Police Brutality

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Andrew Hawkins

 

Andrew Hawkins (1986- ), an American football player, is a wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns. Like other Black sports figures in the US in the past few weeks, he protested against police brutality. On Sunday December 14th 2014 he walked out onto the field wearing a shirt that said:
“Justice for Tamir Rice and John Crawford III”
Tamir Rice, age 12, was shot dead by police in November; John Crawford, age 28, in August. In both cases:

  1. White police officers rush up on a Black male with an airgun and shoot him down.
  2. The police investigate themselves.
  3. A grand jury makes a decision whether to put the police officers on trial.

In the Crawford case the grand jury has already said there will be no trial.

 

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Source: abagond.wordpress.com

 

And remember, these air guns were NEVER pointed at the police.

 

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Infographics on Chicago Torture by Police

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BOMBSHELL INTERVIEW: Eric Garner’s Death a Retaliatory Move by NYPD

 

“I wouldn’t really say [he was killed] because Eric was a black man. It’s due to the fact that they stole money from [Eric] and refused to give him his money, and he filed charges against them.” -Benjamin Carr, Eric Garner’s stepfather

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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Tamir Rice’s Autopsy Brings Home Life and Death

 

Tamir Rice is the 12 year old who was shot and killed in Ohio by a cop who fired his gun in less than 2 seconds of arriving on scene.
A man had called 911 and told dispatch that a guy was in the park who might be a juvenile had a gun that might have been fake, but it was making him nervous.  Dispatch put out the call without saying it could be a juvenile and could be a toy gun.
Tamir did not die right away.  Reports have it that the EMT’s arrived about 4 minutes after Tamir was shot.  He was taken to the hospital where he died the next day.

 

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Attorney Benjamin Crump, who is representing Tamir’s parents however, says that there is probable cause to file a charge and take the case to a jury.
Crump has also stated:
“If police officers are ill-equipped to deal with children playing on the playground with toy guns, then we might have to consider outlawing all toy guns because this scenario cannot happen again in America.”

 

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Source: blackbutterfly7.wordpress.com

 

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#HANDSUPDONTSHOOT

#ICANTBREATE

#SHUTITDOWN

 

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Delegation Of Grieving Mothers Tells Congress What It’s Like To Lose A Son due to Police Brutality & Excessive Force

On Wednesday, a group of nine African American women, called the Delegation of Grieving Mothers, went before the House Judiciary committee to discuss what it meant to lose their sons to violence at the hands of police.

Tressa Sherrod, mother of John Crawford; Wanda Johnson, mother of Oscar Grant; Valerie Bell, mother of Sean Bell and a number of other mothers who have experienced the impact of police brutality and the use excessive force were also in attendance.

Source: thoughtprovokingperspectives.wordpress.com

 

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#HANDSUPDONTSHOOT

#ICANTBREATHE