By Kaitlyn D’Onofrio
On Tuesday evening, Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty made public the statements made by the two police officers involved in Tamir Rice’s death. This release comes days after two new reports concluded that Rice’s death was completely avoidable.
Continue reading
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.diversityinc.com
Search the Review-Journal’s database of officer-involved shootings since 1990 by location, circumstances and characteristics of the officers and subjects involved. It will be updated periodically.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.reviewjournal.com
A town is grieving after police shot a 1st grade student multiple times, leaving him dead on the scene.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
An officer with a history of using his dog to inflict torture is the subject of a federal lawsuit after he allegedly held two men at gunpoint and sicced his K9 on them.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
Two Georgia cops are facing murder charges after they tasered a handcuffed man more than a dozen times until they killed him.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: thefreethoughtproject.com
Protest erupts in Oakland in response to the execution style shooting of #JoeBart who was shot in the back by police. pic.twitter.com/BEpIoREZNO
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) August 13, 2015
Oakland California descends into chaos as protestors have now shut down the freeway demanding justice for #JoeBart. pic.twitter.com/WSeD1jeMUs
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) August 13, 2015
Protests in #Oakland are demanding justice for #JoeBart who's last words were "ok, ok, ok."
pic.twitter.com/OLH6U2FlUm
— Bipartisan Report (@Bipartisanism) August 13, 2015
#RadazzHearns 14 year old shot 7 times by Trenton, NJ police http://t.co/B6wxsQbvd8 #BlackLivesMatter
— Stuart Chen-Hayes (@SChenHayes) August 13, 2015
Trenton 14-year-old was unarmed when shot 7 times by police, family's lawyer says http://t.co/OnUahcYIcT #RadazzHearns
— Dana (@cdanatweet) August 13, 2015
On July 31, 2013, Jermaine McBean, a 33-year-old computer engineer with no criminal record, paid $100 for a camouflage BB gun at his local pawn shop. As he walked to his home with his headphones on, listening to music, he was shot and killed by police in Oakland Park, Florida. Police claimed that he ignored their requests to put down his weapon and then aimed the gun, which was empty, at them in an aggressive manner.
Now, nearly two years later, it turns out the police told multiple lies in attempt to cover up their killing of McBean. Below we will expose each of the lies they told.
Continue reading
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.dailykos.com
Of the resolved cases, most officers were cleared or acquitted, a Post analysis found.
Sourced through Scoop.it from: www.washingtonpost.com
Continue reading
Around 1,000 people took part in a peaceful protest to denounce the recent fatal police shooting of a Mexican-born 35 year-old American in a town of Pasco, Washington State.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/ferguson-everywhere-swarms-protesters-fill-streets-cops-kill-fleeing-unarmed-man-hands/#xdX4UByuOWMEoT8J.99
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#PascoShooting
#Justice4Latinos
#AntonioAzmbrano-Montes
Milwaukee Police Chief Edward Flynn announced Wednesday that he has fired the officer involved in the fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton.
Source: www.theroot.com