Police Brutality
Police Brutality
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South Carolina Police Union Whines About Police Brutality Novel The Hate U Give Being on A School's Summer Reading List
Do you hear that? Thatâs the sound of blue tears, wailing in the distance as a South Carolina Police Union gets all big mad because Angie Thomasâ award-winning novel The Hate U Give, which centers around police brutality, being included in a schoolâs summer reading list. The Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge #3 slammed…
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Cop Caught on Video Firing Taser at a Calm, Nonviolent, Compliant Man Who Was Sitting on a Curb
A viral Facebook video showing a Lancaster, Pa., police officer deploying his Taser on a man who was calm, nonviolent andâmost importantlyâattempting to comply with orders has resulted in an investigation launched by the city. The video, posted to Facebook early Thursday, shows a manâidentified by Lancaster Online as 27-year-old Sean D. Williamsâsitting on the…
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Jury Finds that Chicago Cop Acted âReasonablyâ in 2015 Fatal Shooting of Quintonio LeGrier
Another cop has evaded repercussions after being involved in the fatal shooting of a black person. On Wednesday, a jury in Illinois determined that Chicago Police Officer Robert Rialmo acted âreasonablyâ when he fatally shot 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier in December 2015. That shooting also resulted in the death of 55-year-old Bettie Jones, LeGrierâs neighbor, who…