Police Brutality

Cut It Out: An Open Letter to Black Bloc Anarchists

Carl Gibson | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Chicago NATO Summit, Veterans for Peace, Nonviolence, Nato Summit 2012, Occupy Wall Street, Black Bloc, Police Brutality, Agent Provocateur, Anarchists, Chicago News
Carl Gibson

You didn't stop war, end capitalism, or even get close to the NATO summit. All you did was attract more riot police to an otherwise peaceful event, leading to kettlings, beatings and arrests. Way to go.

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McDade's Parents Say Autopsy Contradicts Police Statement

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 05.14.2012

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An autopsy conducted on Kendrec McDade, the 19-year-old who was fatally shot by Pasadena police in March, revealed that he received seven gun shot wou...

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Analysis: Cops Accused In Multiple Misconduct Suits Cost City Millions

Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Chicago Police Brutality, Independent Police Review Authority, Police Misconduct, Police Brutality, Chicago Police Department, Chicago Police Misconduct, Chicago News

Police misconduct in Chicago is costing the city millions -- and, per a new analysis, a large portion of the city payouts can be traced back to police...

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They Shoot Black Men, Don't They?

Janet Langhart Cohen | Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Sean Bell, Kenneth-Chamberlain-Killing, Kenneth-Chamberlain-Sr, Kenneth Chamberlain, Black Voices News
Janet Langhart Cohen

Consider the facts. Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old former Marine who suffered from a heart ailment, accidentally triggered a medical alert device, which resulted in sending members of the White Plains police department to his apartment.

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Occupy-Style Repression Hits Brooklyn College, My Home

Matthis Chiroux | Posted 05.08.2012

Read More: College Students, Protest, Occupy Wall Street, Police Brutality, Brooklyn College, Activists Arrest, Occupy Brooklyn College, Occupy New York, Politics News
Matthis Chiroux

Let this also be a wake-up call to administrators around the country. Let this be a wake-up call to students around the country who value their education and freedom on their campuses to mobilize and lay claim to all which they are entitled to.

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Latino Community Remains Silent On Anastasio Hernandez Rojas

John Carlos Frey | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Tasers, Anastasio-Hernandez-Rojas, Police Brutality, John Carlos Frey, Anastasio-Hernandez-Death, Need to Know, Immigration, Border Patrol Shooting, Border Patrol, Latino Voices News
John Carlos Frey

But if we cannot pressure media to play the video of Anastasio Hernandez Rojas on a loop or force the Department of Justice to investigate a two-year old case then we have no power at all.

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Report Criticizes Police Response To Oakland Protests

Reuters | Posted 05.01.2012

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* SWAT team fired beanbag round at ex Marine - report * Outside monitor of OPD "dismayed" by police actions * Sees "mili...

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Cop Tased Man Holding Kung Fu DVDs 5 Times

Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Portland Taser Lawsuit, Video, Benjamin Davidson, Dan Halsted Tased, Dan Halsted Taser Lawsuit, Man Tased by Portlant Police, Police Brutality, Police Brutality Portland, Crime News

A Portland, Ore. jury decided a cop can't repeatedly Taser an Innocent man no matter how many kung-fu DVDs the victim has. The Oregonian reports th...

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2 North Chicago Police Officers Disciplined In Man's Beating Death

Posted 04.27.2012

Read More: Arthur Strong, Brandon Yost, North Chicago Police, Video, Darrin Hanna North Chicago, Gloria Carr, Darrin Hanna, Police Brutality, James Jackson, North Chicago Police Brutality, Darrin Hanna Death, Darrin Hanna Police Brutality, Chicago News

Two of seven North Chicago police officers suspected to have been involved in the beating death of Darrin Hanna faced disciplinary action Friday, whil...

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Radley Balko

PHOTOS: Cops Shoot Playful Chihuahuas, Elderly Labs

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Video, Pets, Cop Shoots Dog, Police, Police Misconduct, Police Brutality, Slidepollajax, Puppycide, Dogs, Politics News

Last week, Austin, Texas, Police Chief Art Acevedo publicly apologized to Michael Paxton over the death of his dog Cisco. Paxton was playing fetch wit...

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Lawsuit: Paraplegic Chicago Man Says Police Knocked Him Out Of His Wheelchair

Posted 04.26.2012

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A disabled Chicago man is suing the police department, claiming officers failed to provide a reason for his arrest and then used excessive force to ta...

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WATCH: LA Riots Told Through Shocking Videos

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.29.2012

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Twenty years later, the Rodney King LA riot videos are just as shocking as they were in 1992. Through a then-groundbreaking but soon-to-become regu...

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Radley Balko

Granny Defends Her Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Radley Balko | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Baltimore, Fourth Amendment, Venus Green, Police Misconduct, Politics News

In one of the more unusual police brutality lawsuits in recent years, 90-year-old Baltimore resident Venus Green was awarded a $95,000 settlement earl...

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WATCH: Family Makes Emotional Plea For The Truth

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.11.2012

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"Somebody cut him down for no reason... As long as I've got life in my body I'm going to find out what happened to my son." These are the words of ...

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DPD Cops Who Beat Michael DeHerrera Are Fired... Again

Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Randy Murr, Video, Denver News, Devin Sparks, Police Brutality, Dpd, Denver Police Brutality, Denver Police Brutality Caught on Video, Denver Colorado, Michael DeHerrera, Denver Police Department, Denver Police Beat Man on Video, Colorado, Denver News

The two Denver Police officers--Devin Sparks and Randy Murr--who, in 2011, were fired in March for lying in an excessive force case that was caught on...

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Killing Me Softly, as I Stand in Your Ground: Victim-Profiling in Jamaica

Luis Perez-Simon | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Jamaica, Extrajudicial Killings, Urban Violence, Trayvon Martin, Nikita Cameron, Jamaica Police, Jamaica Constabulary Force, Jcf, World News
Luis Perez-Simon

Policing is not easy. It is also dangerous. Besides more education and counseling, direct accountability and permanent oversight are needed in order to change a one-size-fits-all type of police mentality when it comes to people.

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'I Thought It Was A Drug Deal Gone Bad' (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.06.2012

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A witness's recollection about the night of Kendrec McDade's shooting death casts doubt over Pasadena police officers' account of the events. 20-y...

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WATCH: 'I Didn't Kill That Guy'

The Huffington Post | Kathleen Miles | Posted 04.05.2012

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The question of who to blame, if anyone, for the fatal shooting of 19-year-old Kendrec McDade is a controversial one. But the 911 caller, who admits h...

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WATCH: Was This Man Shoved By The Cops Without Reason?

Posted 03.26.2012

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On Sunday, a video that shows a Fort Collins police officer shoving a man in Old Town was uploaded to YouTube. The video sparked controversy about the...

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New NYPD Recruitment Ad

Matthew Filipowicz | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Comedy, Ows, Ray Kelly, Michael Bloomberg, Nypd, Police Brutality, Police, Occupy Wall Street, Parody, Nypd Muslim Spying, Video, Comedy News
Matthew Filipowicz

In light of the recent Muslim spying scandal and the countless videos showing police beating Occupy Wall Street protesters, the NYPD has decided to release a new recruitment ad.

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Carlos Harrison

Tension And Anger Over Teen's Killing Does Not Extend To Latinos

HuffingtonPost.com | Carlos Harrison | Posted 04.02.2012

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When a white Hispanic neighborhood-watch volunteer admitted to police that he had shot and killed an unarmed black teenager -- and police accepted his...

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Cops Not Being Investigated For Brutal Beating Of Bronx Teen

Posted 03.08.2012

Read More: Nypd, Ray Kelly, Jateik Reed, Ny News, Nypd Scandals, Police Brutality, Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, Gideon Oliver, New York News, Bronx, Video, New York News

The Bronx District Attorney has dropped charges against Jateik Reed, the 19-year-old captured on video (see below) receiving an excessive beating at t...

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Beyond the Numbers - Stop-and-Frisk from the Perspective of the Profiled

Jason A. Otaño | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Latinos, Racial Profiling, Profiling, New York Police Department, Police Department, Latino Voices News
Jason A. Ota&ntildeo

"Up against the car!" one of the men barks, as the others pushed the three of us up against the vehicle. "Where are the weapons?" The cops must have thought that the three Latinos in leather jackets were there to rob the college students on their way back to campus.

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Police Fatally Shoot Mentally Ill Teen

Eliyahu Federman | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Police Brutality, Police Shooting, Christian Chavez, Crime, Christian Chavez Death, Christian Chaves Shot, Christian Chavez Shooting, Crime News
Eliyahu Federman

My heart goes out to the Chavez family. I hope they find some sense of solace and justice, and that the KCSD and police nationwide begin to implement more rigorous mental health training for police officers.

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David Lohr

Nevada Police Beating Of Man In Diabetic Shock Produces $300,000 Settlement

HuffingtonPost.com | David Lohr | Posted 02.10.2012

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A diabetic who was suffering from insulin shock when Nevada police officers mistook him for a drunk driver and physically assaulted him will receive a...

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