Police Brutality

Heroes face legal fight for opposing the #KKK #Anaheim
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Heroes face legal fight for opposing the #KKK #Anaheim

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New info surfaces in San Francisco police shooting of #AlexNieto

“Police fired 48 bullets at Nieto, who died in minutes. The autopsy shows he was wounded 14 times; five of those bullets hit his head and torso at an angle that suggests they struck Nieto after he hit the ground.”

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#AlexNieto had just completed his Associates degree in criminology.
There was no evidence that he fired his tazer at the scene. None. A bystander said Nieto had his hands in his pockets.

 

#LatinosAreHuman
#DisarmThePolice
#SayHisName

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India Kager

India Kager (1988-2015), an unarmed Black American woman, mother of two, was gunned down by police in Virginia Beach, Virginia on September 5th 2015. In February 2016 her mother put up a tearful video on Facebook asking for justice:

 

“I can’t even tell you how bad this hurts …”

 

The police will not even say who did it.

 

On September 5th 2015, Kager was driving home her boyfriend, Angelo Perry. In the back seat was her four-month-old baby, Roman. Just before midnight they stopped at a 7-Eleven store at 2093 Lynnhaven Parkway. Police officers appeared. In 15 seconds they fired 30 bullets. The police say Perry shot first. No police officer was injured. She and Perry died in a hail of bullets. Her baby lived.

 

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#IndiaKager #SayHerName

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Federal Grand Jury Convened To Investigate The Death Of Eric Garner

The story of Keith Davis– what happens to you when you survive being shot by the police in Baltimore.
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The story of Keith Davis– what happens to you when you survive being shot by the police in Baltimore.

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No Charges for Cop Who Killed Family’s Mentally Ill Son in His Underwear Holding a Broom on Video

Miami Gardens, FL — On February 15, Lavall Hall had a schizophrenic episode when he grabbed a broom and then went outside in his underwear. Unable to get her son back inside, Hall’s mother called the police for assistance to get her son back to the hospital, as he was only released one week prior.

 

Hall’s mother says that the police were aware of her son’s condition as they had responded to calls for medical assistance at her home in the past, and that she repeatedly told the officers that he was schizophrenic and bipolar on this evening.

 

“Don’t hurt my child,” the mother asked the officers before the encounter.

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/charges-cop-killed-familys-mentally-ill-son-underwear-holding-broom-video/#l7Sm76RB1YMG3QDO.99

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The cop shot him while he was down on the ground.

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Woman With Asperger’s Who Touched Millions of Lives with Viral Video, Shot Dead by Police

As the Free Thought Project has pointed out in the past, the overwhelming majority of time spent by police during training is devoted to shooting their weapons. Very little time is set aside for training in de-escalation tactics, and most departments receive zero training in dealing with the mentally ill.

 

Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/woman-aspergers-touched-millions-lives-viral-video-shot-dead-police/#qXMbuVtjDy2OE9uw.99

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Gruesome Dashcam Shows Slowly Driving Away From Cops is Punishable by Death by Firing Squad

Billings, MT — In January of 2015, two former Yellowstone County Sheriff’s deputies Jason Robinson and Christopher Rudolph opened fire on Loren Simpson and killed him as he attempted to flee their stop.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/gruesome-dashcam-shows-slowly-driving-cops-punishable-death-firing-squad/#P0uitqJIjSADeS5w.99

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Family of #JanetWilson, a 31 year old Black woman shot and killed by Dearborn police: ‘She was murdered’
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Family of #JanetWilson, a 31 year old Black woman shot and killed by Dearborn police: ‘She was murdered’