The Los Angeles Police Commission voted Tuesday to approve a policy for equipping officers with body cameras, moving the LAPD a step closer to becoming the nation’s largest law enforcement agency to adopt the widespread use of the devices.
Source: www.latimes.com
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The National Guard was unleashed on Baltimore yesterday to quell unrest following the funeral of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who died of injuries sustained in police custody. On 12 April, Gray was pinned to the pavement by officers before being loaded into a police van. When he was taken out of it his spine was ‘80 per cent severed’, according to the family’s lawyer. He spent a week in a coma and died on 19 April.
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Source: ushypocrisy.com
In Baltimore, a photojournalist covering protest against police brutality is beaten up by cops http://t.co/3OXxc54bCd
— Nicholas Kristof (@NickKristof) April 26, 2015
Current estimates are that the United States has paid over $10 billion in police misconduct settlements since 2004 w/ over 10,000 killed.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 27, 2015
This is why we are here today. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/M9Wje9Pfsu
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 28, 2015
In a moment like this you're at home worrying abt some fucking televisions, and I'm praying my two Black sons never get killed by the cops.
— Propane Jane (@docrocktex26) April 28, 2015
They not showing this on the news https://t.co/oUPk2ItvC1
— Rastakid25 (@Let_Me_Work) April 27, 2015
"The question is:
America how many times do you need to see a city being burned to the ground to recognize a problem?" @wkamaubell
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 28, 2015
Throughout history, love has often been used as justification for the need to destroy in the interest of reformation #BaltimoreUprising
— T Squared (@PricklyPundit) April 28, 2015
RT @TheRealTayRoc: Smh pic.twitter.com/fXXmGDyBio
— Chalky White (@LogicalHater) April 28, 2015
Freddie Gray (1989-2015) was a Black American man killed by police in Baltimore, Maryland. In West Baltimore, in fact, the very Black neighbourhood shown in “The Wire” (2002-2008). While the police investigate themselves, six police officers are on paid leave:
On the morning of April 12th 2015, the police looked at Gray and he ran. A friend says Gray has a history of being beat up by police. The police went after him, on bicycles and on foot. They arrested him for running from police. Not a crime.
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Source: abagond.wordpress.com
A petition has been launched asking for Sunrise’s Samantha Armytage to apologise for on-air comments to twins with different skin tones, after she said ‘good on her’ to the sister with fairer skin
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
All Our Sons. Baltimore. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/iBHF9s8GXo
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 25, 2015
Colorblind. Baltimore. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/PasaQPaalZ
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 25, 2015
Just SOME of the people shot in January 2015. #Justice4Freddie #March2Justice pic.twitter.com/uE4iWbcxEx
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) April 25, 2015
Guilty. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/se7sMiOVkC
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 25, 2015
—– WALTER SCOUT )-(ERIC GARNER)-(MIKE BROWN)-TRAYVON MARTIN
– https://t.co/amM9Do68Uw pic.twitter.com/ZRhyGut4bD
— vi stylez 340 (@1775romeo) April 24, 2015
US views of immigrants have changed. Today, 57% say they strengthen the US, up from 31% in '94 http://t.co/plEhYITNhr pic.twitter.com/U9CCKT2IhR
— Mark Hugo Lopez (@mhugolopez) April 24, 2015
Gay student has screwdriver jabbed in face during brawl as principal watches without helping http://t.co/g45hDOtqJx pic.twitter.com/SkM5VO8ylk
— Raw Story (@RawStory) April 23, 2015
"We don't hate the 1%. We hate greed. We hate avarice. We hate moral constipation." @CornelWest @DivestHarvard @350 pic.twitter.com/yqNjAhE9Ir
— Rev. Fred Small (@revfredsmall) April 17, 2015
NEW VIDEO: Unarmed, on phone, riding bike, Dontrell Stephens shot 4x in the back by FL police
http://t.co/VwMOhFutzJ pic.twitter.com/d8xFnHtapT
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 24, 2015
VIDEO:
#ErvinEdwards was arrested for sagging his pants. Tasered to death in his jail cell.
http://t.co/bhoCuLkoCK pic.twitter.com/FXMaxOW57D
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) April 24, 2015
#FreddieGray Did any witnesses see this maneuver? If yes, they need to report what they saw to the police. pic.twitter.com/HW2KTY7guv
— Judy Melinek M.D. (@drjudymelinek) April 24, 2015
Have Police Merged With The KKK?—Scholar Calls Brutal Cops 'Race Soldiers' for Racism (Video) http://t.co/kF5Dygg73t pic.twitter.com/jdeWrfDJw7
— Ronald Jackson (@ronaldjackson) April 24, 2015
Justice is not an abstract concept. Justice is a living #FreddieGray. Justice is a smiling #RekiaBoyd. Justice is no more death.
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 23, 2015
My talk is live on @TEDTalks. I wrote this after Tamir Rice was killed. #BlackLivesMatter http://t.co/WjyARvcfDw pic.twitter.com/Xg3WrK5kyp
— Clint Smith (@ClintSmithIII) April 23, 2015
Black Liberation. #FreddieGray pic.twitter.com/yG6q7TodKz
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 25, 2015
Meanwhile, the cops involved escape all accountability and the taxpayers and the toddler’s family are the only ones punished.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
This is a national epidemic. In cities and states all across America, police are using lethal force on unarmed men and women.
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Source: www.dailykos.com
Stop and Frisk needs to be outlawed.
Cops are HUNTING Black and Latino men. Police officers are HUNTING Black and Latino men.
This is a slow genocide.
#BlackLivesMatter
A Texas police officer is seen on video slamming a woman onto the ground, knocking her unconscious in front of her 6-year old child.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
4/22. Man shot and killed by police at Wal-Mart in Portsmouth, VA http://t.co/f0TStrjLrV
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 22, 2015
Crowd of protesters grows in Baltimore, demanding justice for Freddie Gray, who died in police custody –@cbsbaltimore pic.twitter.com/NsQB7Uc2NC
— NewsBreaker (@NewsBreaker) April 21, 2015
Today's migrants & yesterdays slaves, the Med replacing the Atlantic as graveyard of the sea http://t.co/ItifRP0RG5 pic.twitter.com/AJrh7Aquss
— Middle East Eye (@MiddleEastEye) April 21, 2015
Freddie Gray is the latest symbol in the national debate over police treatment of black men http://t.co/lxQIcUQXH2 pic.twitter.com/eZPDe1ttec
— The New York Times (@nytimes) April 22, 2015
Lawsuit: Wells Fargo fired blacks over old convictions ………………………………. http://t.co/8rIMCp0qoQ
— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) April 22, 2015
If we can't get it #shutitdown. #March2Justice on the streets of Washington, DC. #WhyWeMarch https://t.co/D77j2yShzw
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) April 22, 2015
Number of people in prison for drug offenses:
1980: 40,000
2011: 500,000+
http://t.co/2g1hOq3ELH via @HuffingtonPost #WaronDrugs
— Sentencing Project (@SentencingProj) April 20, 2015
[STUDY] Teachers More Harsh On Students w/ "Black-Sounding" Names Than "White-Sounding" Names http://t.co/IpxCCfT3TY pic.twitter.com/1OJkzKzSNp
— Colorlines.com (@Colorlines) April 20, 2015
The fact that families, understandingly so, have to seek justice through systems not set up to protect Black people is fucked up.
— Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) April 20, 2015
Abolition requires us to tear down and create the world we want to see.
— Charlene Carruthers (@CharleneCac) April 20, 2015
And here is the cell phone video of #FreddieGray's arrest. He was alive then. Baltimore.
Graphic. pic.twitter.com/PpAh6nM4DW
— deray mckesson (@deray) April 20, 2015
Shooting a gun into a crowd of people, blowing a girl's brains out is NOT considered "reckless" IF _____ http://t.co/hzOQ5Wv4TZ #RekiaBoyd
— jesseWilliams. (@iJesseWilliams) April 20, 2015
This is genocide. #RekiaBoyd #DanteServin #Ferguson #MikeBrown #NYPD #WalterScott #EricHarris #EricGarner #chicagopolice
— Derrick Whitley (@derrickwhitley) April 21, 2015