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McKinney

McKinney, a suburb of Dallas, Texas, became #McKinney, a Twitter hashtag, on Sunday June 7th 2015. That was when a seven-minute video of a pool party on Friday went viral on the Internet. It shows Corporal Eric Casebolt, a White police officer, throwing a 15-year-old Black girl, Dajerria Becton, to the ground – “On your face!” – and putting his knees in her back as she cries in pain. Apparently he did not like something she said. When two unarmed Black teenage boys try to help her, he pulls a gun on them (not his taser).

 

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two gunshots fired into #PedroRiosJr ‘s back, age 14, by cop #LatinosAreHuman

Truthout investigates the brief life and mysterious death of 14-year-old Pedro Rios Jr.

 

two gunshots, fired into his back by a police officer.

#PedroRiosJr

#LatinosAreHuman

#Not1More

#ShutitDown

#DisarmThePolice

 

Source: truth-out.org

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Why I Cried Today

 

Last night was surreal. I tweeted about it seconds after it happened, when I was back safely inside my home. I can’t say as I felt that my life was threatened, but I was made to feel startled, scared, upset, like I was a criminal, and totally creeped out.
Right now, I don’t feel particularly safe in my own home.

Why do I live in a world where I have to feel a sense of relief that I wasn’t shot dead, or assaulted or beaten or sexually assaulted? –

Feelings that interfere with the feelings about being pretty much stalked by a police officer.

 

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Source: awakeblackwoman.wordpress.com

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Cop Shoots Unarmed Man in the Back, Pepper Sprays His Dying Body, Then Runs Away

 

Rocky Ford, CO– Former Rocky Ford police officer will be standing trial on second degree murder charges after a preliminary hearing Thursday morning.
James Ashby was arrested on Nov 14., and fired that day for the killing of 27-year-old Jack Jacquez on October 12.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/unarmed-man-shot-pepper-sprayed/#tOTsgSGSrDXLzBys.99

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

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Albuquerque Cop Shoots First, Asks Questions Later. Turns Out the Person He Shot Was a Cop

 

Albuquerque, NM– Albuquerque Police Department’s five months without a shooting has come to an end as an Albuquerque police officer remains in critical condition after being shot by a fellow officer on Friday.
The unnamed officer was shot while undercover during a drug operation to bust two men for $60 worth of meth.  Another officer sustained minor injuries, but information on how has not been released.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/undercover-albuquerque-police-officer-shot-fellow-cop/#i8uEM65OwrTRQi1D.99

 

 

Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

The war on drugs is really a war on people.

 

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Police Kill Unarmed Father of Two On His Doorstep As He Brought Dinner To His Family

 

Phoenix, Arizona – Tuesday night, 34-year-old Rumain Brisbon was shot and killed by a police officer, because the officer mistakenly thought that he was carrying a gun. The Phoenix Police Department has not yet revealed the name of the officer responsible for the murder, but the smear campaign, by the media, against the victim has already begun.

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com

 

  • End the war on drugs which is really a war on people.
  • End stop and harass.
  • End racial profiling.
  • End harassment of Black and Latino people.
  • End the racist doctrine White Supremacy.
  • #BLACKLIVESMATTER, #iCANTBREATH
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Cop Fired for Beating a Non-violent, Handcuffed Man On Video, Gets Job Back AND Back Pay

 

Owasso, OK — Owasso police officer, Mike Denton, was fired after body cam and surveillance footage showed him stomping on a handcuffed man’s head and then repeatedly elbowing him in the face.

 

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Source: thefreethoughtproject.com