Tag: police brutality

"How much perjury is too much perjury from a Supreme Court nominee?"

Chief Hall confirmed that an arrest warrant is being obtained in order to charge the officer with manslaughter for the death of Jean.

What happened for many years to gays on Fire Island seems like a nightmare of another time – and it was.

Hurricane Maria caused 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, California joins nine other states and enacts trio of gun control bills that affect domestic violence offenders and more.

"We are always striving to improve how we handle split-second life and death situations in an effort to prevent similar tragedies from occurring.”

"Our training is designed to prevent this sort of thing from happening. We are going to make sure our training – and the officer’s adherence to that training – is as solid as it can be.”

Dashcam footage depicting the officer’s blatant use of excessive force against a handcuffed man who was not resisting was released.

The murder of Harith “Snoop” Augustus by Chicago police is the latest reminder that we must hold our elected officials accountable for upholding a system that devalues Black life.

Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who applied the fatal chokehold, continues to work for the New York Police Department on paid desk duty and has received multiple raises since Garner’s death.

The video revealed that the officers were issuing contradicting commands shortly before the Taser was fired.