police use of force
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Derek Chauvin Wants to Bar Prosecutors From Using Past Neck and Body Restraints on Suspects as Evidence Against Him
Cops are funny. One minute they’re swearing to whichever god uses a baton and taser to smite people (Zeus maybe?) that their practices in policing are all above board and beyond reproach. Next thing, you know they’re in court requesting that those very practices be hidden from the public as they unfairly make the officer…
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‘I Felt Like There Should’ve Been More Charges’: 3rd Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Speaks Out
Here’s a question: Do any of the grand jurors in Breonna Taylor’s case agree with the grand jury ruling not to charge the officers with her death? I ask because out of the 12 jurors involved in the proceedings in September, three have now spoken out to say that they were never given the option…
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Newly Released Video Footage Shows Black Veteran Died After Police Hooded Him and Left Him in a Florida Jail Cell
The injustices that led to the creation of the Black Lives Matter movement and this year drove hundreds of people to march in pain and protest against the police’s inhumane treatment of Black Americans, are littered across the this country. The latest development in the story of the December 2018 death of U.S. Army veteran…
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Philadelphia Police Release Body Camera Footage of Walter Wallace Jr. Shooting Death
On Wednesday, Philadelphia police released body camera footage that shows what happened in the moments leading up to the Oct. 26 shooting death of Walter Wallace Jr. NBC News reports that before the footage was released, city officials gave a news conference during which they warned that the video footage—as well as 911 dispatch audio—is…
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Body and Dash Camera Footage of Marcellis Stinnette Shooting by Illinois Police Released
Last week, The Root reported that 19-year old Marcellis Stinnette was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb of Chicago—while sitting in the passenger seat of a car his girlfriend, Tafara Williams, was driving on Oct. 20. Williams was also shot but survived her wounds, and as she recovered in the hospital…
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GBI Investigating After Georgia Officer Fatally Shot 19-Year-Old Who 'Matched the Description' of Earlier Suspect
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is looking into a police shooting involving a teenager that occurred in Sylvester, Ga., Saturday. CNN reports that 19-year-old Jakerion Shmoud Jackson was fatally shot by an unnamed officer of the Sylvester Police Department after the officer responded to a call about a man who fit the description of someone…
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Jacksonville Family Demands Justice for 19-Year-Old Black Man Fatally Shot by Police Outside Chicago
A grieving family is demanding answers and justice after a 19-year-old Black man was fatally shot by a police officer in Waukegan, Ill.—a suburb of Chicago—during a traffic stop on Tuesday. The officer shot both the driver and passenger of the car involved in the stop. One shooting victim survived and is now in the…
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Judge Dismisses 3rd-Degree Murder Charge Against Derek Chauvin. All Other Charges Remain
A Hennepin County judge has dismissed a third-degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin, one of four former Minneapolis police officers charged in the May 25 death of George Floyd. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the ruling made by District Judge Peter Cahill was dated for Wednesday and announced publicly on Thursday. The good news is…
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More Officers Were Fired for Killing Porcupines Than for Killing Breonna Taylor
Let me first just say that porcupine lives matter. Two Maine police officers were fired and criminally charged in connection with the beating and killing of 11 POC. (Porcupines of color…because I’m pretty sure they’re all black and brown although, to be fair, I’ve never actually seen a porcupine. I’ve also never met anyone from…