Abuse of Power

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NYPD Cop Says He Was Racially Profiled, Assaulted And Wrongfully Arrested By Other Cops

 

New York City, New York – According to former NYPD officer Harold Thomas, he is no longer with the police force after an incident involving a fight with 3 other officers outside of a nightclub that Thomas was leaving.
Thomas believes that he was racially profiled and that the situation escalated because he was black and he was not in uniform.

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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Delegation Of Grieving Mothers Tells Congress What It’s Like To Lose A Son due to Police Brutality & Excessive Force

On Wednesday, a group of nine African American women, called the Delegation of Grieving Mothers, went before the House Judiciary committee to discuss what it meant to lose their sons to violence at the hands of police.

Tressa Sherrod, mother of John Crawford; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell and a number of other mothers who have experienced the impact of police brutality and the use excessive force were also in attendance.

Source: thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

 

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

#HANDSUPDONTSHOOT

#ICANTBREATHE

 

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[Video] How Police Are Using Social Media to Lock Up Harlem Teens – COLORLINES

New investigation sheds light on how digital surveillance affects teens in similar neighborhoods

Source: colorlines.com

 

He fit the description: tall, light skinned Black male

 

How many people in Harlem are tall, light skinned Black males?

Every other Black male? And how do they define light skinned?

 

This is racial profiling scooping up innocent people.

 

This is segregation at work in America.

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Dec 9th, 2014: UNARMED Black man shot by white cop in Orange County, Florida

 

Law enforcement officials told reporters that Chaney had complied with the deputies’ commands, but that Bartee had “extensive furtive movements,” causing McCarthy to fear for his safety and open fire.
One witness questioned why shots had been fired, saying both of the alleged suspects had been complying with the commands.

 

 

“You could see right in the car. Both of them had their hands up and they still shot at the car,” Ernest Miles Jr., told WKMG, adding that he had to take cover in his second-floor apartment.

 

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Source: www.cbsnews.com

 

Is there any movement that a Black or Latino person can make that is not ‘furtive‘?

 

#HANDSUPDONTSHOOT

#BLACKLIVESMATTER

#ICANTBREATHE

#SHUTITDOWN

 

 

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grand jury

 

A grand jury (since 1166) is made up of 12 to 23 people. It is used by public prosecutors, sometimes judges, to look into possible wrongdoing, generally a serious crime like murder, rape or fraud.

They do not determine guilt, but whether there should be a trial.

Grand juries can issue an indictment. It lists which people are to be brought to trial charged with what crimes.


Judges can also determine whether there should be a trial by holding apreliminary hearing with the lawyers from both sides.


Public prosecutors (county prosecutors, district attorneys, state attorneys, etc) can also bring charges on their own if there is enough evidence – even when the grand jury returns no indictment.

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Police brutality: Public prosecutors are in bed with the police: they work with them and depend on them. That creates a conflict of interest when the police commit a crime. Throwing it to a grand jury gives an appearance of fairness, but because grand juries rarely disagree with prosecutors, it becomes a way to avoid bringing charges. That is how the police officers who killed Michael Brown, Eric Garner and John Crawford avoided arrest, trial and prison.

 

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Source: abagond.wordpress.com