The family of body builder, Rafael Laureano has filed a $25m lawsuit against the NYPD for shooting their father in the back of the neck as he helped them during a raid.
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Baltimore Plans To Equip Police Vans With Video Cameras After Freddie Gray’s Death
After a vociferous public outcry over the death of Freddie Gray, who suffered a fatal spinal cord injury in police custody this spring, Baltimore officials announced plans Wednesday to equip transport vans with video recording cameras, according to Reuters.
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Video shows Orlando officers kicking man
Orlando’s police chief says the officers caught on video kicking a man are still on duty; attorneys for the man who got kicked demand the officers’ arrests.
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Unarmed Black People Twice as Likely to Be Killed by Cops As White People, Says Report
By Michael Nam
While the federal government and law enforcement agencies do not have or provide standardized figures on fatal shootings by police officers nationwide, the growing awareness of police-related violence has spurred more and more independent investigations.
The Guardian reports that in 2015 alone, 102 of the 464 individuals killed by police were unarmed, and that 32 percent were Black. Adding Latino and other people of color, almost two-thirds of unarmed individuals killed by police were from underrepresented people:
Percent of Unarmed People Killed by Police
Whites15%Hispanic/Latino25.4%Blacks31.9%
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Families of Police Violence Victims Face Trauma Without Support
Truthout spoke with relatives of murdered Black men, who described feeling angry and isolated, their lives left in tatters.
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Body Cam: Cop Assaults Woman for Not “Rolling Down Her Window All the Way”
“I need you to roll down the window for my safety!” May 14, 2014 A Police Officer’s Body Cam captured his severe over reaction on film. On September 4, 2013, University of Central Florida (UCF) college student Victoria King was pulled over by UCFPD Officer Timothy Isaacs for a minor traffic offense – a bad…
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Heartbreaking Video Shows Active Duty Soldier Slowly Die as Riot Police Needlessly Assault Him
An active-duty soldier voluntarily walked into the jail to serve 2-days for a DUI, he would not walk out.
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