police use of excessive force
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Virginia House of Delegates Approves Budget Focused on Criminal Justice and Police Reform
The ongoing racial reckoning in the U.S. has had Democratic legislators in Virginia looking to pass police reform policies in recent months. On Tuesday, the state’s House of Delegates approved a two-year budgetary plan that includes funding for a multitude of criminal justice and police reform initiatives aimed at addressing police misconduct and racial injustice.…
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NAACP Demands Resignation of Miami Beach Police Chief After Violent Spring Break Arrests Go Viral
The Miami-Dade County chapter of the NAACP is calling for the resignations of City Manager Jimmy Morales and Police Chief Richard Clements after viral videos surfaced in which Miami police officers exhibit violent behavior toward black spring breakers. According to the Miami New Times and the Miami Herald, police were filmed beating a woman’s head…
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Use of Force Investigation Underway After Black Man Tased, Choked by Police: ‘It Was Police Brutality’
In 2014, the world watched in horror as 43-year-old Eric Garner lost his life to an illegal chokehold used by NYPD officer Daniel Pantaleo, and five years later, 25-year-old Elonte McDowell came dangerously close to experiencing a similar fate. ABC News reports that the DeKalb Police Department in Illinois has opened an investigation to determine…
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Cop Implicated in Death of Eric Garner Is Headed to Administrative Trial as Data Shows Cops Still Use Choke Holds
The New York City police officer implicated in the death of Eric Garner five years ago is set to face an administrative trial next week after a judge cleared the way Thursday. Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who has been on desk duty since Garner’s death in July 2014, is accused of violating NYPD rules regarding the…
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Mississippi Cop Caught on Video Using Stun Gun on Handcuffed Shoplifting Suspect
A dashboard camera video released to the public by a Mississippi police department shows one of its officers using his stun gun on a shoplifting suspect who was already handcuffed and complying with officers’ commands. According to ABC News affiliate WTOK, officers from Meridian Police were chasing a suspected shoplifter as he drove around a…