police
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Black People Should Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Call the Police … Unless 1 of These 10 Things Just Happened
The mere threat of murder isn’t really enough because inviting a murder squad to your house just because you heard a bump or a chainsaw in the night is hustling backward. Chasing possible murder with probable murder is like chasing Fireball with Honey Jack. No, the ax needs to be embedded in your spleen before…
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Should Police Departments Be Able to Use Drones?
At Tuesday’s meeting of the Los Angeles Police Commission, the Los Angeles Police Department said that it wanted to test the use of drones in a one-year pilot program. The announcement was met with immediate resistance from a group of activists who gathered to denounce the use of any drones by the department. According to…
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2 Police Officers Pull Over Black Fla. State Attorney, Can’t Explain Why
Bodycam footage from the Orlando Police Department shows two police officers pulling over Florida’s only black state attorney, Aramis Ayala. One officer claims they made the stop because the tint on her car’s windows was too dark. In a video released by the Daily Mail, the officer examined her driver’s license and struggled to explain…
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Research Suggests Police Speak Less Respectfully to Black People
Researchers studying the use of language by police found that officers in Oakland, Calif., are more likely to speak to white people with a higher level of respect than they give to black people. While this news of racial disparity should come as a shock to no one, it is information worth investigating to see…
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Researchers Used Watered-Down Language, Removed Some Disturbing Findings in Study on Racial Profiling in San Diego Police Department: Report
In November, a long-awaited study about whether the San Diego Police Department engaged in racial profiling was released, with the not-surprising results that black and Hispanic motorists were more likely to be searched and more likely to be subject to field interviews, although they were less likely to have contraband items. However, a new report…
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Nev. May Become the 2nd State to Require Law Enforcement to Wear Body Cameras
Police officers in Nevada may soon have a new piece of equipment that they are required to clip on after a measure regarding body cameras was sent to Gov. Brian Sandoval for his signature Thursday. According to Reuters, the proposal, which has already been approved by the state Legislature, would make Nevada the second state…
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Donald Trump Will Light Up the White House in Blue to Support Police Who Face ‘Unfair Defamation and Vilification’
President Donald Trump believes that his fellow politicians are not as supportive to police as they should be, and he said Monday that officers on the beat are subject to “unfair defamation and vilification” that have made their jobs more dangerous. Trump spoke at an annual memorial for officers slain in the line of duty,…
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Shaq ‘All Lives Matter’ O’Neal Will Run for Sheriff in 2020
Black people who desperately long to be police officers confuse me. They always have. Clearly, the good-ole-boy structure of the police force isn’t designed for black people. And yes, I get the idea of black people who want to be different and turn the force around so that they alone can change the perception of…
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Police Video Shows NC Cop Threatening to Kill Unarmed Man
Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., police are defending their use of excessive force on an unarmed man after they say he tried to run away after a traffic stop. According to police, on March 26, 2016, James Yarborough, a passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic stop, ran from police. Officers apprehended Yarborough and, for four…
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Police Video Shows 5 Black Mich. Kids Held at Gunpoint in Case of Mistaken Identity
Police in Grand Rapids, Mich., said they were just doing their job when they held a group of kids, ranging in age from 12 to 14, at gunpoint after receiving a phone call about a possible teen having a gun during a fight at a basketball court. Video of the March 24 incident was recently…