Tag: police violence

“Today’s verdict recognizes that two police officers violated the Constitution by failing to intervene to stop another officer from killing George Floyd, and three officers violated the Constitution by failing to provide aid to Mr. Floyd in time to prevent his death."

After reviewing the footage, the sheriff stated, “Unfortunately, we can’t justify the use of deadly force.”

“Although we welcome the jury’s verdict, the only acceptable outcome in this matter would have been Mr. Arbery returning safely to his loved ones two years ago."

“The security video of George’s actions that day in 2013, is sickening.”

Each is currently scheduled to be sentenced on May 17, and each faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison.

The drug charge is a felony and the domestic violence charge is a misdemeanor.

Dollard was charged with voluntary manslaughter and booked into the Georgetown County Detention Center.

“Nothing in this nightmare could ever make what happened to my son ok or justifiable. There is no amount of money that will bring him back."

In his new book, Kyle T. Mays argues that the violence of policing has always been intimately tied to U.S. democracy.

The kind of question we the people of America should be asking ourselves, “Can we get along? Why is it that we can’t get along?”