In a sickening case of injustice, a vicious cop has been acquitted for mistaking an innocent man as a suspect and brutally attacking him.
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Police Brutality
Kids Busted for Pot, Forced to be Snitches by Cops – Sent to their Deaths in the War on Drugs
In exchange for leniency, untrained informants are sent out to perform dangerous police operations with no support – and they are being killed.
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Chicago PD Release 3rd Horrific Video in Days – College Grad Tasered & Beaten Until he Dies
It seems that the Chicago Police department is holding confession as the third brutal video in just days has been released.
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#SayHisName
#PhilipColeman
#LaquanMcDonald Tweets 12.7
The murder of Laquan McDonald, shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, occurred way back in October 2014. However, the practices of the Chicago police department allowed for cover-ups and lies to keep the details from coming to light. Today, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced that the Department of Justice will investigate the Chicago Police Department and the accepted practices that allowed for the killing and cover-up to take place.
!!! Five Chicago police officers gave false statements that back up discredited version of cop who fatally shot teen https://t.co/rPmWVKREdr
— Steven Greenhouse (@greenhousenyt) December 5, 2015
@deray Read newly released case files from investigation into #LaquanMcDonald shooting https://t.co/Z94hHhnIcS pic.twitter.com/EuT5WutesJ
— Justin Breen (@dnainfo_breen) December 5, 2015
Innocent Unarmed Man Shot in the Head While Asking Cops for Help has to Sue to Get Justice
Because he had a towel in his hand, an attorney for the LAPD said shooting a man in the face was “within departmental policy.”
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#WalterDeLeon alive but shot in face
#DisarmCops #DisarmPolice
Dashcam Video Shows Cop Murder #RonaldJohnson as He Ran Away from Police
Shocking dashcam footage was just released confirming what the victim’s mother has been saying all along — her son was murder by police.
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#SayHisName #RonaldJohnson age 25
“It Stops With Cops:” Activist Takes On Police With Anti-Brutality Campaign During Freddie Gray Trial
An artist and activist known for visually beautiful and harrowing pieces that question the status quo is taking to the Baltimore streets to challenge police officers to “restore the trust of their communities.”
Michael D’Antuono — whose controversial A Tale Of Two Hoodies, inspired by the racial profiling that led to Trayvon Martin’s death, went viral — is back with his latest painting, It Stops With Cops.
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VIDEO: Bigot Cop Blows Fuse, Threatens Black Man, Tells Him “I Don’t Care About Your People”
As if racial tensions in the United States weren’t high enough, a clueless and racist Georgia cop just did his part to raise them even higher.
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Emanuel: City will support release of video of another fatal police shooting
Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Thursday the city will drop its fight against the release of a police dashboard camera video depicting a Chicago police officer fatally shooting a man in the back on the city’s South Side.
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#RonaldJohnson #SayHisName
American Woman Killed on Her Airport Layover
Detroit mother Tracy Brown was waiting for a connecting flight in Turkey when she scuffled with police officers. She never got back home alive.
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