Police Brutality

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Police slice off woman’s hair

Security cameras show police cutting off a woman’s weave at a Michigan jail. WXYZ’s Heather Catallo has the story.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

This police officer seems to think she has a right to do as she pleases with this person’s hair.

 

Our hair is part of our body and we have every right to not allow another person to touch or molest our body.

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Family members, activists demand answers in shooting of unarmed man by HPD officer

Community activists and family members want to know how HPD can justify the shooting death of an unarmed man last week.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

After reading “The Warmth of Other Suns” this kind of violence against Black people sounds like more of the same that has happened since the first Africans were brought to Virginia in 1619.

 

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▶ Was This Execution Cruel And Unusual?

 

“An attorney for the family of a killer whose Ohio execution by lethal injection was marked by several minutes of unprecedented gasping and unusual sounds plans to sue the state over what happened. Dayton defense lawyer John Paul Rion says Dennis McGuire’s family is deeply disturbed by his execution and believes it violated his constitutional rights. Rion is a member of a state Supreme Court panel examining possible changes to Ohio’s death penalty law. He said Thursday all citizens have a right to expect they won’t be punished in a cruel and unusual fashion…”.* Ben Mankiewicz (co-host, What The Flick?! and TYT Sports) breaks it down on The Young Turks.

*Read more here: http://www.washingtonpost.com/nationa…
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Video of mentally ill Kelly Thomas beaten to death by Fullerton Police

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: New video of mentally ill Kelly Thomas before beaten to death by Fullerton Police. More Info http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/08/men...

 

Community Village‘s insight:

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‘We called for help, and they killed my son,’ North Carolina man says

70 seconds: That’s how long a North Carolina family says it took for things to go horribly wrong after they called police for help with their mentally ill son.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

If you call the police for “help”, be aware that the police carry guns. The police will use their guns if they feel their life is being threatened.

See on www.cnn.com

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Dad Calls Cops on Son to Teach Him a Lesson, Cops Shoot Son Dead

A father’s attempt to teach his son a lesson for taking his truck without permission ended in tragedy Monday after a local police officer shot the teenager dead.

 

Community Village‘s insight:

 

Never call the cops on your kids or family or friends, unless your life is in danger.

 

The cops have guns and will use them if they feel it’s necessary.

 

The officer was told to back off – but never did.

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