No indictment for officer accused of choking unarmed Jonathan Sanders to death in an altercation https://t.co/YZETm4MDFR via @WJTV
— Jamiles Lartey (@JamilesLartey) January 11, 2016
Abuse of Power
Stop and Frisk – # 2 … The Beat Goes On
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Video Released of Police Shooting Unarmed 17 Year old #CedrickChatman
Cedrick Chatman, 17, was unarmed when he was shot
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#CedrickChatman #SayHisName
“Not only are the policing killing us, but they are exercising state power to terrorize black communities.”
LAPD Chief Recommends Charges Against Officer Who Killed Venice Man https://t.co/VGqxkFI8Ej pic.twitter.com/LsKbImqspF
— LAist (@LAist) January 11, 2016
Ex-officer in Md. sentenced to 5 years for pointing gun at man’s head https://t.co/onIc5yPvjx
— Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 8, 2016
Miami-Dade jail officer charged with throwing scalding hot water on inmate. https://t.co/kfYOX1gB98
— Gus Polinski (@michaelarria) January 8, 2016
1,030 of 13,346 people, 1 in every 13 people killed by #GunsinAmerica in 2015 were killed by police gunfire.
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 8, 2016
Not only are the policing killing us, but they are exercising state power to literally terrorize black communities. The trauma is extensive.
— deray mckesson (@deray) March 10, 2015
Baltimore prosecutors reviewing cases involving police officer https://t.co/WNEv9pBVXC pic.twitter.com/5okWJ5CmPj
— Sun Breaking News (@BaltSunBrk) January 11, 2016
New video: A different story of #JamesBarker ‘s death at the hands of police?
A newly discovered video purportedly shows James Dudley Barker facedown with his hands behind him near the intersection of I Street and Second Avenue when a Salt Lake City police officer shoots him three times in the back.
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#JamesBarker #SayHisName
NYPD Sergeant Stripped Of Her Badge For “Doing Nothing” While Eric Garner Died
“In the video that people see of the takedown, the sergeant is standing in the background doing nothing.”
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“If you are silent against oppression, you have become a silent devil.”
.@Chicagotribune This headline is misleading. Professor Larycia Hawkins is being fired for solidarity with Muslims. pic.twitter.com/Fr49wU4qF4
— D (@Delo_Taylor) January 6, 2016
(VIDEO) What happens when a white man calls a Black judge (Olu Stevens) a nigger in open court yesterday.
https://t.co/dcbRI4fSge
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) January 5, 2016
"If you are silent against oppression, you have become a silent devil." #MGWRAPUP
— MuslimGirl.net (@muslimgirl) January 6, 2016
Record Number of Cops Charged with Killing People in 2015 — No Officer Convicted
Although the number of cops charged with murder or manslaughter sharply spiked last year, not a single officer was convicted for these unjustified deaths. With less cops killed in the line of duty in 2015, the number of people killed by police increased yet again.
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Police killed at least 336 black people in 2015
@MayaSchenwar @FlowersAlison when its Black and Brown Americans they don't use tasters anyway. They forget they even have them.
— Jerry Moffett Sr. (@JerryMoffettSr) January 5, 2016
FL: Jail officer charged with throwing scalding hot water on inmate https://t.co/nJlzhfUyA9 Story by @DavidOvalle305 pic.twitter.com/mPnCdZrUxW
— Cop Crime (@CopCrime) December 31, 2015
Police killed at least 336 black people in 2015. One killing #every26hours. https://t.co/vqURbJHXRj
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) January 6, 2016
Video Shows Non-violent Native Man Severely Beaten by Crazed Cop for Praying by a Seal
Honolulu, HI – Jamie Kalani Rice, a native Hawaiian, has filed a federal complaint against Honolulu police for an unprovoked beating he received from Officer Ming Wang, which was captured on videotape.
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