If Only All Police Wore Body Cams? R.I.P. #DillonTaylor

By Xena

All this time that we’ve reported on law enforcement killing unarmed civilians, and there are times I feel overwhelmed because the cases, and knowledge of cases, come faster than I can keep up.  Because of new situations almost weekly, if not daily, it’s also difficult to follow-up on cases previously reported.

There are times I feel hopeless because each time we think we have an answer to reduce or stop the number of police involved shootings of unarmed citizens, we find the end result is always up to a human being who listens to the story of the cop who fired the gun. The living have opportunity to say what they thought and felt. The dead do not.

 

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Graphic Body Cam Footage Shows Killer Cop as He Murders Innocent Unarmed #DillonTaylor

Body cam footage from the murder of Dillon Taylor was released in its entirety. It shows the disturbing moments before and after this innocent man was gunned down by police.

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Dillon Taylor looks like he could be my son.

 

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Police Deleted Over an Hour of Video Showing them Shooting Teen 16 Times, 9 Times in the Back

Chicago, Illinois – As more details come to light about the death of 17-year old Laquan McDonald, the more it seems that the Chicago police department is involved in a massive cover-up. On the night of October 20, 2014 McDonald was shot sixteen times by Chicago police officers. McDonald was gunned down near a Burger…

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