Month: December 2015

#Islamophobia Tweets 12.15
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#Islamophobia Tweets 12.15

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School Cop “Acted Within Policy” When He Choked & Body Slammed a 14-yo Boy on Video

Round Rock, TX — A decision to clear a cop of all wrongdoing after he choked out and body slammed a 14-year-old boy has the community up in arms.
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#MarioWoods Tweets 12.14
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#MarioWoods Tweets 12.14

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Privatization and Policing “Black Colonies”: the Death of Alonzo Smith

Pan-African Community Action (PACA) convened a rally in Washington, D.C. Saturday to call for answers in the death of Alonzo Smith while in private police custody

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#Decolonize and stop the oppression

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The assistant warden who got too close to the prisoners | Miami Herald

Marty Martinez was ousted as assistant warden of Lowell after an investigation found he had inappropriate interactions with inmates.

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Beyond Punishment | A Miami Herald investigation

The Miami Herald continues to blow the Florida Department of Corrections wide open with their newest investigative series. I-Team investigation into corruption and sexual abuse in the largest women’s prison in the nation, Lowell Correctional.

 
Thanks to Journalists Julie K. Brown & Emily Michot

 

HT Prison Reform Movement 

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Man Charged with hate crime for fire bombing Mosque in Coachella, CA

COACHELLA, Calif. –
Update Saturday 1:45 p.m.  Riverside County Jail Records show 23-year-old Carl James Dial was booked into the Indio jail at 1.46 a.m for several felony charges including arson and a hate crime.

 

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“I’m going to rape your f*****g mother” NY Police Chief Finally Arrested for Brutal Act of Torture

Suffolk County, NY — James Burke, formerly the Chief of one of the largest police departments in the country, found himself handcuffed and facing federal civil rights charges on December 9th, reports the New York Times. Burke’s arrest follows a lengthy investigation into allegations of torture, assault, subornation of perjury, and corruption in a case involving convicted thief Christopher Loeb.

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Cop “Lost” 15 Seconds of Video Showing the Moment He Killed His 2nd Unarmed Victim in 4 Years

This past April, 18-year-old William Chapman II was killed by Portsmouth police officer Stephen Rankin, as he attempted to flee a Wal-Mart after shoplifting. Rankin first discharged his taser on Chapman, and then ended up shooting him in the following scuffle.

The shooting occurred nearly four years after Rankin shot another unarmed man who he claimed was reaching towards his waist before charging at the officer. A grand jury cleared Rankin of the 2011 shooting even though he shot 26-year-old Kirill Denyakin 11 times, and no other weapon was recovered from the scene.

“The video was operational up until just before the shooting, and then it was not operational for about 15 seconds,” Attorney Jon Babineau told Pilot Online.
The footage shows Rankin holding the taser and then cuts out. When the footage returns the incident was over, and the taser was laying on the ground.
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#SayHisName #WilliamChapman #KirillDenyakin