“Madison, WI– Dashcam footage was released on Tuesday evening showing the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Tony Robinson by Officer Matt Kenny on March 6. The release of the footage came after a day of protests following the prosecutor announcing no charges will be filed against the officer. This was the second death at the hands of Kenny.”
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#BlackLivesMatter
By Gale Halland and Jack Dolan
In a dramatic confrontation caught on video, Los Angeles police shot and killed a homeless man in the heart of downtown’s bustling skid row Sunday.
A video of the incident posted on Facebook (contains foul language) shows a group of officers getting into a scuffle with a man standing on a sidewalk littered with tents and other debris.
During the struggle, one officer drops his nightstick, which is picked up by a woman on the street. Two officers handcuff the woman.
The man continues to scuffle with four of the officers, even after he’s wrestled to the ground. What appears to be one of the officers is heard saying “Drop the gun. Drop the gun.”
Then, at least one of the officers opens fire on the man, who remained on the ground with at least two officers near him.
Five gunshots are heard on the recording.
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Source: www.latimes.com
U.S. police are out of control. Murdering people left and right.
By Cassandra Rules
“Laredo, TX– The officers involved in the fatal shooting of Jose Garza, 30, who suffered from schizophrenia, last August have been cleared of any wrongdoing, both criminally and professionally. They have now returned to the force.
Read more at http://thefreethoughtproject.com/officers-fist-bumped-firing-80-rounds-mentally-ill-man-cleared-wrong/#xJUMjJ9Xcz704pxP.99″
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
#Justice4Latinos
As of February 15, only a month and a half into 2015, there has been at least 136 individuals killed by police in the United States since the first of the year.
The frighteningly high number averages out to three killed per day, or someone killed every eight hours. While there is no government-run database, Killed By Police has taken it upon themselves to keep track, and are doing a fantastic job thus far.
Just to put things into perspective, let’s take a look at the rates at which police in other countries kill their citizens.
Let’s look at our immediate neighbors to the north, Canada. The total number of citizens killed by law enforcement officers in the year 2014, was 14; that is 78 times less people than the US.
If we look at the United Kingdom, 1 person was killed by police in 2014 and 0 in 2013. English police reportedly fired guns a total of three times in all of 2013, with zero reported fatalities.
From 2010 through 2014, there were four fatal police shootings in England, which has a population of about 52 million. By contrast, Albuquerque, N.M., with a population 1 percent the size of England’s, had 26 fatal police shootings in that same time period.China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in 2014.
Let that sink in. Law enforcement in the US killed 92 times more people than a country with nearly 1.4 billion people.
It doesn’t stop there.From 2013-2014, German police killed absolutely no one.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
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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
Not until a retired cop, who witnessed the atrocity, went to the media, did this corrupt cop’s department even find out about the shooting. But it was of no consequence, the department stands by their officer.
Source: thefreethoughtproject.com
Y’all. We are paying the police to shoot at us.
It does not have to be this way.
Officer Melvin Santiago was fatally shot while responding to an armed robbery in Jersey City, NJ. WCBS has the story.
Source: www.cnn.com
The ruling by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals means the family can move forward with a $25 million lawsuit.
Source: www.dallasnews.com
Policeman, Jose Flores, shot a handcuffed suspect during a scuffle. CNN affiliate KFOX reports.
Source: www.cnn.com
Just like officer Johannes Messerly, the taser was available but NOT used.