police
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Lawyer Asks Federal Judge to Dismiss Cop’s Lawsuit Against Black Lives Matter Activist
Campaign Zero co-founder and prominent activist in the Movement for Black Lives DeRay Mckesson is being sued by an unnamed Baton Rouge, La., police officer who claims he was injured during a protest in the city four days after a police officer killed Alton Sterling, and now an attorney for Mckesson is urging a federal…
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Jeff Sessions Believes Increase in Violent Crime Is Result of Lack of Respect for Police Officers
Jeff Sessions gave his first speech as U.S. attorney general on Tuesday, and in it he tied a recent increase in violent crime to a lack of respect for police officers. He vowed that his Justice Department would be more supportive of local police departments and “not diminish their effectiveness.” The Washington Post reports that…
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Ricky Williams Just Learned That a Hero Ain’t Nuthin’ but a Sandwich
Ricky Williams was once the pride of Texas; now he can’t even take a walk around the place without police being called on him. A place where he was once a hero. On Wednesday, Williams, a former running back for the Texas Longhorns, and who played 12 years in the NFL, was back at his…
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Adam 'Pacman' Jones Arrested; Reportedly Kicked Officer and Spit on Nurse
It seemed as if Cincinnati Bengals defensive back Adam “Pacman” Jones had finally turned it around after a series of arrests since entering the NFL in 2005. He’d demanded that NFL announcers call him Adam and not by his nickname, “Pacman,” when referring to him. For years, he seemed to stay out of trouble. But…
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Black People in Colo. Arrested at 3 Times Their Percentage of Population
African Americans make up only 4.2 percent of Colorado’s population but account for 12.4 percent of arrests and criminal summonses in the state, Reuters reports. “Communities of color for a long time have felt that they are stopped and arrested more than others,” said Dense Maes, public policy director for the American Civil Liberties Union’s…
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2 Ga. Police Officers Shot While Serving Warrant
Two Georgia police officers were injured in a shooting early Monday morning while serving a search warrant in Crawford County, ABC News reports. According to the report, Georgia Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge J.T. Ricketson said that a multijurisdiction drug task force went to a home on State Highway 42 around 2:30 a.m.…
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Mich. Man Who Claims Cops Beat Him So Bad He Lost Vision in 1 Eye Files Lawsuit
A Michigan man has filed a lawsuit against the Eastpointe, Mich., police, claiming that he was strapped to a chair and beaten until he lost vision in one eye, and the entire incident was captured on video. According to Fox 2 Detroit, Frankie Taylor was arrested on drunken driving charges Aug. 10, 2015. In video,…
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Mistrial in Murder Case Against Cop Who Fatally Shot Walter Scott
A judge declared a mistrial Monday in the case against now-former North Charleston, S.C., Police Officer Michael Slager, charged with fatally shooting an unarmed black man as the man ran away from him. According to ABC News, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous decision, with many reports speculating that there was one…
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NC Police Officer Will Not Face Charges in Fatal Shooting of Keith Lamont Scott
Charlotte, N.C., Police Officer Brentley Vinson will not face any charges for the September shooting death of Keith Lamont Scott, the Charlotte Observer reports. Scott, 43, was shot in a confrontation with officers outside his apartment Sept. 20. District Attorney Andrew Murray said that the evidence shows that Scott had a gun in his hand when he…