Month: February 2016

Family of #JanetWilson, a 31 year old Black woman shot and killed by Dearborn police: ‘She was murdered’
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Family of #JanetWilson, a 31 year old Black woman shot and killed by Dearborn police: ‘She was murdered’

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#SarahReed: A Black Woman Victim of Vicious Police Assault Found Dead in Her Cell.

“My sources tell me that Sarah had been a victim of an attempted rape in Maudsley and that when she fought off her attacker, injuring him, the staff called the police. It was Sarah who ended up being arrested.

The fact that Sarah had previously challenged racist and violent Metropolitan Police Officer who was later sacked  leads the family to suspect that she was targeted for arrest under any pretence, as an act of retribution.”

 

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#SarahReed #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter

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4 Cops Beat Pregnant Woman, Stomping on Her Stomach During False Arrest, Causing Miscarriage

Staten Island, NY – Accused of beating a pregnant woman in the stomach and causing her to miscarry, four NYPD officers have recently been sued for violating her constitutional rights, false arrest, and excessive force. Although the woman initially informed the cops that she was pregnant, the officers allegedly struck her before throwing her to the ground and stomping on her stomach.
According to the recently filed lawsuit, NYPD officers arrived at Emelda Fitzroy’s house at 1:45 p.m. on November 2, 2014. Although the civil complaint does not mention why the police went to her home, Fitzroy asserts that she told the officers that she was pregnant before they “forcibly grabbed” her and arrested her “without any legal justification.”
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/nypd-sued-cops-beat-pregnant-woman-causing-miscarriage/#o07oErQhL2F5cH9F.99

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Flint Water Crisis
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Flint Water Crisis

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Monica Loera is the First Trans Woman to be Killed in the U.S. This Year

After a year that saw a record high number of homicides of transgender women of color, The Austin Chronicle reports that Monica Loera was the first known trans woman to be killed in the United States in 2016.

 

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Make your voice heard for 16-year-old #GynnyaMcMillen
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Make your voice heard for 16-year-old #GynnyaMcMillen

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Six of 13 Officers Fired After Shooting 137 Bullets at Two Unarmed People

Six police officers in Cleveland have been fired in connection with the 2012 deadly shooting of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, two unarmed Black people. One of the officers fired is Michael Brelo, who in 2014 was charged with manslaughter for his involvement with the shooting.

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Firing them is not justice. Murders need to be locked up.

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“Get Your Hands Where I….” BOOM! Cop Shoots Unarmed Man Before Finishing His Command

Hovland-Knase did not attempt to run, was unarmed, non-violent, and posed no threat to Soppeland at all when the officer jumped out of his cruiser with his gun drawn. As Soppeland exited the cruiser, he yelled, “Get your hands where I….” BOOM — and before he could finish the sentence, he’d shot the unarmed motorcyclist.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/get-hands-i-boom-cop-shoots-unarmed-man-finishing-command/#15z1X033R8R5idO2.99

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Cops are always afraid they are going to get shot, then they shoot us. They are killing us in the U.S. every 26 to 28 hours.