New: Body camera footage released shows a Harris County Deputy in Houston fatally shooting Roderick Brooks, a 47-yo Black man, at close range while pinning him on the ground. Brooks’ attorney told me he was shot at the base of where his head and neck meet. https://t.co/u4NmnTm2ke
— Phillip Jackson (@phillej_) July 27, 2022
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Georgia police claim that 28-year-old Brianna Grier “fell out” of a patrol car, dying of massive head injuries, even tho she was handcuffed and police vehicles lock (preventing them from being able to be opened) from the inside. pic.twitter.com/36qBOEJ21Q
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) July 24, 2022
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U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson sentenced Lane for his February conviction of depriving Floyd of medical care as he lay dying under Officer Derek Chauvin’s knee in May 2020. https://t.co/ernoh3o03u via @HuffPost
— FridayJones (@IAMFridayJones) July 21, 2022
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Devastating, necessary article from @SamTLevin. Defund is the compromise, abolition is the goal. https://t.co/xZZT5usDA4
— Read Wobblies and Zapatistas (@JoshuaPotash) July 29, 2022
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Our campaign did an analysis earlier this year on LAPD police stops. Black people made up 26% of police stops although being 9% of the city population.
— Kenneth Mejia, CPA (@kennethmejiaLA) July 17, 2022
We also created a map of where stops occurred and by race. Check it out here, site is mobile friendly.https://t.co/9FMUvrnYMO https://t.co/wZKVl98Da5 pic.twitter.com/PthyfpkFhh
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Hospital security officers detained a black man they suspected of “casing” a parking garage, beat him, and told him to never come back. He was a patient, looking for his car. He’d been receiving treatment for kidney failure. https://t.co/kLzCT0dsSr
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) July 12, 2022
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Police in New Mexico burnt a child alive. https://t.co/xTCAXZhzRJ
— Scott Hechinger (@ScottHech) July 11, 2022
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Police killed 14-year-old Brett Rosenau during a SWAT raid in Albuquerque last Wednesday night when they threw flash bangs into a house he was visiting setting it on fire.
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) July 11, 2022
After saying they didn’t know what caused his death, they have now confirmed he died of smoke inhalation. pic.twitter.com/VBe1L2EVOq
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This 14-year Cincinnati police officer was caught on a bodycam using the N-word repeatedly.
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) July 26, 2022
And much more. This isn’t her first time in trouble…pic.twitter.com/kZaIi1PoNT
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“The number one thing we need to do is address the actual root causes of violence and harm in our society.” @CivRightsCorps founder @equalityAlec talks copaganda and how we can actually make our society safer. pic.twitter.com/j6vQE3O8B0
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) August 3, 2022