Cedrick Chatman, 17, was unarmed when he was shot
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#CedrickChatman #SayHisName
Death by Police
“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
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 police tasing a bloody, restrained Matthew Ajibade in the testicles before his death
by Shaun King
It is now abundantly clear that Matthew Ajibade was murdered by police in Savannah, Georgia. For over 10 months, police and prosecutors have concealed the video evidence of his murder not only from the public, but from Ajibade’s closest friends and family members. His death in police custody was ruled a homicide by coroners, but the whole of Savannah’s government has colluded in covering up the sadistic and brutal murder of a beloved artist and photographer who was a student at Savannah College of Art and Design.
The video below is awful and is confirmation that the United States tortures and kills its prisoners on American soil. Torture is not something that happens far away in Abu Ghraib: It’s happening here.
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#MatthewAjibade
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 12.30
White Woman points BB gun at Cop yells, ‘What are you doing, shoot me!’ TAKEN ALIVE #blacklivesmatter #TamirRice https://t.co/anOrxVRcyM
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 29, 2015
We have empowered people to kill, and then said—loudly, publicly—that won’t be held accountable if they abuse that power.
— Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) December 28, 2015
Dozens protest outside Dearborn Police HQ after Cop kills #KevinMatthews #blacklivesmatter
https://t.co/4CEfYdAQxL
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
#JeremiahSmith sues Chicago PD as new Video Proves Cops lied, Beat and framed him #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/JWaA1slOuS
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
Nearly half the 184 Georgians shot and killed by police since 2010 were unarmed or shot in the back – https://t.co/R5MbEyUDlU
— Dr. Scott Bowman (@DrScottBowman) December 30, 2015
Unarmed black man, #KevinMatthews, shot by police in Detroit, family wants answers https://t.co/7c5dX8SBWj pic.twitter.com/T2nqCeCHIX
— RT America (@RT_America) December 28, 2015
Your never too old #BettieJones 55 or too young #Tamirrice 12, They will gun you down #blacklivesmatter pic.twitter.com/uixpWVwryS
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
ATTORNEY A CASE OF ‘WALKING WHILE BLACK’ Cops beat almost kill 15 yo boy #BlackLivesMatter
https://t.co/w6ybEyiLdg pic.twitter.com/FF8Lng7wvt
— TrueBlackNews (@trueblacknews) December 30, 2015
S.F. Police Chief Suhr must answer for death of #MarioWoods, crowd says
Photo: Santiago Mejia, Special To The Chronicle
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Audience members listen during a raucous meeting at S.F. City Hall over the police shooting death of #MarioWoods in Bayview.
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Chicago shootings and why so many police calls involving the mentally ill end in death
Quintonio LeGrier was killed Saturday by Chicago police. He and at least 246 other people with mental health problems have been fatally shot by U.S. police in 2015.
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#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 12.28
Rereading: @charlesmblow on 12-year-old #TamirRice, and the callous failure of his killers to even render aid: https://t.co/9597LWs06f
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) December 29, 2015
#QuintonioLeGrier was “a happy child, not a violent child” — families demand answers after 2 killed by police https://t.co/BcJt3TKocz
— Justin Breen (@dnainfo_breen) December 27, 2015
#BettieJones was killed by Chicago police on Saturday. She opened the door for police and they opened fire. pic.twitter.com/0n1FqCt5yt
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) December 27, 2015
#BettieJones was the 336th black person killed by police this year. #QuintonioLegrier #CPD https://t.co/vqURbJZyIR pic.twitter.com/zNdu09XHBO
— Samuel Sinyangwe (@samswey) December 26, 2015