The mother of 22-year-old Darrien Hunt refused a $900,000 settlement, describing the offer as “hush money.”
Darrien Hunt, 22, was shot and killed by police officers in Saratoga Springs, Utah, last September. He was reported to be walking in a shopping mall wearing a Japanese anime costume and carrying a samurai sword.
Four of the six fatal bullets that hit Hunt were from behind.
#DarrienHunt #SayHisName
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The moment a man is tasered has been caught on camera in super slow motion by YouTube wizards The Slow Mo Guys.
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People in the U.S. are getting tasered to death.
HT @ShaunKing
#NatashaMcKenna died after being tasered 4 times by police with a hood over her head and her hands handcuffed behind her back.
https://twitter.com/ShaunKing/status/642068208091009024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
Incompetent cops tore apart a poor woman’s home time after time looking for a man who died nearly a decade ago.
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In this edited portion of a longer interview with The Young Turks’ Cenk Uygur, Crystal describes how today’s urban police forces have come to resemble street gangs, the difference between “us vs. them” urban policing and “customer service” policing that occurs in suburban areas, and wonders when police will start being given awards for challenging corruption in their own departments.
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Two Georgia cops are facing murder charges after they tasered a handcuffed man more than a dozen times until they killed him.
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By Toyacoyah Brown on August 28, 2014
“Malachi was excited to start school all summer long. After we had enrolled him he was excited, everyday it was the question, ‘mom are we going to school?’” said Malachi’s mother, April Wilson.
Excited about his first day of school, Malachi walked into the doors of F.J. Young Elementary only to be told he couldn’t attend because his hair was too long.
Never mind that their mascot has long hair! And the town they live in is also named after the Seminole Indians. Watch more of the story from CBS 7 News:
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My son has long hair. Most people assume he is a girl. One white kid kicked him for no reason when they were in a jumpy house. The mother pulled her son out quick tho.
Parents sometimes ask me why I have his hair long, like I need to give them a reason.
WOOSTER, OH — A now-former Sheriff’s Deputy has resigned following a horrific scene from his body cam showing him drag a mentally ill woman down a flight of stairs by her ankle.
The woman can be heard screaming in pain and agony on the footage.
The cop continues to drag her by her ankle into a puddle on the concrete, soaking her head in filthy water.
Deputy Ryan Peterman has “resigned” now that the footage has been reviewed and released to the public.
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One year later: Ferguson is still pumping out arrest warrants
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Dubose was originally stopped for not having a front license plate. Officer Tinsing claimed that Dubose had run him over and was dragging him with his car, which is clearly not the case in the video. Tinsing was indicted by a grand jury on murder charges today (July 29).
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The full unedited video. Horrific.
America, the oppression has never stopped. Never stopped.
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