In an eerily similar scene to the Eric Garner video, a plainclothes NYPD cop attacked a man on a New York sidewalk.
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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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Cops Refuse to Stop Chase Plowing Over Multiple Children, Killing Them During Neighborhood Pursuit
Detroit Police tore through a neighborhood during a car chase, continued even after killing two children and injuring more.
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#JoseVelasco Tweets 6.27
http://t.co/Ix7m3Sgnzb
#JusticeforJoseVelasco
@BarackObama @LordDrucifer @KarenChestney @getgln @Cyn_Santana pic.twitter.com/BhRCfLp6do
— Antoinette Ramirez (@CaliLuv_831) June 26, 2015
http://t.co/Ix7m3Sgnzb
@MichaelAWoodJr @jonestowne @civilrightsorg @CivilRights @scimc @VP @getgln @jessCNN pic.twitter.com/cG1bj5PMSn
— Antoinette Ramirez (@CaliLuv_831) June 26, 2015
#PoliceBrutality #DeadlyForce #BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.25
A Former Baltimore Cop Just Tweeted All the Horrible Shit He Saw on the Job http://t.co/Z4t5axSXCV pic.twitter.com/ZVOlQzn84K
— VICE (@VICE) June 24, 2015
@getgln Please inform the public: @ChicagoReporter video of police shooting at a car of unarmed black teens. http://t.co/jOTCh6HicM
— CommunityRenewalSoc (@CRSchicago) June 18, 2015
Man with towel-wrapped arm shot by LAPD in Los Feliz was unarmed http://t.co/KKbM1SipFY pic.twitter.com/Y2P2Tz94v0
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 20, 2015
The United States MUST reform its laws on the use of #deadlyforce by #police. http://t.co/40M8fLMDqr pic.twitter.com/pYFpVe3Nmw
— AmnestyInternational (@amnesty) June 21, 2015
#JoseVelasco Tweets 6.18
#JoseVelasco beating witness feels harassed, family members and others report being followed by #SalinasPolice.
https://t.co/2oSRk4eanF
— ThinkMexican (@ThinkMexican) June 18, 2015
Civil Rights attorney John Burris gives statement upon visiting #JoseVelasco at the Monterey County Jail in #Salinas. pic.twitter.com/5jrZfWjClb
— ThinkMexican (@ThinkMexican) June 16, 2015
Mr. Burris invites community, media to #Salinas City Hall this Thurs. at 12 for announcement regarding #JoseVelasco. pic.twitter.com/3K35CTFNHF
— ThinkMexican (@ThinkMexican) June 16, 2015
22 Year Police Veteran Kills Wife
“He was no longer a sergeant for the Neptune Township Police Department. He turned into a criminal and a murderer,” said Marc Lemeiux of the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office.”
Sergent Phillip Seidle, a 22 year veteran of New Jersey’s Neptune Township Police department, is currently in custody on charges of 1st Degree Murder, 2nd Degree unlawful possession of a weapon for unlawful purpose and 2nd degree endangering the welfare of a child.
Charges came after Seidle ,51, chased his ex wife down as she drove with their 7 year old daughter.
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White guy with gun. Cops do not shoot him.
White guy kills woman. Cops do not shoot him.
With their actions, cops are saying White male lives matter.
How To Fix The Broken Police Culture
By Xena
Police culture. The first time I heard that term was in an article written by Brian Willis titled “7 reasons the police culture is broken (and how to fix it)”, published on policeone.com. Brian Willis is Deputy Executive Director for the International Law Enforcement Educators and Trainers Association (ILEETA), He was once a full time police officer from 1979 to 2004 with the Calgary Police Service. He also has a website.
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#PoliceBrutality #DeathByPolice Tweets 6.15
Hey @SanDiegoPD :: This is one of your officers choking an unarmed 13 y/o boy & tasering his spine for the hell of it pic.twitter.com/T590GGNTt2
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 15, 2015
Man killed by police in #Louisville on Saturday has been identified as #DengManyoun. Watch surveillance footage | http://t.co/zn1uZZynq8
— Ben Terry (@BenTerry) June 14, 2015
This is 7 year old Aiyana Jones! The Detroit cop that killed her is now back on the job! STOP #KillerCops! #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/d2ghe2KpdN
— FrankClark (@menes676) June 13, 2015
The number of people killed by police in the U.S. during 2015 reached 500 on June 10, 2015, according to a Guardian investigation.
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) June 14, 2015
#JusticeForJose #JoseVelasco @CNN @jobusy101 @getgln @GlblCtzn @Peoples_Justice @Copwatch @iamErica_Mena pic.twitter.com/zGq45olB8D
— Antoinette Ramirez (@CaliLuv_831) June 13, 2015
#BlackLivesMatter Tweets 6.12
Rodney King beating imagery. History on repeat. https://t.co/aARlOesvo5
— Ferrari Sheppard (@stopbeingfamous) June 9, 2015
He was laying perfectly still and they just kept beating him 😢 https://t.co/GtUG9ehLKL
— Alexandria (@AlexandriaRae_) June 9, 2015
No charges against #Denver cops who shot [and murdered] #JessieHernandez: http://t.co/hX4lRMmBKp #FTP #ACAB pic.twitter.com/5wiILXnCWF
— OLAASM (@OLAASM) June 7, 2015
MUST READ: Cleveland Leaders Bypass Prosecutors to Seek Charge in Tamir Rice Case http://t.co/eKDPS7AfsL pic.twitter.com/ZRshx7oo34
— deray mckesson (@deray) June 9, 2015
Judge finds probable cause to charge 2 Cleveland police officers in Tamir Rice’s death http://t.co/S6VdNpGxHW pic.twitter.com/PZtSLdBrPS
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 12, 2015
Jury convicts female LA officer of assault in deadly arrest http://t.co/VDWWaZD9py via @YahooNews
— Viva la causa! (@70torinoman) June 7, 2015
New apology from #KarenFitzgibbons versus her racist FB post. Blames her emotions, as if they are an abstract thing. pic.twitter.com/p5gDBWt8TM
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 11, 2015
2. Grace is 14. She said it was this man, Sean Toon, multi-time felon, who told black guests to go back to Section 8 pic.twitter.com/Ugrk1F6XHt
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) June 11, 2015
#WalterScott‘s killer, officer Michael Slager, indicted for murder. SC Governor inks body-camera bill into law. #Win pic.twitter.com/qT7paIvqcq
— Urban Cusp Magazine (@UrbanCusp) June 11, 2015