Woman’s last Snapchat was an eerie foreshadowing of her death.
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Month: September 2015
The Need for an Accountable Border Patrol
José Antonio Elena Rodríguez’s grandmother, Taide Elena, visits her grandson’s memorial almost daily. Credit Samantha Sais for The New York Times
José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was 16 when he was gunned down on a street in Nogales, Mexico, in October 2012. He was shot several times in the back by a United States Border Patrol agent, firing through the fence from Nogales, Ariz. The boy was unarmed; his family said he had been walking home from a basketball game.
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Unarmed Taxi Driver Bit a Cop’s Finger as He Tried to Arrest Him, So the Cop Killed Him
A Miami police officer is being investigated after shooting an unarmed taxi driver who had just crashed his car.
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#BlackLivesMatter #TerrellDay Tweets 9.29
A shooting range in Georgia used black teens as target practice. They refuse to change it too. pic.twitter.com/QypmVTQtmT
— TheMelaninSociety (@TheMelaninPlug) September 27, 2015
This is why Latinos have issues with police. http://t.co/BCmj5ZU1zj via @nbcnewyork
— Randy Blazak, PhD. (@rblazak) September 23, 2015
Right. So let's study it.
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— Ta-Nehisi Coates (@tanehisicoates) September 28, 2015
NEW: Family of elderly Black man killed during SWAT raid sues, and the officer’s defense will turn your stomach https://t.co/GxTIBNECrn
— fall season lover (@onekade) September 29, 2015
They let him die of a heart attack
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Shoplifting suspect in police custody died of natural causes http://t.co/WMBm2P7XGB
— #StayWoke (@blackflag_2012) September 28, 2015
Terrell Day 18-Year-Old Shoplifting 'Healthy' Suspect Dies of Heart Attack While in Police Custody #TerrellDay http://t.co/5TZVJ06EE4
— ViralBreaking (@viralbreaking) September 28, 2015
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18 y/o accused of shoplifting in Indianapolis dies in police custody. Requests for medical help ignored
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— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) September 28, 2015
Maaaaaaaaan. RT @Nettaaaaaaaa: .@deray on the Nightly Show. #Tonightly pic.twitter.com/lDDboKzuLU
— Cuz Lightyear (@MyNig) September 29, 2015
FBI To Finally Collect & Publish Info About Police-Involved Fatal Shootings
Responding to long running complaints about the lack of national data available for how often police resort to deadly force, the FBI on Monday announced plans to track and publish the statistics.
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Killing of Mother of Five Still Unresolved After 3 Years
San Diego: Today, September 28, marks 3 years since U.S. Border Patrol Agent Justin Tackett shot and killed Valeria Munique Tachiquin in the City of Chula Vista, a San Diego suburb. Valeria Munique was a 32-year-old mother of five and a US citizen who was killed by a federal agent with a history of civil and human rights violations at his previous career as an Imperial County sheriff’s deputy. In a termination letter issued by Imperial County Sheriff’s Department Chief Sharon Housouer, Tackett was described as a deputy who could not be “trusted with a badge or a gun,” yet the Border Patrol hired Tackett. He ended up killing Valeria who was not the subject of the search warrant being served that day.
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#BlackLivesMatter #PoliceAbuse Tweets 9.28
#Brooklyn #NYC: #AkaiGurley's aunt speaks at a vigil for #NicholasHeyward Jr, both killed by #NYPD. #BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/7KzL9KcHSk
— Ash J (@AshAgony) September 27, 2015
ICYMI @AdamJohnsonNYC & @KeeganNYC found the cop in charge of NYC protests worked @ Abu Ghraib http://t.co/qmPjyAH8ge pic.twitter.com/jeSnPIlmbl
— Occupy Wall Street (@OccupyWallStNYC) September 26, 2015
213 people were killed by police in Washington state from 2005 to 2014. One officer was charged http://t.co/8oLAXqhm3p via @seattletimes
— The Counted (@thecounted) September 27, 2015
Many police depts currently using body cameras don't have policies prohibiting them from tampering with the footage. http://t.co/mXONX2SwgR
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) September 28, 2015
@Carl_Dix Twitter Storm for #TamirRice | Contact @Pros_TimMcGinty INDICT NOW! http://t.co/4kAJ4nbVZs (Rt) pic.twitter.com/hQO7J5Y8bA
— BLACK CENTRAL™ (@goblackcentral) September 28, 2015
City Endangers School Kids with Illegal Traffic Signs so Cops could Write More Tickets
St. Petersburg, FL — An investigation by 10 News found that city officials in St. Petersburg intentionally used non-compliant road signage in school zones, putting children’s safety at risk, so they could write more tickets and collect revenue.
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This Is What ‘White Privilege’ Looks Like [VIDEO]
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Cal State: require Professor who denies genocide to attend Native students forum…
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— Delores Schilling (@DelSchilling) September 18, 2015