police brutality
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DC Releases Video Showing Moments After Police Shot and Killed Unarmed Black Man
The Washington, D.C., mayor’s office has released video from an officer’s body camera showing the moments immediately after the cop shot and killed an unarmed black motorcyclist, the Huffington Post reports. Officials released the video following protests demanding answers and transparency. The protest took place at the intersection in the District’s Mount Vernon Square where…
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'Road Rage' Cop Who Fatally Shot Delrawn Small Fails to Make Bail
The New York City police officer who is facing murder charges after fatally shooting a civilian during an off-duty road rage encounter is on his way to jail because he could not raise the $500,000 bail set by a judge Tuesday morning, the New York Post reports. According to the Post, the judge ruled 37-year-old…
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Young Girl Delivers Powerful Statement About Police Shootings at Charlotte City Council Meeting
Out of the mouths of babes. A young Charlotte, N.C., girl delivered a powerful message while speaking out on police brutality at a tense Charlotte City Council meeting, the first such meeting since the police shooting of Keith Lamont Scott on Sept. 20, CNN reports. “It’s a shame that our fathers and mothers are killed…
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The Real O’Neals Star Martha Plimpton to White Liberals: ‘Speak Up Against State Violence and Racist Injustice’ [Retracted]
RETRACTED (6/12/18): This story has been removed because we have discovered it was in breach of our editorial standards. If you’d like to know more, you can read an editor’s note here. A cached version of the story is available here for transparency.
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Charlotte, NC, Officer Did Not Turn on Body Camera Until After Keith Lamont Scott Was Shot: Report
One of the responding officers involved in the shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott in Charlotte, N.C., failed to activate his body camera as soon as he responded on the scene, violating department policy and displacing crucial evidence, the Washington Post reports. As the Post notes, the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department released two videos late Saturday. The…
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Video Shows Ga. Deputies Using Taser on Unresisting Black Man From Behind
Video showing a black man standing up against a wall in the Richmond County (Ga.) Jail with his hands behind his back before deputies used a Taser on him directly contradicts a police report stating that the man had become combative, WSB-TV reports. Carlos Seals, the man in question, acknowledges that he used profanity toward the…
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In Case You Didn’t Notice, Charlotte, NC, Is in the Middle of a Major Battleground State This Election
Keith Lamont Scott’s tragic shooting by police and the subsequent rage in Charlotte, N.C., could not have happened at a worse time—or in a worse place politically. Intersecting unrest is the larger backdrop of what is, arguably, the nation’s most extreme top-to-bottom-ballot battleground state this election cycle. Many on the ground protesting (and those watching…
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Sherry Hall: Ga. Cop Who Lied About Being Shot by Black Man Faces 4 Felonies
Sherry Hall, a police officer in Jackson, Ga., has been “charged with four felonies, including evidence tampering and giving false statements to investigators,” after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation determined that she lied about being shot by an unidentified black man,” the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. “The investigation has revealed that there is no and never was a…
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Eyewitness to Carr Shooting in Charlotte, NC: ‘Riot Police Shot Him … They’re Fabricating All of This’
Jimmy James Tyson, 31, a community activist and first responder, was standing 10-15 feet from the riot-police line in front of the Omni Hotel in downtown Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday night—where hundreds of protesters had gathered in response to the police killing of Keith Lamont Scott, 43—when all of sudden, rubber bullets and tear gas canisters exploded into…
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Watch: Keith Lamont Scott's Wife Recorded Fatal Encounter With Police
Video of Keith Lamont Scott’s fatal encounter with police in Charlotte, N.C., on Tuesday was taken by his wife, Rakeyia Scott, who shared the footage with NBC News. The video does not clearly show the exact moment the 43-year-old was shot, but it does capture the moments before and after the shooting. “He better not…