Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement
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Florida Cop Handcuffs 11-Year-Old Black Boy Because âHe Was Being Disrespectfulâ
Florida, man. In Jacksonville, Fla., JaxPAL is the cityâs Police Athletic League. They sponsor a youth basketball league with the intended goal of creating âpositive relationships between law enforcement officers and the youth of our community through educational, athletic and leadership programs.â Would you like to know how that is going? One of the law…
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'Tired of Talking': Nashville Community Demands Police Chief's Resignation After Cop Shoots Black Man in Back
âJust because someone is running away from you doesnât mean you can gun them down. Just because someone doesnât listen to you doesnât mean you can gun them downâ – Pastor Napoleon Harris, First Baptist Church, Nashville, Tenn. text Pastor Harris is referring to 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick, who was fatally shot in the back after…
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All Charges Dropped Against 11-Year-Old Tased by Off-Duty Cincinnati OfficerÂ
The 11-year-old who was tased in the back by a Cincinnati police officer will no longer face charges after Mayor John Cranley announced on Wednesday that the charges of theft and obstructing official business were dropped at his request. âTasing an 11-year old who posed no danger to the police is wrong. Iâm sorry for…
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Outraged Mother Speaks Out After 11-Year-Old Daughter is Tased in the Back by Off-Duty Cincinnati Cop [Update]
Updated: Wednesday, August 8, 2018; 4:00 p.m. EDT: A Cincinnati mother is demanding answers and action after her 4-foot-11, 90-pounds-soaking-wet 11-year-old daughter was tased in the back by an officer. Donna Gowdy, the mother in question, does not believe that any child should be stunned in that manner, because why the fuck would you do…
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Black Lives Matter Disrupts Wedding of Officer Involved in Fatal Shooting of Stephon Clark
One of the officers who fired 10 shots each at Stephon Clark, ultimately killing the young father, was greeted by Black Lives Matter protesters on his wedding day. It may be easy for the unidentified officer to move on with his life, get married, start a familyâopportunities that have now been robbed of Clarkâbut protesters…
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Video Shows Detroit Cop Beating a Naked Black Woman Who May Have Been Mentally Ill
An unnamed Detroit police officer who was captured on video viciously pummeling a naked black woman in a hospital has been suspended without pay. Chief James Craig confirmed at a Thursday press conference that the officer, an 18-year veteran, and a corporal, has never had a âcategory oneâ use of force incident (when force leaves…
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Video: Louisiana Cops Strangle Black Man to Death for Asking to See Arrest Warrant
Once, for a writing prompt, I was asked to describe how it felt to be white. I imagined that it feels like freedom. Like how flying feels to a hawk. Even the literal sky is not the limit when one is granted the privilege of being born with wings. A hawk is not an evil…
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Family of Antwon Rose II, Pittsburgh Teen Killed by Police, Files Wrongful Death Lawsuit
The family of an unarmed black teen who was shot and killed by a white East Pittsburgh police officer filed a lawsuit on Wednesday, claiming wrongful death, as well as the use of âexcessive and deadly force.â The family of 17-year-old Antwon Rose II alleged in the federal lawsuit that East Pittsburgh failed to âproperly…
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Minneapolis Police Officers Will Not Face Criminal Charges After Gunning Down Fleeing Black Man [Updated]
Updated: Monday, July 30, 2018; 2:02 p.m. EDT: Surprising absolutely no one, the Minneapolis police officers who gunned down a fleeing black man back in June will not be charged in his death. On Sunday, body camera footage of the fatal shooting of Thurman Blevins was released, showing officers repeatedly threatening to shoot Blevins if…
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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 officersâ commands. According to ABC News affiliate WTOK, officers from Meridian Police were chasing a suspected shoplifter as he drove around a…