police brutality
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Tenn. Deputies Repeatedly Used Taser on Teen Strapped in Restraint Chair: Lawsuit
Cheatham County, Tenn., sheriff’s deputies are at the center of a newly filed federal lawsuit that claims the officers used excessive force on an 18-year-old who was taken into custody late 2016. The lawsuit accuses deputies of using a Taser on Jordan Norris multiple times, leaving some 40 Taser burns on his body, even as…
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‘We Are Not Thugs’: Black Police Chiefs Respond to Trump’s Endorsement of Police Brutality
Not all police officers are here for President Donald Trump’s casual endorsement of police brutality when he encouraged officers to be rough with suspects in a speech Friday to officers on Long Island, N.Y. Days after Trump’s controversial comments (when aren’t they ever controversial?), leaders of a leading black policing group met with Attorney General…
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Brooklyn, NY, Man Shot and Paralyzed by Cop 28 Years Ago Dies; Coroner Rules It a Homicide
And for those who think that police brutality is a new thing because of video evidence, think again. On March 31, 1989, a Brooklyn, N.Y., man was shot and paralyzed by a cop’s bullet. He recently died, and authorities have now ruled his death a homicide. Brian Evans, 46, died of kidney failure July 11,…
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I Walked Out of Detroit Because WTF, Man?!
I had a different title for this review. I tried to be poetic and dress up my disdain for this movie with not-so-pointed words. It was “Detroit Makes America Face Its Racist Demons With Unrelenting Torture,” but my managing editor, Danielle Belton, challenged me to be as real as I was in this review. So…
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The President Just Told a Room Full of White Cops That He’s Cool With Police Brutality. Here’s Why I’m Not Bothered
The president of dividing the United States is at again. If he isn’t on Twitter sending out transphobic, racist, sexist or xenophobic tweets, he’s holding speeches in front of hordes of like-minded followers. On Friday the president of white-American hatred delivered a speech to law-enforcement officers on Long Island, N.Y., during which he encouraged police…
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I Understand Why The DETROIT Movie Was Made, But I Can't Recommend That You See It
Despite living away from my native Detroit for nearly a decade and a half, I stay connected to the city through frequent visits to my immediate family and through friends on social media. As of late, I’ve heard quite a few mixed-to-negative feelings about the upcoming DETROIT film from native Detroiters, so my first goal…
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Watch: John Boyega Says Police Brutality Isn’t Just an American Problem
John Boyega is one of the stars of Kathryn Bigelow’s latest film, Detroit, which focuses on the real-life tragic torturing of young black men in the Algiers Motel in Detroit in 1967. Boyega plays a young security guard who protects a grocery store from looters, and his character walks the thin and flimsy line between…
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Miss. Police Executing Arrest Warrant Go to Wrong House, Fatally Shoot Man: Report
Police in Southaven, Miss., apparently went to the wrong address to execute an arrest warrant and ended up fatally shooting a man in his own home Sunday, an arrest warrant issued by a Tate County, Miss., judge shows. According to WREG, Ismael Lopez was shot dead by police around 11:30 p.m. Sunday while standing in…
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Minneapolis to Expand Required Use of Bodycams After Shooting Death of Justine Damond
Justine Damond’s shooting death is continuing to cause widespread changes in the Minneapolis Police Department, with officials now saying that officers will be required to turn on their body cameras when responding to all calls, initiating traffic stops or taking other actions. According to the Associated Press, acting Police Chief Medaria Arradondo confirmed to reporters Wednesday…
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‘Stupid or Liar’: What Justine Damond’s Death Proves About All Lives Matter
We’ve played this game before. It derived from a bit by podcaster Adam Carolla, who takes inane statements from politicians, celebrities and people in the news and asks: Are they stupid or are they lying? Today’s episode of “Stupid or Liar” focuses on the death of Justine Ruszczyk (Her name was not Damond. It was…