put an end to the routine use of neck restraints, revamping their use-of-force policies following the death of an unarmed black man who had been put in the controversial restraint. According to the Associated Press, the technique, which renders people unconscious and is taught in the department, has been…
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Lawsuit Claims Columbus, Ohio, Police Have Been Using Excessive Force Against Black Residents
Attorneys for Timothy Davis, an unarmed black man whose brutal beating in a local market at the hands of Columbus, Ohio, police was caught on video, have filed a civil rights complaint against the city. According to the Associated Press, the federal lawsuit filed Monday claims that Columbus police have used excessive force, particularly toward…
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NJ Man Suffers Fractured Jaw, Broken Nose, Multiple Other Injuries After Being Brutally Beaten by Cops, Lawyer Says
A Trenton, N.J., man says he was viciously beaten by local police, suffering multiple injuries, after he was pulled over for allegedly running a red light. Let me repeat that. A 40-year-old man says he was tackled, punched and kicked by two city police officers, leaving him with a concussion, several broken or fractured bones,…
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‘We Are Allowed to Punch, Kick’: Ohio Police Attempt to Justify Brutal Beating of Unarmed Black Man
It’s another day ending in y, and another group of police officers—this time in Columbus, Ohio—were caught on cellphone footage repeatedly punching and kicking an unarmed black man during an arrest inside a local market. However, although the suspect, identified as 31-year-old Timothy Davis, is seen in his booking photo with multiple bruises and marks…
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How 1 of America’s Deadliest Police Forces Gets Away With Shooting and Killing Black People
On Monday, Nov. 13, 2013, a man called 911 and said he was the victim of a carjacking. The caller said a black woman he didn’t know asked him for a ride, and when he let her in, a black man jumped in with her, pointed a gun at him, stole his 2003 Toyota RAV4…
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Activists Demand Names of Vegas Cops Who Held Gun on NFL Player Michael Bennett Jr.
Despite police attempts to flip the script, there are those who continue to seek justice in the case of Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett Jr., who was held at gunpoint by Las Vegas police for being black and “in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Black Lives Matter Global Network co-founder Patrisse Cullors-Brignac—whom…
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NFL Player Michael Bennett Assaulted by Vegas Police After Mayweather-McGregor Fight, Video Shows
Seattle Seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett penned an open letter claiming that he was racially profiled and stopped by Las Vegas police after the Floyd Mayweather-vs.-Conor McGregor fight Aug. 26. According to Bennett’s Twitter post, he was leaving the T-Mobile Arena when he and others in the crowd heard what they believed to be gunshots.…
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National Action Network Calls for Review of All Cases Related to Ga. Cop Who Was Caught on Camera Saying, ‘We Only Kill Black People’
Cobb County, Ga., Police Lt. Greg Abbott may have retired in order to avoid any accountability for his inexcusable actions after being caught on camera saying, all casual-like, “Remember, we only kill black people.” However, the National Action Network is not quite through with him. Youth Director Mary-Pat Hector and local chapter leader the Rev.…
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Ga. Cop, Caught on Viral Video Saying ‘Remember, We Only Kill Black People,’ Retires as Department Moves to Fire Him
The Cobb County, Ga., police officer who was seen in shocking dashcam footage telling a white female passenger that she would not be harmed during a DUI traffic stop because police “only kill black people” retired Thursday after officials in the department sought his termination. Another cop out via cop-out, it seems. Is police accountability…