police brutality
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Cleveland Settles Rodney Brown's Wrongful Death Suit for $375,000
The family of a black man who died after Cleveland police used a Taser on him in 2010 will settle with the city for $375,000, the mayor’s office announced Thursday, Reuters reports. Rodney Brown was pulled over Dec. 31, 2010, by two Cleveland police officers who used a Taser on him and further subdued him…
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Okla. Officer Charged With Manslaughter in Terence Crutcher's Death Released on Bond
The Tulsa, Okla., police officer who shot and killed Terence Crutcher was booked at the local county jail Friday morning before being released shortly afterward on a $50,000 bond, CNN reports. Officer Betty Shelby was charged with first-degree felony manslaughter and had a warrant issued for her arrest Thursday. The criminal complaint against her states…
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Joseph Mann's Family Upset at Release of Videos Showing Fatal Shooting by Calif. Police
Joseph Mann’s family wants justice after the Sacramento, Calif., Police Department released videos showing exactly how the fatal shooting of Mann occurred. Now they are saying that it’s clear police acted too soon, CBS Sacramento reports. The four different videos released by police appear to confirm that Joseph Mann, 50, was on the ground shortly after…
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Trump 'Troubled' by Tulsa, Okla., Police Shooting: Terence Crutcher Did 'Everything You're Supposed to Do'
As election 2016 winds down, the fight for “the Black Vote” continues. To that end, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said he is “troubled” by the police shooting of Terence Crutcher and suggested that maybe his killer—Tulsa, Okla., Police Officer Betty Shelby—shouldn’t be a police officer, The Hill reports. Trump made this penny-with-a-hole-in-it statement Wednesday at New Spirit Revival Center in Cleveland…
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Eyewitness to #KeithLamontScott Shooting: The Officer Who Shot That Man Was White
Updated Sunday, Sept. 25, 12:32 p.m. EDT: The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department has released dashcam and body-cam footage that appears to contradict eyewitness Taheshia Williams’ statement that Keith Lamont Scott’s hands were up when he was shot by a CMPD officer—though Scott is not waving a gun or posing “an imminent deadly threat to the officers,” as CMPD…
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#CharlotteProtest: NC Gov. Pat McCrory Declares State of Emergency, Calls in National Guard
As fiery protests in Charlotte, N.C., stretch into the third day, North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory has issued a state of emergency, activating the National Guard to “assist local law enforcement” in silencing protests that exploded in the wake of police fatally shooting Keith Lamont Scott, 43. As previously reported by The Root: By early Wednesday morning,…
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Loretta Lynch Addresses Shooting Deaths of Terence Crutcher, Keith Lamont Scott
At the International Bar Association’s 2016 Annual Conference on Wednesday, U.S. Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch commented on the police-shooting deaths of two black men in Tulsa, Okla., and Charlotte, N.C., according to a Department of Justice press release. “On Monday the Justice Department opened a civil rights investigation into the death of Terence Crutcher in Tulsa, Oklahoma,”…
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If America Treated Racism the Way It Treats Terrorism
As soon as America caught wind of the makeshift bombs that exploded in New York, New Jersey and Minnesota this weekend, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio quickly assembled the media and held a press conference, pleading for calm while authorities investigated the incidents. Along with the usual fear and outrage came calls from…
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Police: Officers Gave Keith Lamont Scott 'Clear' Commands Before Fatal Shooting
Keith Lamont Scott was given “loud, clear verbal commands” to not leave his vehicle and to drop his weapon before he was fatally shot by police officers on Tuesday evening, police in Charlotte, N.C., say, ABC News reports. Police are insisting that the 43-year-old father was armed with a gun, although it is not clear…
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Protesters, Officers Clash in Aftermath of Keith Lamont Scott Shooting Death
The shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott, a disabled black man who was reportedly reading a book when he was shot by a black police officer in Charlotte, N.C., sparked protests Tuesday that continued late into the night, the Washington Post reports. According to the report, the large demonstration began peacefully, with some people chanting…