two non-violent and non-resisting teens were pepper-sprayed by a sadistic Alton cop and left with no way to remove it.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Abuse of Power
Newly Released Dashcam Footage Shows Police Killing Unarmed Teenager #TonyRobinson
“Madison, WI– Dashcam footage was released on Tuesday evening showing the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by Officer Matt Kenny on March 6. The release of the footage came after a day of protests following the prosecutor announcing no charges will be filed against the officer. This was the second death at the hands of Kenny.”
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#BlackLivesMatter
Video Shows Deputy Smash Autistic Man’s Skull into the Ground, Killing Him for Joking Around
Graphic surveillance footage was released showing an Ohio deputy kill an autistic man for playing around.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#DavidDehmann
San Francisco arrests under review after officers’ slur-filled texts revealed
At least 3,000 arrests are under review in San Francisco in a bias scandal about how police officers allegedly wrote racist and homophobic text messages.
Source: www.cnn.com
Stop Punishing People for Poverty: Abolish Bail
Most of the people incarcerated in local jails have not been convicted of a crime.
Source: www.truth-out.org
What if police brutality was seen as a crime?
What if police brutality in the US was seen as a crime, in the same way that “Black” street crime is seen?
1. There would be no paid vacation for killer cops. Instead, they would be immediately arrested and their names made public. There would be no need for protests. Or riots. Most killer cops would become “convicted felons” and be locked up for a long time to “keep them off the streets.” Some would be executed to “provide a deterrent.”
2. Killer cops would be arrested on the 11 o’clock news. We would not merely hear that they were “taken into custody”. We would see them try to hide their faces.
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Source: abagond.wordpress.com
Abagond slays it – again.
Officer Claims he Stomped Teen’s Face In Because of Nationwide Threat to Police
A Phoenix cop said he had to stomp a young man’s head into a convenience store floor because cops are threatened nationwide.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
The oppression is real and systemic.
Florida Man Dies In Police Custody After Cops turn Away the Ambulance
A Florida man died in police custody this week after police shocked him with a Taser, despite being made aware repeatedly of his medical conditions.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
The war on drugs is a war on people.
LAPD kills unarmed #BrendonGlenn at Venice Beach
Los Angeles (CNN)The fatal shooting of an unarmed man this week by Los Angeles police is drawing controversy after the police chief quickly questioned whether the killing was justified.
“Any time an unarmed person is shot by a Los Angeles police officer, it takes extraordinary circumstances to justify that, and I have not seen those extraordinary circumstances at this point,” Police Chief Charlie Beck said Wednesday.
Beck made that remark after viewing a videotape of the incident, which occurred Tuesday night near Venice Beach. Police aren’t releasing the video, Beck said.
The victim was identified as Brendon K. Glenn, 29, and an autopsy is pending, said Ed Winter of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.
Source: www.cnn.com
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San Francisco D.A. George Gascón Expands Racial Bias Inquiry Into SF Police Department
First came disclosures of racist and homophobic text messages exchanged by officers of San Francisco’s Police Department. That was followed by the discovery that sheriff’s deputies had been gambling on forced fighting matches between inmates at a city jail.
Then on Thursday, the San Francisco district attorneyGeorge Gascón announced that he was expanding the investigation of the city’s police and sheriff’s departments to examine whether those agencies have a deep-seated culture of systemic bias that has led to unlawful arrests or prosecutions.
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Source: goodblacknews.org