Tag: police violence
Police officer fired after tazing handcuffed man in video
Dashcam footage depicting the officer’s blatant use of excessive force against a handcuffed man who was not resisting was released.
The police will keep killing us until we stop criminalizing blackness...
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.
Progressive Briefing for Friday, June 22, 2018
Bernie Sanders on income inequality, police shoot a fleeing 17-year-old in Pittsburgh, white supremacists plan more rallies, and more.
Jury awards 4 cents to family of man killed by sheriff’s...
“I think they were trying to insult the case,” the family’s lawyer, John Phillips, added. “Why go there with the $1? That was the hurtful part.”
Mexican police officers sentenced to 25 years for murdering journalist
The former mayor and deputy police chief remain in hiding along with many of the other officers suspected of murdering Sánchez.
Video shows off-duty officer punching unarmed man
“They should have terminated him, quite frankly. I mean, period.”
Former cop charged with assaulting unarmed jaywalker on video
Hickman was charged with assault by strangulation, assault inflicting serious injury, and communicating threats.
Suppressed body cam video shows cops beating innocent unarmed man
No criminal charges have been filed against the Topeka Police Department for suppressing the footage or the prosecutors.