A mental health call in Rochester NY ends again in death. “The video does not show Prude offering any resistance to the half dozen or so officers who converged on the scene.” https://t.co/eAApadGb3H via @usatoday
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) September 3, 2020
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There’s body cam footage in this story showing Rochester police putting their body weight on an unarmed, naked, handcuffed Black man, Daniel Prude, in March.
— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) September 2, 2020
Prude died a week later.
Cause of death: “… asphyxia in the setting of physical restraint”https://t.co/TGpHZNAPd3
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The assistant police chief of Luverne, Alabama shot and killed his neighbor—who was recovering from brain surgery—during a mental health crisis. “The scars from recent surgery were visible on his head. He had no weapon.” https://t.co/nhtWQrNIxc
— Ethan Brown (@ethanbrown72) August 30, 2020
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This is what Republicans mean by law and order. pic.twitter.com/cpmIhwGk6y
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) August 28, 2020
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Jacob Blake Shooting Shines New Light on Death of Michael Bell, Killed by Kenosha Cops in 2004 https://t.co/1qPe86lDUE via @democracynow
— glenn robinson ✊ (@glncv) August 28, 2020
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But, wypipo said if we would just comply police won’t shoot or abuse us. pic.twitter.com/ctxgtIrerE
— Bishop Talbert Swan (@TalbertSwan) August 29, 2020