Jerome Johnson served 30 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Now, in a federal civil rights lawsuit, he claims the Baltimore police framed him & that he's not the only victim of a police department with a "win at all costs" approach to policing. https://t.co/Mi0Q8h6dKl
— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 2, 2019
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A SWAT team kicked in Jean & Verlande Regisa's apartment door last November, handcuffed them & their 15-year-old daughter & held them at gunpoint, while their younger children looked on. But police had the wrong apartment & now the Regisas are suing. https://t.co/tSVOHvguUC
— The Appeal (@theappeal) March 25, 2019
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Baton Rouge police officers brutally beat Steven Wayne in the courtyard of his apartment building, even after they handcuffed him & he was lying limp on the pavement. When people yelled at them to stop the assault, they arrested them too. https://t.co/4yfIovGijL
— The Appeal (@theappeal) March 23, 2019
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Chicago paid more for police misconduct settlements last year than any year since at least 2011, bringing the total tab to well over half a billion dollars in just eight years. via @ChicagoReporter https://t.co/RA6EKtEgy7
— ProPublica Illinois (@ProPublicaIL) March 22, 2019
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Officer violently arrests 12-yr-old boy for selling his CDs at a Georgia mall.
The roughness is absurd. He’s literally a child.
pic.twitter.com/Uw9za7LDTt— Simran Jeet Singh (@SikhProf) March 7, 2019
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Without any warrants or permission, Georgia police entered a house party and detained every person inside for marijuana possession.
Now people are suing after enduring days of mistreatment in jail and even losing their jobs due to the mass arrest. https://t.co/usgUuJoLYQ
— Real Justice (@RealJusticePAC) March 13, 2019
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North Georgia detention officer arrested on rape charges and police say the scratch marks you see in his mug shot are from the victim fighting back. https://t.co/obHifrjTWx pic.twitter.com/W4U0KPJx5o
— Tom Regan (@tomreganWSB) March 12, 2019
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Another cop aquitted. https://t.co/HiMdDFhFHR
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) March 31, 2019
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This is a very true representation of the abuse of power by law enforcement. There are thousands of these cases all across the country.
I once asked a former cop about why he never blew the whistle. Said he didn't want to get killed by his former colleagues. https://t.co/hO9AiCLRgc
— Zakir Khan (@Muzzakh) March 29, 2019
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Seven months have passed since a Columbus police officer shot and killed a young mother during a prostitution arrest.
Now it’s been revealed that as a landlord, he is under investigation for coercing his tenants into trading sex for the rent. https://t.co/UQ8KoDbQgl
— Real Justice (@RealJusticePAC) April 5, 2019
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Police officer Andrew Mitchell was just indicted on federal charges of raping & kidnapping women. When asked why they had not reported the incidents, the women consistently responded that they could not “report it to the police because it was the police.” https://t.co/fASQ95TAk1
— Rebecca J. Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) March 29, 2019